Animal Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

One super vaccine for all goat, sheep diseases to reduce cost

Researchers are looking to develop a super vaccine against four diseases that affect small ruminants to reduce cost and ensure efficiency in their control. Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation scientist Hezron Wesonga on Friday said they were already collecting data on the diseases. “We want to ensure that common …

Vaccines can’t kill Yamagata swine flu strain

HYDERABAD: With human influenza (swine flu) activity refusing to subside, the World Health Organisation(WHO) has warned that vaccination may not provide 100% protection against the new variants, though it may serve as the first line of defence. The reason is increase in cases of swine flu B viruses. Though A …

32 people died of swine flu in 2017: Govt

State Government today claimed that total 32 people have died due to swine flu in J&K; State during 2017. In a written reply to the question of NC member, Qaisar Jamsheed Lone in the Upper House today, Minister Incharge Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat claimed that the total number …

Free swine flu vaccine plan covers more ‘at risk’ groups

PUNE : Children below the age of five, elderly people aged 65 or more, people suffering from lung, kidney and liver diseases, people on long-term steroid medications and those with low immunity have now been put in the "at risk" category for swine flu in Pune city. As a result, …

H1N1: Tally of suspected patients in Gurgaon reaches five

GURUGRAM: The health department has braced up in its preparation to check swine flu (H1N1) cases as the tally of suspected cases touched 5. A 34-year-old man, resident of Sushant Lok, was admitted to a private hospital in Sector 38 on Friday as he was suffering from high fever, cough …

Swine Flu death toll rises to 31 in JK

The death toll due to Swine Flu has risen to 31 this season in Jammu and Kashmir including 28 deaths alone at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura so far. As per the figures revealed by Ministry for Health and Family Welfare, which maintains the records of Swine Flu cases …

Day after swine flu death, govt sounds alert

Gurgaon: As the city witnessed the coldest day of the season so far on Thursday, the health department issued an advisory for swine flu, instructing all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with H1N1 virus. Patients too have been advised to cover their …

Kenya: Conservationists Warn Grévy's Zebra Could Become Extinct

Conservationists have warned that Grévy's zebra, a rare species, is in danger of becoming extinct if urgent measures are not taken to protect it. The population of Grévy's zebra that once roamed across various parts of Africa, has fallen dramatically from historical levels of 25,000 in the 1970s to about …

Decrease in sale of swine flu vaccines

Ludhiana: The sale of swine flu vaccines has decreased this year due to change in strain of viruses and hospitals reporting lesser cases. Till now in 2018, only one case of a 70-year-old male has been reported, who eventually died in a Patiala hospital. In 2017 most of the cases …

Swine flu: Government orders probe into negligence of staff

JAIPUR: Not worrying too much about her own risk of getting infected with swine flu, additional chief secretary (health) Veenu Gupta inspected houses of persons diagnosed with swine flu to check if her rapid response teams (RRT) have done their job properly to prevent the spread of swine flu. However, …

Six swine flu cases reported in first week of 2018, hospitals on alert

The recent IDSP, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, report by the Ministry of Health revealed six new cases of Swine Flu in the first week of 2018. The patients, four of whom are Delhi residents and two from neighboring areas, are being treated in Delhi hospitals which has led the Delhi …

Swine flu rears its head in Hyderabad

Two elderly individuals from Hitech City reported with H1N1 infection After a lull of over a month, swine flu virus has reared its head again, infecting two elderly individuals from the city. Public health officials portend more infections that may continue well into summer. A 65-year-old and a 69-year-old, unrelated …

Avian flu: 942 birds culled, surveillance to continue

Bengaluru: The animal husbandry and health and family welfare departments will continue the sanitation and disinfection drive at Dasarahalli, Yelahanka, wherein a stray incidence of avian influenza with H5 virus strain was confirmed a few days ago. About 1km radius of the epicentre was notified as 'infected zone' and 1-10km …

Bird flu scare in Karnataka: Maharashtra govt tells 6 districts to monitor health situation

Health officials in Nanded, Sangli, Osmanabad, Latur, Kolhapur and Solapur, have been asked to raise awareness in poultry farms and look for possible infected cases in bordering villages. The Maharashtra government has issued an advisory to six districts to monitor the health situation after suspected cases of bird flu were …

Health department gears up against swine flu

GURUGRAM: As the city witnessed the coldest day of the season so far on Thursday, the health department issued an advisory for Swine Flu. The advisory instructs all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with Swine Flu. While, the patients have been advised …

Government issues red alert over disease

JAIPUR: With state reported 3,619 cases of swine flu and 279 deaths in 2017, the health department conducted a video conferencing with officials in all the districts to remain alert on Wednesday. The department has sounded a red alert to prevent deaths due to the desease. The government has taken …

Health Dept gears up to deal with swine flu cases

Pvt hospitals asked not to charge over Rs 2,200 for ventilators The Health Department is all set to deal with swine flu cases in the district. The possibility of such cases increases in winter. The Health Department today issued guidelines to private hospitals that they would not be allowed to …

H1N1 claimed 777 lives in Maharashtra last year, 20 in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A total 777 people succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra in 2017, of which nearly 20 deaths were reported from the city. Nearly 1,000 people had tested positive for the viral infection last year from the city. Going by this analysis, the H1N1 virus hit the state harder in …

53.4% swine flu deaths reported in Aug, Sept ’17

Jaipur: September and August remained the worst months for the people of the state in 2017 in terms of outbreak of swine flu. In these two months, 2,374 persons were tested positive while 149 had died. According to health department reports, 65.59% of swine flu cases in 2017 were reported …

Swine flu claimed 777 lives in state last year, 148 in city

Pune: A total 777 people succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra in 2017, of which 148 deaths were reported from the city alone. Going by the analysis, the H1N1 virus hit the state harder in 2017 than the previous year (2016). Barring 2015 when the virus had claimed the maximum …

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