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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicInfluenza virus

Topic: influenza virus

‘Ease of administration, reduced hesitancy’ — India’s 1st nasal flu vaccine raises hope of acceptance

Mylab & Serum Institute of India launched Nasovac S4 last week. It's being seen as major step towards increasing acceptance of flu vaccines in India, where uptake has been low.

Govt’s disease-control body NCDC seeks report as ‘unknown fever’ surges in south India

The fever, which doctors describe as more severe than is usual in this season, mostly affecting children & adults with comorbidities. No life-threatening case so far, doctors say.

Fever & cough just won’t go away? Here’s why H3N2 is likely hitting Indians so hard

No. of H3N2 cases has doubled since last spike in 2021. Experts say low popularity of flu vaccines, comorbidities & allergens in air can be why people are becoming more susceptible to it.

2 dead in India from H3N2 influenza virus, 90 cases so far in country

One person died in Karnataka, the other in Haryana, according to reports.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.