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12:44 AM | October 29,2009
Swine flu is still with us but the nation seems to have bizarrely moved on to new excitements
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PTI 12:06 PM | August 22,2009
According to the new guidelines, patients with uncomplicated illnesses do not need to be treated with antiviral medicines
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Maria Cheng / AP 05:49 PM | August 17,2009
The game begins with images of bedridden patients and graveyards; as the head of the fictitious World Pandemic Control, players pick a flu strain, and then monitor that strain’s spread around the world
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PTI 11:03 PM | August 14,2009
The guidelines were finalised at a meeting chaired by the health minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad in connection with the various actions taken by the government for containment and mitigation of H1N1 cases across the country
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Reuters 05:32 PM | August 11,2009
While Ranbaxy, Strides and Natco Pharma rose 5-19%, Cipla closed 0.5% lower after rising as much as 3.3% in the day
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Jacob P. Koshy and Radhieka Pandeya 12:21 AM | August 05,2009
While Maharashtra invoked the Epidemic Act in Pune and Satara districts on Tuesday, the Union government, on the same day, eased its guidelines and said that only individuals with severe swine flu symptoms need to be hospitalised
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AFP 01:45 PM | June 16,2009
Last week,WHO raised its global alert to a maximum six, saying swine flu had reached pandemic status because of its geographical spread
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AP 10:08 AM | June 10,2009
WHO director-general Margaret Chan said that before declaring a pandemic, it was important to verify the reports that the virus is becoming established outside North America
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Rajeev Srinivasan 09:02 PM | May 26,2009
Bad food policy and seductive fast food lead to two kinds of health dangers -- one from epidemics, the other from systemic diseases
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Radhieka Pandeya 11:35 PM | May 20,2009
The move is part of the Central government’s attempts to make sure that oseltamivir, which is banned from retail sale, is not sold in the market
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AFP 05:42 PM | May 16,2009
Acting WHO assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda said studies by experts indicate a “significant number of people” had been infected but remained undetected or unconfirmed by laboratory tests
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PTI 01:35 PM | May 16,2009
The man was travelling from Dubai to Hyderabad and was identified at the airport screening
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PTI 02:56 PM | May 13,2009
According to the latest figures, Mexico has reported 2,059 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 56 deaths, while the United States has reported 2,600 cases, including three deaths
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AP 04:18 PM | May 12,2009
The United States has reported 2,600 laboratory-confirmed cases, including three deaths
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AFP 03:27 PM | May 05,2009
Beijing has put an import ban on pigs and pork products from Alberta in response to the virus being found in some 200 animals
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