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• Adenovirus, flu main cause of recent cough, cold, bronchitis surge: Doctors

  According to infectious disease specialists, this is due to the mix-up of new mutations of adenovirus and different types of influenza viruses that cause flu.

  

• Nagpur paediatricians warn against rampant use of cough syrups

  Cough syrups should not be used routinely in every upper respiratory tract infection. Only in a select few cases where the cough is dry, we may use cetirizine. Dextromethorphan-containing syrups should be given sparingly in such situations. Phenylephrine-containing syrups should not be used as they may cause hypertension. For a dry cough, home remedies like warm saline gargling thrice a day and steam inhalation are the best says Dr Abhishek Madhura

  

• Govt sacks 3 mohalla clinic docs for giving kids cough syrup meant for adults

  Delhi government on Monday terminated the services of three doctors working at its mohalla clinics who allegedly prescribed a cough syrup meant for older people to children aged less than four years.

  

• Season’s first: 63-year-old tests positive for H1N1 in Gurugram

  The patient, a 63-year-old woman, was admitted to a private hospital last week with breathlessness, cough and high fever. She was discharged on Friday and is under quarantine at her Sector 51 home.

  

• Gurgaon: Not Covid, but city sees spike in cases of respiratory tract infection

  According to the doctors, there has been nearly a 15 to 20% rise in OPD footfall of such patients in the past week. Doctors said the patients also complained of headaches, mild running nose, body ache and weakness.

  

• Bengaluru: Doctors say cold, cough on the rise, warn of second wave

  Cases of flu, common cold and cough are on the rise in Bengaluru and while doctors attribute it to sudden showers and a dip in temperature, they do not rule out the possibility of Covid-19 infection.

  

• How scientists studied coughs to model Covid-19 spread

  Numerous studies, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, applied principles of fluid mechanics to provide scores of important insights about the distance over which different size respiratory droplets travel, the safe distance between people, and the efficacy of various types of masks. Several studies helped predict how the virus spread at different conditions.

  

• Govt mass media campaign highlights the link between tobacco and TB

  During the End-TB Summit in New Delhi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on 13th March, The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has re-launched “Cough,” a national mass media campaign to warn citizens about the links between TB and tobacco use.

  

• Hospitals report multiple cases of viral fever in Delhi

  Delhi is in the grip of viral illnesses. Doctors say that almost every second patient visiting them with febrile illness suffers from common cold, fever and cough caused by viruses.