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 …
Aizawl: Veterinary officials have identified the disease that killed about 100 pigs in Kolasib district of Mizoram over the last few days as 'Swine Fever', and not the dreaded Swine Flu of the H1N1 virus. ''Swine fever was first detected in Mizoram in 1980. A number of pigs have fallen …
The United States will donate 420,000 packets of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the swine flu pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, federal health officials said Thursday. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and other countries are experiencing rapid increases in serious cases and deaths …
Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore, DH News Service: Finally, the long wait for the H1N1 virus test results from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune is all set to be a thing of the past. The Department of Neuro-Virology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) will soon establish …
Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows. Mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal brain disease in cattle, which …
Five new H1N1 influenza cases were reported on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 109. Of these five cases, two each were reported from Bangalore and Mumbai, while the fifth case was reported from Delhi. Authorities said that out of the two cases in Bangalore, one is that …
Ranchi Veterinary College under Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, has issued public notices asking farmers across the state to get their cattle vaccinated against swine fever after deaths of pigs were reported from Jharkhand and Bihar.
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: There has been a steady increase in A (H1N1) influenza cases in the country with the number touching 93 as four more suspected patients tested positive. Of the confirmed cases, 61 have been discharged while the remaining are undergoing treatment at identified health facilities. The situation …
It is well-known that cancer is one of the main causes of human deaths, but scientists have now suggested that the killer disease is also a major threat to wild animal populations. Cancer accounts for about 10 per cent of all human deaths Wild animals die of cancer at about …
June 25: Five more cases of H1N1 influenza virus were reported on Thursday, taking the total number of flu patients in the country to 78. Of the five fresh cases, two are from Gurgaon and one each from Delhi, Pune and Kolkata. The health authorities said, of the two H1N1 …
AHMEDABAD: If you shared proximity with a suspected swine flu patient, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has a quarantine notice for you. The notice was brought out after a German national who had complained of tonsillitis was isolated in a ward in VS Hospital. The notice reads that if you …
CHANDIGARH: The first confirmed case of swine flu in Chandigarh was reported on Tuesday. The victim, a 19-year-old student of computer science studying in California, had returned to meet his parents in Gurdaspur, 250 km from here, on June 19. He was hospitalised on June 22 immediately after he showed …
Of the 18 valid species of Cryptosporidium (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from fish, reptiles, birds and mammals reported from different parts of the world, seven species are known to be emerging gastrointestinal parasites of zoonotic importance. Among the parasites, two species, C. parvum and C. andersoni are found to exist among calves …
Contrary to the popular assumption that the new swine flu pandemic arose on factory farms in Mexico, federal agriculture officials now believe that it most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, but then traveled to North America in a human. But they emphasized that there was no way to prove …
NEW DELHI: The total number of confirmed A (H1N1) influenza cases in the country has gone up to 68, with five more people testing positive in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, three are from Delhi, and one each from Bangalore and Hyderabad. A 66-year-old woman, who was …
With the second case of the global pandemic disease influenza H1N1 detected here, Sri Lanka's largest health and hygiene soap brand, Lifebuoy cautions people to take simple preventative steps to avoid the illness. The World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control recommend washing your hands with soap as …
The authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of swine flu in Bangladesh a week after a United Nations agency had declared a swine flu pandemic. The case was detected on Thursday when a passenger travelling by air from the United States tested positive for the virus, the health and …
The WHO commended the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry for very successful handling of first AH1N1 (Swine Flu) cases. The Ministry took all possible steps and managed the situation within 24 hours and acted quickly. This is not a killer virus and there is no need to panic or overreact, WHO …
