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 …
A team of scientists from the World Health Organisation (who) have begun their search for the Marburg virus in the jungles of eastern Congo. Earlier, laboratory tests showed that three out of nine samples of blood collected in the eastern Congo region in August had the Marburg virus, a relative …
hepatitis c is stalking Calcutta. According to reports, one blood bank alone has detected 40 cases in the last seven months. Doctors in the city has warned that like hiv and hepatitis b , all blood units must be screened for this virus before transfusion. Doctors say that the mode …
outbreaks of previously unknown viruses is increasingly being reported from several parts of the world. The us Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( cdc ) in Atlanta, Georgia, has identified 50 new viruses that cause illness among humans. One reason for this is the rampant human infiltration into virgin …
in the 18 years that we have known the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( aids ), medical science has made significant advances towards combating the menace. The human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv ) has been isolated and characterised, several drugs have been discovered in record time, vaccine initiatives have been launched …
the common cold is rarely life threatening. But their collective toll of misery and absenteeism is nothing to sneeze at. Billions of people the world over come down with colds every year. It is estimated that children average six to eight colds a year; adults, two to four, depending upon …
when pig farmers and farm workers in Ipoh, Malaysia started dying last year, everybody suspected that it was due to the Japanese encephalitis ( je ) virus which is spread by the Culex mosquito. In November, the health authorities declared that je was the virus behind the spate of "mysterious' …
a string of new human pathogens has been added recently to the popular pantheon of demonology. The Ebola virus is one of the deadliest among these. It resembles the influenza virus in the early stages of infection in terms of its effects, and rapidly induces fever accompanied by shock, diffuse …
vaccine against hepatitis a: Smith-kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals have developed a new vaccine to prevent Hepatitis A. Harvix is a convenient two-dose vaccine for active immunisation against the disease. The vaccine is available in two variants, Harvix 720 Junior (for those between 12 months and 18 years) and 1440 Adult (for …
According to a senior us- government researcher, a mysterious virus epidemic that killed more than 100 people and devastated Malaysia's us $400 million pork industry could flare up again if care is not taken. "The epidemic may happen again, but if you are alert, you can stop it early,' said …
aids experts got another piece of bad news: patients are passing on strains of the virus that resist one or more drugs. Consequently, the minute some people get infected, there will be some drugs that will probably be ineffective. Very soon there may be a need to see if it …
According to the scientists, there may be a common ancestor to the viruses that cause AIDS, Ebola and influenza. Scientists say all the viruses use a very similar mechanism to enter the cells they infect. "The structure of this molecule shows that a widely dissimilar virus, a virus that everybody …
A new strain of the influenza A virus ( h9n2 ) has been discovered in two patients by the virus unit of the Hong Kong department of health. The two patients are girls, aged one and four, who recovered fully from an influenza-like illness in March. A typical influenza virus …
On the state of viral diseases in India: India faces a bleak scenario as far as viral diseases are concerned. There has been an alarming rise in the number of hiv cases. It could well be more than 10 million, though the World Health Organisation ( who ) estimates that …
A rare form of rotavirus, so far confined only to China where it appeared 16 years ago, has been detected in India. For the first time, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Calcutta, detected five cases of Group B Rotavirus between September to December 1998. This virus …
a strain of influenza, originating from Sydney in Australia, is being blamed for causing chaos in London's health care system. The Sydney flu bug has been sweeping southern parts of Britain after initially being found in the British Midlands and the north of the country. The bout of influenza has …
a virus spread by infected pigs has claimed more than 85 lives in Malaysia. The virus, Japanese encephalitis ( je ), is carried by pigs and transmitted by mosquitoes. The Malaysian government has since ordered the immediate culling of around a million pigs. The disease first unleashed itself on the …
A STRAIN of influenza emanating from Sydney, Australia, is being blamed for causing chaos in London's health care system and delaying thousands of Britons from returning to work. The Sydney flu bug has been sweeping southern parts of Britain after initially being found in the British Midlands and the north …
