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 …

PETA sounds caution against anthrax

AHMEDABAD: That meat you are about to gobble may be buzzing with anthrax virus, ready to eat you up instead! Conveying this message were four PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) volunteers at Law Garden on Wednesday afternoon. "It was recently found that some cattle in Dehgam, Gandhinagar …

Five more A(H1N1) cases reported

NEW DELHI: With five more suspected cases of A(H1NI) infection reported from Delhi and Mumbai, the Committee of Secretaries on Wednesday reviewed the situation in the country. According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, two cases were reported from Delhi, while three were reported from Mumbai. They have …

Swine flu: Delhi Govt. forms medical teams

Two persons have already tested positive for the virus in the Capital; no need to panic , says Health Minister ? Hospitals had been put on alert: Minister ? Toll-free helpline (1075) had been started in Delhi NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has formed ten multi-disciplinary teams of trained doctors …

Another swine flu suspect flies in

Mumbai An Air India passenger was quarantined at Mumbai airport late on Sunday evening for suspected swine flu infection, making him the 16th flier to be quarantined in the state. The passenger, a 29-year-old male resident of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir who visited Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, was …

10 tablets of anti-flu drug for Rs 3,000

New Delhi: Despite the ban on sale of Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the anti-flu drug used in the treatment of H1N1 influenza, chemist shops in the Capital are selling it over-the-counter, at nearly double or triple the price. At a prominent medicine shop in Connaught Place, availability is not an issue. A …

State is ready to contain spread of swine flu: CM

Hyderabad June 7: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has urged the civil aviation ministry to provide

Swine flu: first case in Delhi, 10 so far

Teena Thacker New Delhi: Swine flu appears to be spreading in the country with two more cases being reported on Sunday, one from the Capital, taking the total to 10 so far. A 35-year-old male passenger, who took a New York-New Delhi flight (AI 102) and reached Delhi on June …

A(H1N1): Hyderabad airport fortified

M. Sai Gopal HYDERABAD: Seven positive influenza A (H1N1) flu virus cases, including an indigenous flu positive case, the largest number in the country, has prompted authorities to take measures to convert Hyderabad into a veritable fortress. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has been fortified with doctors and a …

Flu scare: India to ban import of livestock products

New Delhi: India on Friday banned the import of select livestock and its products in the wake of the spread of swine flu.

Anthrax-hit village in Gujarat learns no lessons

Adam Halliday Posted: Saturday , Jun 06, 2009 at 0241 hrs IST NANDOL (GANDHINAGAR): There is still no palpable fear in Nandol village of Gandhinagar district, officially declared as Anthrax-hit this week. Unaware of the fatal nature of the blight, the residents sit and watch veterinarians in protective gear going …

Factoring in severity in a flu pandemic alert

N. Gopal Raj Experts have advised the WHO to continue using geographical spread as the basis to move a pandemic to Phase 6. But they have also indicated that it should modify the criterion to include an assessmentof severity. With the swine-origin flu virus being reported from over 60 countries, …

Four more show swine flu signs

Hyderabad, June 5: Four more air passengers with swine flu symptoms surfaced in the city on Friday. The four include a 35-year-old software professional from Brazil, a 25-year-old from Canada, a 23-year-old from New Mexico and a 30-year-old from London. Till date, eight patients with suspected symptoms of the flu …

First human-to-human H1N1 case in Thailand

Thai public health ministry officials confirmed the first human-to-human case of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the kingdom to eight. Deputy prime minister Sanan Kajornprasart told a press conference on Thursday after chairing a meeting on the virus that a 19-year-old man …

Avian Flu Fears Said to Help U.S. Prepare for Swine Flu

Six years of worrying about bird flu did much to prepare the United States for the current swine flu outbreak, federal officials and an independent monitoring group said Thursday, but they cautioned that there were still gaps in planning. After the H5N1 avian flu emerged widely in Asia in 2003, …

Drugs or poison?

With 12 out of about 130 drug samples in 2007-08 failing laboratory tests, the quality of drugs for humans and livestock animals supplied in Bhutan is under a cloud of questions. Bhutan

Pigs An Underestimated Source Of Flu: Study

Global health officials underestimated the risk that pig herds might be a source of new influenza strains, choosing instead to focus on the threat of bird flu, researchers in Mexico said on Thursday. They analyzed samples from people infected with the new H1N1 swine flu virus, which has been confirmed …

One more swine flu case in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The number of persons who have tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) flu virus rose to three in Hyderabad and five in the country on Thursday. A 28-year-old software professional, who returned here after a month

Govt on tenterhooks as cattle die of anthrax

GANDHINAGAR: After 35 deaths of cattle due to anthrax, the state government has swung into action and decided to vaccinate all the cattle in the nearby villages of Dehgam. Animal husbandry minister Dilip Sanghani said after declaring the area as anthrax-hit zone, the government has sent five to six teams …

Infected cattle migrated from Saurashtra

AHMEDABAD: The cattle which were found to be infected with anthrax were from Saurashtra. This is not something unusual. It's a regular feature for Maldharis from Saurashtra and Kutch to migrate to central Gujarat and Ahmedabad in search of water. Senior state officials said that for several years it has …

Anthrax is not new to Dehgam

AHMEDABAD: Nandol village in Dehgam taluka, which is the epicentre of the recent anthrax outbreak in the state, is not new to the disease. Three years ago in Bhaiyal village, 20 km from Nandol, a few bovines had died of a mysterious disease. The authorities then had confirmed the presence …

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