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Topic: H1N1

How Covid ‘downsized’ India’s influenza problem & why experts say it’s not good news yet

Data shows India has reported just 65 cases of influenza and no related deaths as of July this year. In 2019, the year before Covid, there had been 28,798 cases and 1,218 deaths.

Don’t panic, this is what we know so far about new H1N1 strain with ‘pandemic potential’

In plain English, China has discovered a new flu that’s a mix of human H1N1 flu and avian-based flu. But there is no evidence of human transmission as yet.

New strain of swine flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China

G4, the strain found by researchers in China, is a descendant of the H1N1 influenza A virus, hasn’t shown evidence of human-to-human transmission so far.

Despite thalidomide’s dark past, it is being investigated as potential Covid-19 treatment

Thalidomide was used for treating severe morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s. Tragically, its use resulted in severe and rare birth defects in children.

6 Supreme Court judges down with swine flu, hearings affected in Sabarimala, other cases

Justices Chandrachud suggested that lawyers and president of the Bar should take preventive measures to avoid succumbing to the contagious respiratory disease.

Experts to probe ‘medical negligence’ in Karnataka IPS officer Madhukar Shetty’s death

Five months after his death in Hyderabad, Karnataka forms panel to probe suspicions that line of treatment to Madhukar Shetty was 'flawed'.

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Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.