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 …

H1N1 flu symptoms reported in City

A family of four who had returned from a vacation in Malaysia two days ago underwent screening for H1N1 influenza A at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases here on Thursday. Among the four, the father and the son who showed upper respiratory infection (URI) symptoms have been quarantined, …

Study Shows Hidden Birdflu Cases In Cambodia

The H5N1 bird flu virus can infect people without causing noticeable symptoms, but only rarely, according to a report published on Thursday. A survey of more than 600 people in Cambodian villages where two children died from the virus shows seven more were apparently infected, but without having known about …

The real pandemic

The current wave of influenza A virus is linked to the way we produce food - in factory farms The current wave of influenza A virus is linked to the way we produce food

Swine flu and thermal imaging

R. PRASAD If screening baggage using X-rays has become the order of the day in airports across the world, many airports have now installed thermal imaging scanners to screen travellers who are likely to be infected with swine flu. Since one of the symptoms of Influenza A(H1N1) infection is fever, …

Swine flu suspect sent for tests

Kolkata: An Indian national who arrived at the airport here from Dubai was straight away sent to hospital on Wednesday for a check-up for suspected swine flu after he was found suffering from fever and upper respiratory congestion.

Wary of Swine Flu, Egypt May Quarantine Pilgrims

Egyptians who perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia risk being quarantined upon their return to Egypt, the health minister warned Wednesday, driving home the lengths to which Egypt is willing to go to remain free of swine flu. The minister, Hatem el-Gabali, said the volume of …

U.S. Says Older People Appear Safer From New Flu Strain

Confirming the first impressions of many American and Mexican doctors, federal health officials said on Wednesday that people born before 1957 appear to have some immunity to the swine flu virus now circulating. Tests on blood serum from older people showed that they had antibodies that attacked the new virus, …

Europe's Frogs And Snakes In Danger: Study

One fifth of Europe's reptiles and nearly a quarter of its amphibians are in danger because of the threat humans pose to their natural habitat, according to a study carried out for the European Commission. The tortoise family, vipers, wall lizards such as the Tenerife speckled lizard, and pond turtles …

U.N. urges vigilance as flu cases soar

GENEVA: United Nations chief N. Ban Ki-moon urged people to remain "vigilant and alert" y about Influenza A(H1N1) on Tuesday as the number of cases around the world shot up to almost 10,000. Previous pandemics had shown flu outbreaks could start mild and worsen, said Mr. Ban as he addressed …

Swine Flu Treatment: Beximco exports Oseltamivir capsules to America

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (BPL) yesterday announced that it has commenced supplying Oseltamivir capsules, Oseflu

Swine flu: 2-yr-old among 2 admitted

May 19: Two persons who came from the US were admitted on Tuesday to the AP Chest Hospital for suspected swine flu symptoms. One of them is a two-year-old boy. The baby landed at Shamshabad airport with his parents on May 16. The parents admitted the boy to the Chest …

Flu spread unabated

GENEVA/TOKYO: The new flu strain is spreading widely in the United States and Japan and is likely to circulate worldwide, health officials said on Monday. The H1N1 flu outbreak has put the world on the brink of a pandemic and ministers and experts were meeting in Geneva to discuss how …

First Swine flu case confirmed in Hyderabad

A 23-year old youth belonging to Hyderabad was tested positive for the H1N1 strain of virus that causes swine flu. This is first confirmed case of swine flu in the country. The test was conducted by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in New Delhi and the report was …

Swine flu preparedness: WHO provides 2 lakh dozens of capsules

The world health organisation (WHO) has provided two million capsules of generic Oseltamivir, known as Tamiflu as brand name, to the government as a part of its global pandemic influenza preparedness programnmes. The donation is an addition to government's current stock of 40,000 doses, sources at WHO and the government …

Two more persons under observation

Two co-passengers of the 23year-old Hyderabad resident, who had come from the US and was detected to be infected with Influenza A(H1N1), commonly known as the swine flu, were on Monday put under observation in a government hospital in Hyderabad.

A (H1N1) case: two more quarantined

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Two more persons have been quarantined

New York Reports Its First Swine Flu Death

An assistant principal at a New York City public school died of complications from swine flu in an intensive care unit of a Queens hospital on Sunday night, the first death in New York State of the flu strain that has swept across much of the world since it was …

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