Posts tagged H1N1
Whale kills trainer in front of SeaWorld audience in Orlando
Feb 25th
Whale kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando A five-ton orca, or killer whale, grabbed a veteran trainer at SeaWorld Orlando and pulled her into its tank Wednesday, where it inflicted fatal injuries, park officials said. Trainer Dawn Brancheau was rubbing the whale, named Tilikum, after a noontime show when it grabbed her, said Chuck Tompkins, head of animal ...
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JK reports first H1N1 death, India toll to 699
Dec 14th
A 21-year-old woman succumbed to the deadly Swine Flu in Srinagar, becoming the first victim of the H1N1 virus in Jammu and Kashmir. Buzz up! Muskan was admitted to the Soura Medical Institute Dec 1 after she developed acute respiratory distress. Doctors at the institute admitted her to the intensive care unit (ICU) and her samples were sent ...
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Nov 4th
Swine flu kills more than one in 10 of those it affects severely enough to put in hospital, a US study has shown. Up to 20% of older patients taken to hospital with the virus ended up dead, researchers in California found. Almost a third of cases required intensive care treatment, and deaths occurred among all age ...
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Nov 2nd
A new report by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health has found that an estimated 480,000 of the country's 24 million citizens lack access to health care. A majority of those lacking access live in remote villages in the desert and mountain areas, where establishing health centers has proved problematic. The report recommends establishing centralized health ...
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Seven swine flu deaths take India’s toll to 366
Oct 8th
Seven people including four from Kerala died of swine flu Wednesday taking India's toll due to influenza A (H1N1) to 366, the health ministry said. Two deaths were reported from Karnataka and one from Maharashtra. With these deaths the death toll in Kerala went up to nine, while Maharashtra's toll stands at 148 and Karnataka's 103. Authorities ...
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