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Health News
India's swine flu toll rises to 106
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Five more people died of swine flu in India Wednesday, taking the toll due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 106, health authorities said here.
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Jail term for not showing pictorial warnings on cigarette packs
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The union health ministry Wednesday warned tobacco producers that they could face jail terms up to two years for the fist offence and for up to five years ... More
Rs.60 crore awareness campaign to check spread of H1N1
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) With the swine flu claiming over 100 lives and infecting nearly 4,000 people in India, the government has planned a Rs.600 million (Rs.60 crore) campaign o... More
Assemblies, sports suspended in Lucknow schools
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) Morning assemblies, sport activities and other group gatherings will be suspended in all schools in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district to prevent the spread of... More
Four more test positive for swine flu in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Sep 2 (IANS) Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, Wednesday tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the state to ei... More
Bangalore techie dies of swine flu
Bangalore, Sep 2 (IANS) A 31-year-old software engineer died of influenza A (H1N1) here, taking the toll from the virus to 28 in Karnataka, an official said Wednesday.
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Facebook gets notice for tobacco promotion
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) Popular social networking website Facebook has been caught in a 'smoky' row. An anti-tobacco activist here has served a notice to the website, accusing it... More
Villagers in Bihar shunned over swine flu fears
Patna, Sep 1 (IANS) Around a dozen labourers from Bihar who returned to their native village from Bangalore after the swine flu panic are being ostracized by the villagers who fea... More
Junior doctors in Bihar end strike
Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) After an assurance from the Bihar government of a hike in stipend, protesting junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital here Monday night withd... More
Swine flu cases cross 100 mark in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The swine flu count in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 100 mark, following detection of 11 fresh cases here, an official said Monday.
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India reports seven more swine flu deaths, toll now 100
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India Monday reported seven more swine flu deaths, four of them in Maharashtra, the state worst affected by the virus, taking to 100 the total toll across... More
Still alive: Child with protruding heart has multiple disorders
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Describing the infant with a protruding heart as a 'miracle boy', doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday said the five-day-... More
Upcoming festivities, swine flu worry Gujarat government
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) An upcoming festive season and the increasing number of swine flu cases in Gujarat have the state government worried over the way to control the spread ... More
Kuldeep Bishnoi quarantined for suspected
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi has been quarantined at his farm house in Haryana Monday with suspected swine flu symptoms, a party o... More
Doctors' strike enters fifth day, claims 38 lives
Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) A five-day-old strike by the junior doctors in a hospital here has claimed the lives of at least 38 patients even as the Bihar government Monday served notice... More |
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