Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Dhanbad, March 15: Students from more than 82 government schools in Dhanbad came together today to exhibit their skills at a district-level science exhibition on Zilla Parishad grounds. The event was inaugurated by deputy commissioner of Dhanbad Ajay Kumar Singh. More than 100 models based on a wide range of …
KOLKATA, March 14: The Centre has proposed that areas within 5 kms from the international border with Bangladesh, will be kept poultry-free, in a strategy to prevent avian influenza from flaring up in border states like Assam and West Bengal. Authorities suspect that the H5NI virus which afflicted the backyard …
In his attempt to track avian flu in China, Peng Gong ended up creating the only comprehensive wetlands map the country has. When Gong compared that map, described in an article published in Chinese last month, to another as-yet unpublished one, he found that nearly 30% of China
LUCKNOW: The scanning of water birds for possible strains of bird flu virus is going on at a fast pace. The blood samples from at least 175 birds have been collected so far. The effort began in January with an aim to trapping the winter birds. The samples have been …
ERODE: Animal Husbandry Department, Erode, continues its check on birds for avian influenza. According to sources in the Department, an officer in the rank of Assistant Director visits the Vellode Bird Sanctuary on Fridays to arrival of new birds, death of birds, unusual avian mortality, if any, etc. The Department
Four Indonesians have died of bird flu, raising the death toll in the country hardest hit by the disease to 119, an official said Tuesday. Bayu Krisnamurthi, chief of the National Bird Flu Commission, said all the victims were believed to have been infected after coming into contact with sick …
Siliguri, Feb. 25: The Darjeeling district administration has confirmed the presence of the bird flu virus in Punding and Khairani under Sukna panchayat near here today. Culling operations will start from late this evening in Sukna panchayat and Champasari, the other flu affected area.
Balurghat, Feb. 23: Culling figures in Barhamhar have exceeded the target set by the animal resources development (ARD) department that was going by the last poultry census. Till today, the number of chicken and ducks culled stood at 37,840. Following the 2007-census, the culling target in a 3-km radius of …
LUCKNOW: Scanning of the water birds for possible strain of bird flu (H5N1) has started in the state. The effort has been undertaken to discover the virus that causes bird flu and water birds are said to be the potential carriers of the same. The state forest department has handed …
The Government has identified cross-border movement of poultry between India and Bangladesh as the cause of frequent outbreaks of avian flu in Assam and West Bengal, and will ask the two States to check the movement. Top animal science officials from both the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and …
WASHINGTON - The H5N1 bird flu virus, which has now sickened more than 400 people globally, is infecting birds and people all across China and is still a cause for serious concern, flu experts said on Tuesday. Recent cases are the expected winter seasonal surge seen for many types of …
Cooch Behar, Feb. 3: Resistance from residents of two bird flu-affected villages in Cooch Behar has forced culling teams to return without killing a single bird today. Culling in Cooch Behar villages had begun on Sunday night. Around 11am today, two culling teams reached Dakshin Dangkoba and Paschim Khaterbari in …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Members of the culling team undergoing medical tests in Dinhata before they leave for the affected areas. Picture by Main Uddin Chisti Cooch Behar, Feb. 1: Culling of poultry began late this evening in the two Cooch Behar villages where bird flu has broken out. The High Risk …
BEIJING: A 21-year-old woman in central China has been infected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country's eighth reported case of the disease this year, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as Hong Kong reported that three birds found at local beaches had died of bird flu. The …
Gangtok: The fear of spread of bird flu in different areas of Sikkim was allayed as the blood samples of chickens who had died recently at Maaling in North district tested negative in the Animal Disease Diagnostic laboratory in Bhopal, an animal husbandry department official said on Thursday. Animal Husbandry …
Beijing: An 18-year-old man died on Monday of bird flu in south-western China, the government said, bringing to five the number killed since the start of the year and adding to fears of a possible mass outbreak. The man, surnamed Liang, died in the city of Yulin in the Guangxi …
Jakarta: Two Indonesians have died of bird flu, apparently after contact with sick chickens, raising the country's death toll to 115, the health ministry said on Wednesday. A ministry statement said a 6-year-old girl in Bekasi, West Java, died on January 2. She got sick after buying a chicken with …
Beijing: A 16-year-old boy died of bird flu in central China on Tuesday, state media reported, the third death this year, as experts warned that surveillance gaps could mask the true extent of the disease in Chinese poultry. A health official on Tuesday also confirmed the mother of a toddler …
