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 …

Swine Flu threat: Strict screening of passengers at entry points urged

Health officials at the health care desk set up at different entry points of the country including land port, airport and seaport are stated to have been neglecting their duties in screening the incoming passengers properly Officials at the Zia International Airport have expressed their apprehension that indifference of the …

India may join global hunt for H1N1 vaccine

NEW DELHI: India may join the global race to create the world's first vaccine against the deadly H1N1 influenza virus. A crucial meeting on Tuesday, between the country's best known scientists, vaccine manufacturers like Serum Institute and officials of the health ministry, will decide whether India will actually try to …

2 suspected H1N1 cases in Pune

Two suspected patients of H1N1 flu, who arrived from Spain and the US, have been kept under observation. The patients were moved to the Naidu municipal hospital

Swine Flu Migrates to China and Japan

The first case of swine flu in China was confirmed Monday as the epidemic continued moving around the world, with the World Health Organization reporting about 4,700 laboratory-confirmed cases in 30 countries. Communication with a Chinese man, being treated for the new H1N1 strain of flu, was broadcast at a …

Swine flu: Govt to launch mapping of pig farms

BHUBANESWAR: The swine flu panic across the globe has prompted the Orissa Government to go in for a reality check. With scant information available on pig population, the Directorate of Veterinary Services and Animal Husbandry today decided to launch a mapping of pig farming both in the organised and unorganised …

Man is Responsible for Disease

Man creates pandemics and then slaughters thousands of animals, supposedly to

Just a few mutations away

Virology Will the H1N1 virus trigger a pandemic similar to the 1918, 1957 and the 1968 events? Kalyan Ray cites researcher Daniel Perez, who showed that an avian flu virus requires relatively fewer mutations to spread rapidly between mammals. With the world overcoming the initial pangs over swine flu (H1N1) …

Experts say swine flu virus not likely to strike in hot Karachi weather

Experts speaking at a seminar on Saturday said that swine flu (A H1N1) virus, if at all entered the city, would have little chance to survive or surge owing to the hot and humid environment here. However, they warned, health providers were required to remain alert till the advent of …

3rd death in US as H1N1 flu spreads to 29 countries

Kounteya Sinha | TNN The number of confirmed H1N1 swine flu cases in humans jumped by nearly 1,000 cases in one day, with the deadly virus now found in 29 countries across the globe. On Sunday, the World Health Organisation said the number of confirmed cases of H1N1

TB patients, HIV+ at greater risk of swine flu: WHO

NEW DELHI: A crucial finding by clinicians in Mexico, the country where the deadly H1N1 flu virus originated, could have India worried. Initial observations made by the WHO, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mexican clinicians who studied the first 40 deaths in Mexico show that people with …

Awareness about bird flu underscored

Speakers at a function here on Saturday stressed the need for creating awareness among the people about bird flu as HSNI virus causes widespread death of poultry birds and also affects human being. "The virus spreads through affected fowls, their eggs, feathers, excreta and even vehicles that are used for …

Flu Deaths Outside Mexico Climb to 5

The number of swine flu-related deaths outside Mexico has inched up to five, with the United States reporting its third fatality and Costa Rica its first, both involving men who also had underlying illnesses. The number of confirmed cases of the infection in the United States has risen to 2,532 …

Studying the new flu virus

N. Gopal Raj The new H1N1 virus, which threatens to set off an influenza pandemic, is a mishmash of swine, human and bird flu genes drawn from two flu strains that infected pigs. But it is still not clear where the new virus first made its leap from pigs into …

Swine flu scanners are back at Sri Lanka's International airport

Thermal Scanners that were used to scan people for possible infection with swine flu (H1N1 virus) and failed to operate before have been reinstalled at the Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake after repairs. A spokesman for the Health Ministry said that the scanners had been sent to Singapore for repair …

Vulture deaths: study blames malaria too

VIVEK DESHPANDE, NAGPUR, MAY 7 RESEARCH by Indian veterinarian Ajay Poharkar has shown that apart from the anti-inflammatory, analgesic drug diclofenac, malaria too is a major cause for vulture deaths. The widely accepted vulture extinction theory by UK scientist Lindsay Oak which originated in Pakistan holds diclofenac responsible for endangering …

Swine flu cases have crossed 2,000: WHO

Geneva The World Health Organisation says the number of confirmed swine flu cases around the world has surpassed 2,000. The agency raised its tally on Thursday to 2,099 cases, from 1,893 late on Wednesday. It said there have been 42 deaths in Mexico and two in the United States. Mexico …

Steps taken against swine flu

With cases of swine flu, or A(H1N1) influenza, increasing and spreading worldwide, the ministry of health (MoH) called a conference yesterday for all relevant authorities to coordinate preventive and response measures to the possible entrance and outbreak of the flu in Bhutan.

Swine Flu Cases Worldwide Exceed 2,300

The World Health Organization said Thursday that 2,371 people in 24 countries now had confirmed cases of swine flu. A bus stop in Mexico City on Wednesday as some people began returning to work. Only 46 people are known to have died of the virus, all but 2 of them …

American, Already Ailing, Dies of Swine Flu

The first American has died after contracting the swine flu virus, Texas health officials said Tuesday. Officials did not identify the 33-year-old Texas woman but added that she suffered from an unnamed pre-existing medical condition. The health of the woman, a schoolteacher who lived in Harlingen, near the border with …

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