The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a nod to CSL's H1N1 vaccine for infants over 6 months. The firm's vaccine was earlier approved only for use in people over 18 years.

Australia-based CSL's vaccine is perhaps only the second vaccine approved for infants 6 months and above, as ...

According to India’s Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, India is developing its own influenza vaccine that can be used for the deadly swine flu pandemic.
 
Mr. Azad said, "Public health challenges will continue to put pressure on our system and we have to be better prepared to ...

The combination of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), amantadine (Symmetrel) and ribavirin have been proved to have the potential for preventing flu-virus growth, says Mark Prichard, University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) virologist.
 
"These findings suggest strongly that the triple combo is ...

According to the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine is perfectly safe and there is nothing to worry about it. He mentioned that the H1N1 vaccine is similar to normal flu vaccines, with the drug made available from the same ...

The head of vaccine research at the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that a dose of H1N1 vaccine is enough for protection against the pandemic flu strain.
 
WHO official, Marie-Paule Kieny, said, “All the data that we have seen show that one dose is ...

Experts feared that, a second wave of swine flu pandemic may hit back soon causing a high rate of fatality and it may have deadlier consequences.
 
"A second wave of pandemic is likely to occur. The virus may acquire higher pathogenicity and increased case fatality," scientists ...

Novartis, one of the leading global pharmaceutical major, has disclosed that the swine flu vaccine from the manufacturer is ready to make its entry in Europe.
 
"Novartis has already started first deliveries of pandemic vaccines under quarantine to governments in Europe, despite the ...

Natco has pushed 1.25 million capsules of its anti-swine flu drug, Natco, in Indian pharmaceutical market to help people combat the lethal swine flu infection. The company also added that 10 million capsules will be made available by mid-October.
 
"We have launched Natflu capsules ...

Strides Arcolab, a pharmaceutical major, has launched the anti-swine flu drug, Starflu, on Friday.
 
Starflu, which comes as capsules and can help in the treatment of swine flu, was launched, says a regular statement filed by Strides Arcolab with Bombay Stock ...

According to media reports, swine flu has claimed its first victim in Russia.
 
A female doctor, who had just come back from Bulgaria, succumbed to the deadly viral infection. According to reports of the news channel, Vesti TV, the doctor had been battling against the condition for the past ...

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has mentioned that the initial doses of the anti-swine flu drug will be made available in the form of nasal sprays.
 
Jay Butler, the chief of the CDC’s 2009 H1N1 vaccine task force, has mentioned that the 3.4 million doses of the swine ...

The officials of health ministry said on Thursday that India will be manufacturing the raw materials required for the production of Oseltamivir, which is used as one among the drugs for the treatment of the H1N1/A viral infection, so that the drug will be available to the public at a lower ...

The anti-swine flu drug, Tamiflu, which was available only in the hospitals, will now be available as an over-the-counter drug. The government has approved the sales of this anti-swine flu drug by the chemists from next week.
 
The Health and Family Welfare Ministry, in its notification ...

A vaccine which has been designed for combating the deadly swine flu infection has received the approval of US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. The US FDA has expressed its hope for making the vaccine available to the people within one month.
 
The vaccine, which has been ...

Proponents of Indian medical systems claim that ginger, tulsi (basil) and black pepper can be used as traditional measures for keeping away swine flu.
 
The Jammu and Kashmir government's department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) have organized experts for spread ...

A health ministry official told on Monday that government will soon be allowing the "restricted sale" of Tamiflu in open market so that the fight against the deadly swine flu infection in a better way.
 
"After a meeting of top health officials, it was decided that Tamiflu ...

With four more deaths, the number of people who have succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus is now 57 in Karnataka.
 
Three of the 4 deaths have been reported from Bangalore whereas Kolar has registered the 4th one.  All the four who succumbed to H1N1 virus are women.
 
The report ...

Russian researchers at St. Petersburg (Russia) issued a report on Thursday, September 10 stating that they have initiated clinical testing of a swine flu vaccine in the northwestern city of St. Petersburg.
 
Marina Stukova, chief researcher for molecular virology and gene engineering at the ...

With 11 more people succumbing to the deadly H1N1 virus across India, the death toll due to swine flu has touched 156. Out of the 11, one was reported from Delhi whereas Karnataka and Maharashtra have reported five deaths each.
 
Delhi has reported the maximum number of cases with the toll ...

Experts have warned that children who have asthma are more prone to develop the H1N1 viral infection.
 
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who was addressing the students and the parents at the Thurgood Marshall Elementary, projected the Philadelphia MCAN as a model for childhood asthma ...

With four more deaths, the total death due to swine flu has touched 35 in Karnataka.
 
All the deaths happened in Bangalore. A 38-year-old woman succumbed to the deadly virus at a government hospital on Tuesday. Three men succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus on Wednesday, Sunday and Tuesday ...

The deadly H1N1 Virus has claimed 102 lives in India, after three more people succumbed to this virus. Out the latest three deaths reported, two are men from Maharashtra and the third one is a woman from Uttarakhand. 128 more people have been tested positive for the virus from different ...

It seems that the lethal H1N1 virus has developed resistance towards the Tamiflu. This development is indeed a worrying one and according to WHO, Tamiflu-resistant virus have been reported from about 12 countries, including Singapore and China. The mutation in virus has not been reported from India ...

The first Swine Flu Health Call Centre by Apollo Hospitals for India has been inaugurated in Madurai by Union Minister M K Azhagiri. This swine flu call centre is aimed at providing the information to public about the lethal viral infection. The call centre will also provide answers to the queries ...

Swine flu has claimed the lives of 577 people in Brazil which is currently the highest of the death toll rate due to the lethal virus.
 
But the rate of mortality in Brazil is 0.29% which is much below the 1.08% of Argentina, 0.75% in China and 0.675 in Costa Rica, which have the highest ...

More than 43,000 people have been affected by the deadly H1N1 virus in Europe. This information has been confirmed by the European health officials.
 
745 new cases of swine flu infection have been reported on Wednesday from the European countries.
 
Of the new cases, 615 have been ...

It feels as if swine flu does not want to stop its spread in India Two more people have succumbed to the H1N1 virus. A 44 year old woman from New Delhi and a 28 year old man from Bangalore were the latest victims of the deadly virus. This has taken the pandemic toll to 76, with 137 more reported to ...

With the death of a toddler and two middle-aged persons in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat respectively, the death toll of swine flu in India has reached 72.
 
More than 100 more fresh cases of H1N1 infection have been reported from various states on Sunday, Union Health Ministry ...

According to an official from Tamil Nadu, a 45-year-old man succumbed to swine flu in Chennai at a government hospital.
 
The victim, who has been identified as Sekar, passed away on Friday at the Government General Hospital in Chennai. According to the Director of Medical Education S. ...

Goa has reported a suspected death due to swine flu on Saturday. The state is reporting the first death of its kind after a 67-year-old man, who was displaying the symptoms of H1N1 infection, passed away in Goa.
 
The man, who had been admitted to a private hospital, which is located ...