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 …

Two more suspected swine flu cases

Both the air passengers admitted to the Government Chest Hospital on Sunday HYDERABAD: Two more persons, a 29-year-old passenger travelling from West Germany to Hyderabad and a 37-year-old self employed person, who came to Hyderabad from Canada on April 26, were admitted to the Government Chest Hospital, Erragadda, on Sunday …

Now, flu virus jumps from humans to pigs

Canada Reports First Reverse Transmission; India Not Worried New Delhi: Ironically, a virus believed to have originated from pigs is now being found to be jumping from humans to swines. On a day when the World Health Organisation announced a surge of confirmed H1N1 flu cases among humans

No swine flu case: government

K. Balchand NEW DELHI: With a Hyderabad passenger too testing negative for influenza A(H1N1), the government asserted that the situation was under control and no case of the flu had been reported at any international airport in the country. According to official sources, the clinical samples of the passenger screened …

State Govt issues directives to pig breeders

Shillong: Alerted by the spread of swine flu to Asia, the Meghalaya Government has issued a set of directives to pig breeders but said no case of swine influenza in pig has been reported in the state so far. The directives to pig breeders include strict hygienic measures in the …

Serum samples sent for tests

Pune: With the fear of a swine flu outbreak looming large and deaths of 50 pigs being reported this April at Amalner taluka

Swine fever, not flu: 50 pigs dead, humans safe

Pune Fifty pigs have died in a fortnight in Jalgaon but humans need not worry about swine flu, the animal husbandry department says. The disease that killed the pigs was not swine flu but swine fever, which does not pass on to humans, DS Zagade, commissioner of animal husbandry, said …

How to prevent swine flu spread

Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: Heart Care Foundation of India president K.K. Aggarwal released facts about swine flu at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture here on Friday. Addressing a press conference along with Bollywood singer Shibani Kashyap, Dr. Aggarwal pointed out that the World Health Organisation had raised its …

India free from flu, 20,000 passengers screened

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Assuring people that India was still free from A H1N1 virus, the government on Friday said that over 20,000 passengers who had arrived in the country in the past few days were screened, with none of them showing any symptoms of the flu.

Tamiflu to be distributed only through govt agencies

Oseltamivir or Tamiflu, the wonder drug that cures avian influenza as well as the new H1N1 flu, would be distributed in India only through the government machinery as experts have warned that its indiscriminate use can result in the virus developing resistance to the medicine. Briefing reporters here today, Ministry …

Swine flu could cause absenteeism in IT firms: Gartner

Even as global health organisations and the European Union are cautioning people not to panic over the impact of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu), Indian IT majors with centres in Mexico have activated their business continuity plans. This development comes at a time when analysts are exhorting IT firms to …

Mexico encouraged by fall in fresh flu cases

CATHERINE BREMER MEXICO CITY ? 1st HUMAN TRANSMISSION CASE IN UK, NO W.H.O. MEET Mexico started afive-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was …

Govt on flu alert, says dont panic

With the H1N1 influenza virus (earlier referred to as the swine flu virus) spreading to more countries, the Indian authorities said that by Saturday all international airports in India will come under complete surveillance for screening of suspect cases. The health authorities maintained that there is no need to panic …

Culling on; city gears up to tackle swine flu

PREVENTIVE measures to tackle the possible threat of swine flu continued on Friday as the Chennai Corporation captured 25 more pigs, taking the total number culled to around 150 in the last three days. After attending an emergency meeting of experts and corporation health officials, Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni gave …

Reducing the risks of the wildlife trade

The magnitude of the international wildlife trade is immense, with estimates of billions of live animals and animal products traded globally each year. This trade has facilitated the introduction of species to new regions, where they compete with native species for resources, alter ecosystems, damage infrastructure, and destroy crops. It …

Swine Flu Source Spawns Wild Theories

Dead pigs in China, evil factory farms in Mexico and an Al Qaeda plot involving Mexican drug cartels are a few wild theories seeking to explain a deadly swine flu outbreak that has killed up to 176 people. Nobody knows for sure but scientists say the origins are in fact …

Tripura sounds swine flu alert

Close on the heels of the outbreak of meningitis, the Tripura Government on Thursday sounded a red alert to prevent the outbreak of the deadly swine flu in the State, official sources said here. The decision was taken at a review meeting that was chaired by Principal Secretary YP Singh …

Health community taken by surprise

MARIA CHENG LONDON April 30: For years, scientists have warned a global flu epidemic is imminent, but the world

Govt: No swine flu case in country

April 30: Indian authorities have clarified that there is no suspected case of swine flu in the country so far. The Centre has also decided to increase the stock of anti-flu medication from one million to 10 million doses, over the next seven days. Authorities said this stockpile would be …

China says it is not flu's origin

TINITRAN April 30: China has gone on a rhetorical offensive to squash any suggestion it's the source of the swine virus spreading around the world in a campaign that shows its sensitivity over involvement in past outbreaks. Several Mexican officials were quoted in media reports in the past week saying …

5-day partial economic shutdown in Mexico

Catherine Bremer April 30: Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organisation said a swine flu pandemic was imminent. Mr Calderon ordered government offices and private businesses not crucial to the economy to …

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