Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | What's fuzzy, pink, and just plain cuddly? The Influenza A H1N1 virus, of course... or at least, the stuffed toy crafted in the pathogen's likeness. You can get. [...more]
The city will offer free flu vaccines to elementary school students; close schools only as "a last resort"; and designate health clinics as " flu centers" to prevent hospital emergency rooms from being overwhelmed, as they were in the ... [...more]
Chandigarh: A meeting to review the preparedness of the hospitals to tackle the Swine Flu cases in Chandigarh was held today under the chairmanship of UT. [...more]
A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought. Writing in a fast-tracked report published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka provides a detailed portrait of the pandemic virus and its pathogenic qualities. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today) [...more]
