Which corporate hospital in Hyderabad has the best Facebook Cover image? “Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” ― Ayn Rand,  The Fountainhead Most of you thought it is Apollo Health City's Facebook cover image but it's not. Surprised? Read on.  Though Apollo Health City Facebook page has 65k followers, using a generic campaign creative on its cardiac treatment expertise looks vague. My feeling is that either a patient or a star heart transplant surgeon should have been at the heart of the cover image. In case of the latter, my bet is on Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, who could have been featured instead but the management may be wary of a doctor becoming bigger than the hospital. This creative goes well with the violet color of Care Hospitals but the designer should have run a spell-check on November! By the way, lung cancer being the most common cancer in Indian men could be factually incorrect. It s...
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US under grip of H3N2

The US based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared H3N2 flu as an epidemic. 

There were seven pediatric flu deaths last week, bringing the total to 20 for the flu season that started October 1.

Key US states affected by flu include New York City as well as Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

The outbreaks of the flu have resulted in closure of schools in states including Alabama, Idaho, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

H3N2 more common than H1N1






More than H1N1, Influenza H3N2 has been the most common strain in this cycle, which is usually more severe than the former and leads to definite hospitalisation. 

Preventive vaccination too is said to be of no use after a recent Australian study claimed that vaccine might be only 10 percent effective against this year's flu.


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