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2009 swine flu pandemic infected one in five people

January 27, 2013
The 2009 flu pandemic infected one in five people, comprising 20 to 27 percent of the population in Britain, US, India and China and 15 other countries countries, says an international study. The highest rates of infection were …

Swine Flu Mumbai Update: Toll reaches 75 this year

July 10, 2012
It looks like the swine flu menace is back in town. A 25 year old from Parel tested positive for the H1N1 virus on Monday. "She was suffering from heavy cough, cold and fever. She has been put on Tamiflu and is stable now," said …

Swine flu (H1N1) 2009 pandemic far worse than recorded: Lancet study

June 28, 2012
If a recent Lancet study is to be believed India grossly underestimated the might of the swine flu pandemic. A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, study with help from the All India Institute of Medical …

Swine flu Mumbai: 75 year old tests positive

June 27, 2012
It seems like the swine flu menace is back in Maharasthra. Recently a 75-year old woman from Ghatkopar tested positive for the virus taking the total number of swine flu H1N1cases to 47 this year said a Brihanmumbai Municipal …