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• Lapse of NIB

  Diagnostic kits cleared by testing agency despite ban Times of India reports; In a regulatory lapse that might have cost the lives of innumerable patients, National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) was found to have cleared over 300 batches of blood produ...

• First suspected swine flu death in India

  First suspected swine flu death in India   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In what is suspected to be the first swine flu death in India, a 51-year-old NRI hailing from Kerala's Kollam died at a private hospital in the district on Wednesday night. ( Watch )  `...

• Swine flu ''unstoppable''

  Swine flu ''unstoppable''   Indian express reports. World Health Organization head Margaret Chan has warned a forum in Mexico that the swine flu virus worldwide is now unstoppable. The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering un...

• Swine flu can travel to the lungs and gut

  Swine flu can travel to the lungs and gut    LONDON: The deadly swine flu virus has the potential to reach deep into the respiratory system, and even as far as the intestines, according to two new studies on ferrets.  The above findings c...

• Anthrax cases detected in Orissa

  Anthrax cases detected in Orissa Indian express reports.Three fresh anthrax cases were detected on Wednesday from Orissa's Sundargarh, barely a week after 12 people in the district tested positive for the disease, official sources said.The patients were ...

• Tamiflu resistance in swine flu

  Tamiflu resistance in swine flu  Indian express reports.For the first time, the National Health Board of Denmark has announced a case of pandemic H1N1 flu resistant to the antiviral drug Tamiflu.While the case is likely to be isolated, the discovery has...