Return of swine flu places strain on hospitals

Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.Hospital admissions for winter illnesses hit a high for the year last week, although numbers were well down compared...

Influx of swine flu cases stretching emergency departments

There is evidence a lot of people are ignoring calls to stay away from hospitals if they have swine flu, as emergency departments struggling to cope with an influx of swine flu cases

Oral contraceptives, HRT may protect women against formation, rupture of brain aneurysms: Study

Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of brain aneurysms in women. The findings from this first-of-its-kind study by a neurointerventional expert from Rush University Medical Center were presented at the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery 7th annual meeting.

Second wave of swine flu hits Pune

Pune: Swine flu seems to be returning and has claimed eight lives here this month. Despite newspaper reports that the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has announced that the second wave' of swine flu has begun, the number of people getting vaccinated in the city is still not increasing.

WHO: Flu active in parts of tropics, Southern Hemisphere

Jul 30, 2010 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) today said pandemic and seasonal flu activity across the globe is low, but said activity is increasing in some parts of the Southern Hemisphere, with significant action still occurring in certain tropical areas, such as India.