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  Spring influenza cases on the rise: Know symptoms, precautions and treatment

  Health | March 03, 2023 14:53 IST

  The country is seeing a rise in flu cases, causing painful coughs. Health experts advise taking precautionary measures and boosting the immune system to maintain good health.

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  Debina Bonnerjee detected with influenza B virus: How is it different from Type A? Know symptoms

  Health | March 01, 2023 11:53 IST

  Influenza, generally referred to as the flu, is a contagious viral infection that targets your respiratory system. Here is the difference between influenza B viruses and type A viruses: Know the symptoms, treatments, and prevention.

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  Puducherry: Classes for standard 1 to 8 suspended in wake of rising influenza cases

  India | September 18, 2022 12:28 IST

  Puducherry: The officials said that most of the children are arriving with high fever and cough and the spread is on the rise.

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  What is Florona: Symptoms, Precautions, Treatment; everything you should know

  Health | January 03, 2022 12:03 IST

  The symptoms of Florona are the same as Covid19 and flu. High fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, sore throat, headache, vomiting and diarrhoea are some of the common symptoms of either pathogen.

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  Vaccinate kids aged under 5 against influenza: Tribal panel head to Maharashtra govt

  India | May 25, 2021 10:38 IST

  Former MLA Vivek Pandit, who heads a state committee on tribal welfare, has appealed to the Maharashtra government to administer anti-influenza vaccine to all children below the age of five years in the state's tribal region before the upcoming monsoon season.

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  Influenza infections may up pneumonia risk: Study

  Health | November 30, 2020 6:25 IST

  The study, published in the journal PNAS found that different nutrients and antioxidants, such as vitamin C and other normally cell-protective substances leak from the blood, thereby creating an environment in the lungs that favours the growth of the bacteria.

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  Study finds common cold combats influenza

  News | September 06, 2020 15:56 IST

  Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of common colds, can prevent the flu virus from infecting airways by jumpstarting the body's antiviral defences, suggest the findings of a recent study.

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  Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza

  News | July 17, 2020 12:26 IST

  Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St.

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  DCGI approves clinical trials of Favipiravir used in influenza in Japan, China for COVID-19: CISR DG

  News | May 08, 2020 20:23 IST

  The Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) Director General Dr. Shekhar C. Mande while talking about drugs that can be useful against COVID-19 informed that the Drug Controller General of India has given approval for clinical trials of Favipiravir which is used in influenza in Japan, China etc.

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  Flu might protect you from the common cold: Study

  Health | December 17, 2019 18:34 IST

  Researchers have found that people who suffered from influenza were 70 per cent less likely to have acquired rhinoviruses or the common cold.

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  5 foods you can eat to avoid infections this flu season

  Food | December 21, 2017 10:54 IST

  In this season of cold and flu, you can build your immunity with these 5 superfoods.

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  Children with older siblings are at higher risk of flu

  Health | September 28, 2017 15:40 IST

  Flu can be dangerous in infants as it can trigger lung infection and breathing difficulties. It is also followed by very high fever, which can lead to febrile convulsions.

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  Innovative flu patch with 100 micro-needles can vaccinate you without pain

  Lifestyle | June 29, 2017 12:06 IST

  Do you dread the injection? Not anymore.

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  Dengue and Swine Flu on rise: What you can do to protect yourself

  Lifestyle | June 16, 2017 16:02 IST

  Apart from enjoying the pacifying rains, you have to be very careful about your health and make sure that you don’t contract these deadly diseases.

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  Premature babies are at higher risk to flu and lungs-related diseases during adulthood

  Lifestyle | June 09, 2017 16:00 IST

  Premature babies who are exposed to high amount of oxygen are more prone to suffer from flu and other lung-related diseases in adulthood.

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  Flu shot remains ineffective among obese adults

  Lifestyle | June 08, 2017 16:28 IST

  According to the latest study carried out by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, the scientists set out to look at the effectiveness of the vaccine on people suffering from obesity.

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  An Indian frog to help fight flu? See what new research has revealed!

  Lifestyle | April 19, 2017 13:08 IST

  Frogs' skins were known to secrete "host defence peptides" that defend them against bacteria.

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  Farhan Akhtar to spread awareness about influenza

  Bollywood | July 15, 2015 16:39 IST

  Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, also a father of two, has been roped in as the cause ambassador of Sanofi Pasteur India's flu awareness campaign. The Rock On!! star will spread awareness about influenza prevention through

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  What is Swine Flu and how you can prevent yourself

  India | February 18, 2015 22:13 IST

  Swine flu deaths continued unabated as the toll crossed 620 even as the country's drug authority today asked chemists to stock Tamiflu drug but not sell it without prescription.The number of people affected by the

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  Swine flu likely to affect tourist flow in India

  India | February 14, 2015 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: With rising cases of swine flu in India, Australia has issued an advisory to its citizens warning them to exercise high degree of caution against the increasing number of cases of swine flu