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 …
Gargi Parsai, NEW DELHI:Barely three weeks after India declared itself to be free from the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), the deadly disease showed up in Kamrup district of Assam last week. Consequently, India has notified the World Organisation for Animal Health(OIE), about the outbreak of the disease and …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 01, 2008, 22:49 IST Fresh outbreak of the dreaded bird flu disease of poultry at Hajo in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam is expected to hit export of poultry products though it may not have much impact on the domestic market, feel poultry experts. …
GUWAHATI, Dec 1: As a precautionary measure, sale and movement of poultry birds have been banned in Kamrup district from today, as bird flu is suspected to have spread over new areas, including Sarpara (near Mirza), Rangamati and Bongra Kachuniapara villages in the district, said Kamrup Deputy Commissioner RC Jain. …
KENDRAPARA: The Forest and Veterinary officials have sounded alert in Bhitarkanika after large numbers of migratory birds started arriving in the national park with the onset on winter. The officials have also taken precautionary steps to detect any sick birds in the park and its nearby areas, said Dr Keshaba …
Dreaded bird flue has struck the State. Official circles here said that the Bhopal-based High Security Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (HSADL) confirmed this evening the outbreak of the disease among the domesticated fowls of Thakuria Chuba of Rajabazar village under Hajo Revenue Circles of Kamrup district. This is the first case …
Shyam Ranganathan Migratory birds flocking at the Kodiakkarai sanctuary near Vedaranyam. NAGAPATTINAM: A project, to be funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, will study the role of migratory birds in the spread of avian influenza, using tracking devices in three bird sanctuaries later this year, K. Balachandran, Indian co-ordinator …
Lucknow: Bird flu and the scare generated by it is being met head-on by the state animal husbandry department. The department has undertaken an exhaustive drive to train veterinarian, para-veterinarian and the staff of other associated departments on the technical know-how of the disease and how best it can be …
Capital shortage coupled with bird flu scare has pushed the poultry industry in Magura into dire straits. The poultry farmers in the district are facing multifarious problems, mainly for want of sufficient money to get on with their business. At least 70 per cent poultry farmers have already closed their …
Seventeen people from the same neighbourhood in the Indonesian city of Makassar in South Sulawesi are due to be tested for bird flu after falling sick, a health ministry official said on Thursday. Chandra Yoga Adhitama, acting director-general of communicable disease control, said the group had been hospitalised after chickens …
A 15-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu in central Java, a health official said on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 113. The girl died last week after being treated at the Doctor Karyadi hospital in Semarang. "It has been confirmed by health ministry …
Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 kms (250 miles) north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. Tests confirmed the country's first outbreak in 10 months near the ancient capital of Sukhothai, where villagers …
If the state animal resources development department (ARD) officials thought they could sit back and relax even after the containment of highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that spread to 16 districts in the state earlier this year, here is a word of caution from the Centre. The department of animal husbandry, …
As thousands of migratory birds usually come to the wetlands of Nalbari district during the winter season, the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department has sensitised the veterinery doctors, veterinary field assistants and the members of Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the entire Nalbari district about the outbreak of avian influenza …
Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, US government researchers reported on Tuesday. They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains. …
The United States pledged an additional $320 million to the global fight against bird flu and warned on Saturday against complacency in combating the virus, which could mutate and cause a deadly pandemic. The figure brings to $949 million Washington's total pledges to fight avian influenza, which has killed 245 …
Awareness and preparedness is crucial to tackle an outbreak of bird flu before next winter. The issue was underscored in a recent NGO network orientation workshop on avian influenza organised by CARE Bangladesh, says a press release. Keynote Papers were presented by Dr Abdul Baqi, Project Director, Strengthening of Support …
Amid fresh bird-flu worries, the director general of the Department of Livestock Services has stressed the need for a multi-sectoral approach to make people aware about the risks of the disease that rattled the country
Busienss Standard / New Delhi October 16, 2008, 0:14 IST The selective ban imposed by the US on the export of vaccines for bird flu and some other common viruses (selective because it is applicable to just a few countries) defies logic, and is a case of mixing politics with …
Authorities in Brussels yesterday confirmed two "risk areas" had been set up in Germany to contain a new outbreak of avian flu on a poultry farm in the east of the country. The European Commission said Germany had applied necessary control measures, required under EU rules, and that the situation …
