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INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
In the 1920s, a paper company realized wartime wadding could work better on faces than on cold cream, and facial tissues entered daily life- People across Europe, North America slept for days or stared blankly for hours during this 100-year-old strange epidemic and scientists are still searching why
- Quote of the Day by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: ‘Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their…’ Shocking warning by the writer of Sherlock Holmes about modern relationships that nobody can ignore
- Hantavirus in India? Health Ministry activates precautionary surveillance measures; check what is Andes virus, signs, symptoms and prevention tipsHantavirus update: India has heightened surveillance for Hantavirus following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which reported eig...10 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
- Hantavirus requires prolonged close contact for transmission unlike Covid: Soumya SwaminathanFormer WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan believes the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is containable. The virus requires prolonge...09 May, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
- Rare but ruthless: How Hantavirus strikes fast, and should you be concernedA rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has drawn global attention after multiple infections and three reported deaths prompted ...08 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
- Two Indians part of crew of luxury cruise ship that reported hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak has been reported on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, with five confirmed cases and three deaths, including two Indian na...08 May, 2026, 11.18 AM IST
- H5N1 virus in US sparks global health crisis: Know its symptoms, mode of transmission, vaccineH5N1 avian influenza virus: The spread of H5N1 avian influenza virus in the United States has sparked fears of a potential pandemic. The H5...02 May, 2025, 10.03 PM IST
- UK on a vaccine buying spree. Are we staring at another pandemic?The UK government has bought five million doses of the H5 influenza vaccine from CSL Seqirus UK Limited to prepare for a potential bird flu...03 Dec, 2024, 08.12 PM IST
- H3N2 influenza virus symptoms include fever & cough; doctors prescribe best time to take annual flu vaccineMaharashtra, Haryana & Karnataka have reported one death each so far.20 Mar, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
- One step closer to a universal flu vaccine?A new study describes successful animal tests of just such a vaccine, offering hope that the country can be protected against future flu pa...29 Nov, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
- Successful tests in animal models pave way for strategy for universal flu vaccineAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...26 Nov, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
- People gave up on measures during 1918 influenza pandemic and paid a priceThe pandemic wore on, stretching into a third deadly wave that lasted through the spring of 1919.20 Jul, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
- Covid-19 & influenza may have similar symptoms, but flu vaccine cannot protect you from coronavirusThe CDC says the vaccine will not cause you to fall ill with the flu.15 Oct, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
- Universal flu vaccine comes closer to reality, says scientistsWhen it was first detected, it was called swine flu because the virus was similar to those found in pigs, but the virus now circulates as a...30 Mar, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
- Indian professor Suresh Mittal at Purdue gets $1.5 million grant for Bird Flu vaccine researchAccording to the World Health Organization, the new H7N9 flu virus was found in China in 2013 and is responsible for 229 deaths and 665 cas...27 Nov, 2015, 05.28 PM IST
- Swine Flu: A step closer to a pandemicThe World Health Organization (WHO) may declare the outbreak of H1N1 influenza a pandemic even as many cases of swine flu show symptoms no ...04 May, 2009, 01.25 AM IST
- WHO sees boost in flu pandemic vaccine productionThe World Health Organisation today said that recent scientific advances should boost production capacity of pandemic flu vaccines to 4.5 b...24 Oct, 2007, 05.45 AM IST
- WHO warns complacency on bird fluThe World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...10 Sep, 2007, 02.20 PM IST
- India awarded grant to prepare for influenza pandemicIndia is among six developing countries who have been awarded grants to establish capacity to manufacture influenza vaccine so that it is r...25 Apr, 2007, 09.50 AM IST
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