Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Avian influenza that hit poultry all over the globe in recent years has left the Indian shuttlecock manufacturing industry crippled. The disease that forced various countries to cull lakhs of birds in an effort to restrain spreading the flu is still haunting the traders. The flu scare has virtually forced …
Four Bar Headed geese nesting in a remote area in China have no idea that they are being tracked by scientists at the Aligarh Muslim University. Their movements from the time they arrived in India have been on surveillance thanks to the satellite collars that have been fitted to them …
INDIA has refused to remove restrictions on import of pork and poultry products imposed last year as a preventive measure against spread of bird flu despite mounting pressure from the EU and the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a recent meeting of the WTO committee on sanitary …
Azad asks young doctors to opt for postings in rural areas The vaccine has reached the human clinical trial stage 68 students receive degrees at NIMHANS convocation Bangalore:An indigenously developed vaccine against influenza could be a month away, according to Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad. …
One way for "dollar-poor" small-scale farmers to increase their income per hectare is to switch to higher value agricultural products, such as meat, milk or eggs. Stronger engagement in livestock production, however, exposes smallholders to additional risks, such as losing their animals through theft, predation or disease. While farmers
A demand-supply mismatch induced by the fear of a bird flu outbreak and a long winter has pushed up the price of chicken in the city. On Sunday, smaller broilers were selling for Rs 95 a kg and larger ones at Rs 92 a kg in New Market, the biggest …
BALASORE: The outbreak of bird flu in Murshidabad district of neighbouring West Bengal has spread panic among the poultry farmers in Balasore district. While the border villages in Balasore and Mayurbhanj have been put on alert, Chief District Veterinary Officers (CDVOs) of both the districts have been asked to inspect …
ANAND S.T. DAS Initially suspected of being a possible secret surveillance tool used by terrorist outfits, the barheaded goose with a satellite tracking fixed to it finally emerged as a beneficial bird helping Indian scientists in their study of avian influenza : This goose could just have got killed if …
The Centre on Sunday said it was monitoring the situation in West Bengal in event of the outbreak of avian flu in two villages in the state. The health ministry in its report on the current situation over the flu said that culling of birds have commenced and more than …
New Delhi: Eight months after India reported its last case of bird flu in poultry and two months after India declared itself free of the deadly H5N1 virus, avian influenza has returned to haunt the country. Already reeling under an outbreak of H1N1 swine flu pandemic virus that has infected …
Less than three months after the country was declared free from avian influenza (bird flu) in October, it has again been hit by another outbreak in the Khargram block of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Poultry samples collected from the block tested positive for H5 strain of avian influenza during …
Behrampore, Jan. 14: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in Murshidabad district today, prompting the authorities to announce a culling drive in the area from tomorrow. Four gram panchayats in Murshidabad are said to be affected. Officials said the Kirtipur gram panchayat was the worst hit. The other …
West Bengal is in again in the grip of bird flu or avian influenza scare. More than 2,000 birds, including domestic poultry, were found dead in the remote village of Durmoth at Mongolkot in Burdwan district, prompting the state animal resources development department to send a team to collect samples. …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: It was in February 2006 when a little town Uchhal in Surat district recorded two cases of avain flu, more popularly called the H5N1 virus, along with a couple of cases in its neighbouring town of Navapur in Maharashtra. The World Health Organisation (WHO) brought …
India has declared itself free from the Avian Influenza (H5N1) or the bird flu and notified this to the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). The Centre has, however, emphasised that surveillance against Avian Influenza should continue throughout the country, especially in vulnerable areas bordering infected countries and in areas …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: India has declared itself free from the notifiable Avian Influenza (H5N1). The notification was issued to the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) on October 22. A country can declare itself free from birdflu, if there is no outbreak for three months. With the declaration, the …
While the country had reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) from 2006-08 and experts had questioned the role of migratory birds in the transmission of the virus, a latest study by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) and city-based Ela Foundation has given a clean chit …
Come winter, birds and swine flu thrive alike, we need to be prepared for whatever surprises this dreaded virus delivers next, Deputy Commissioner, Tayor Jempen said here today while inaugurating a two-day capacity building and skill development training cum awareness on Avian influenza which was organized by the Department of …
