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 …
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious viral disease affecting sheep and goats, causes a staggering USD 1.45 billion to USD 2.1 billion in losses each year. Since it was first identified in Côte d’Ivoire in 1942, PPR has spread to around 70 countries in Africa, the Middle East …
Feeding food to wild animals may just impact their risk of disease. Scientists have found that supplemental feeding of wildlife can actually increase the spread of some infectious diseases and decrease the spread of others. Giving food to wild animals is becoming more and more common. As people move into …
The complex and unresolved evolutionary origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic exposed major gaps in our knowledge of the global spatial ecology and evolution of influenza A viruses in swine (swIAVs). Here we undertake an expansive phylogenetic analysis of swIAV sequence data and demonstrate that the global live swine …
Vietnam reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus in a village in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. Over 350 birds were found infected by the virus in a village in Tinh Gia district last week, the …
A day after India officially informed the Paris-based Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) of an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, the Union agriculture ministry directed the state to intensify surveillance to monitor further spread of the virus. Uttar Pradesh has …
aenia solium cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis occurring in many developing countries. Socio-cultural determinants related to its control remain unclear. Studies in Africa have shown that the underuse of sanitary facilities and the widespread occurrence of free-roaming pigs are the major risk factors for porcine cysticercosis. The study objective …
GUANGZHOU - Two more H7N9 cases have been reported in south China's Guangdong Province, raising the province's total infections to 65 this year, local health authorities said Sunday. A 45-year-old man in Dongguan City and a 36-year-old man in Foshan City were diagnosed with the disease on Saturday, the provincial …
Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests. Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe in the mid-14th Century, instead trace back to gerbils from Asia. Prof Nils Christian Stenseth, from the University …
GUANGZHOU -- One more H7N9 human case was reported in south China's Guangdong Province, making the total number to 54, local health authorities said on Saturday. A 48-year-old woman from Jinping District in Shantou City was diagnosed with the disease on Friday. She was hospitalized but in critical situation, the …
Bird flu may not have been the cause behind the deaths of 47 birds at Sultanpur sanctuary in Gurgaon recently. Officials now suspect something more lethal. Biologists and Haryana forest department officials said there is a high probability that the birds died of pesticide poisoning from neighboring fields. The sanctuary …
Morbilliviruses are a growing concern because of their ability to infect multiple species. The spill-over of canine distemper virus (CDV) from domestic dogs has been associated with severe declines in wild carnivores worldwide, and therefore mass dog vaccination has been suggested as a potential control strategy. Focusing on three decades …
An apparent link has been established between human population density and vegetation cover and the spread of the Ebola virus from animal hosts to humans. Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center found a higher risk of animal to human transmission in areas with high human density and low vegetation. "These …
Ebola is the single biggest threat to the survival of gorillas and chimpanzees, having wiped out a third of their populations since the 1990s. With mortality rates as high as 95% for gorillas and 77% for chimpanzees, the virus constitutes a bigger threat to the apes than humans, says an …
Awka — Following the resurgence of the Avian influenza Virus, popularly known as Bird Flu, the Lagos State Government has revealed that it has killed 2,000 birds in a poultry farm in Badore area of Lagos, where the virus was detected. The state's Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperative, Gbolahan Lawal, …
SHANGHAI - Two people in China's coastal Fujian province have died of H7N9 avian flu, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local health officials. The province had 15 confirmed cases of the strain so far this year, while Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai had also reported human cases …
Thousands of birds arrive from European, Russian regions Uttarakhand is under threat of avian influenza as during the winter season thousands of birds arrive to this part of the country from European and Siberia-Russian region. Particularly in Haridwar at Neel Dhara Ganga river bank adjacent to Rajaji National Park, these …
No fresh deaths in Sultanpur sanctuary | Officials monitor birds at Okhla too Around 100 poultry farms in the district have been put on high alert by the Animal Husbandry Department though no fresh deaths were reported from the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary today. No bird deaths have been reported so …
Precautionary step taken due to fear of bird flu outbreak The Sultanpur National Park, a bird sanctuary on Gurgaon-Farrukhnagar Road, has been shut down after nearly 40 birds were found dead inside on Saturday, triggering fears of bird flu. “More than 40 birds, mostly coots, which are migratory birds, were …
TAIPEI – A highly pathogenic strain of H5N8 avian influenza has been found in central Taiwan in the first confirmed case on the island, health authorities said. Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Bao-ji said Sunday the H5N8 avian flu virus was found at a goose farm in Chiayi, leading to …
India banned imports on account of avian influenza, which WTO called 'unscientific' India plans to challenge a World Trade Organisation order that told New Delhi to remove curbs on poultry imports from the US, saying it's important to protect the industry that supports livelihood of millions of people in the …
