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 …
The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled. The United Nations health body said it was "deeply concerned about the potential …
Health authorities in Hong Kong are urging residents to take steps to ensure personal hygiene, and the city remains on high alert following the bird-flu-related death of a man in mainland China. Renewed fears in Hong Kong came as Chinese authorities said preliminary tests showed the Shenzhen man, who died …
Health workers here began slaughtering more than 17,000 chickens on Wednesday after a carcass infected with bird flu was found at a poultry market, government officials said. It was the first large-scale culling in three years. The cull was part of a series of precautionary steps being taken after the …
A Hong Kong school was closed on Friday after a dead bird found in the southern Chinese city was tested positive for the deadly H5 strain of the bird flu virus, health officials said. The closure came after the school clerk, a 48-year-old woman, picked up the sick black-headed gull …
The District Livestock Office, Parsa, has observed high alert for protection from bird flu. Chief and Senior Veterinary doctor of the Office, Udaya Pratap Singh, in the district level meeting held with the purpose of controlling infection of bird flu, said works for observing high alert have been expedited to …
The Cabinet, late on Friday, declared the western area of Lokanthali, the Manahara bridge area and slums adjoining the bridge 'bird-flu emergency areas.' The move was, however, in sharp contrast to the stand taken earlier in the day by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, which had declared Kathmandu a …
The Health Ministry has put in place high alert programme in 26 districts, which are reported to be the most vulnerable for bird flu outbreak. Under the first phase, measures are being taken to put special vigilance, constant monitoring of poultry related business, awareness creating training and prevention tips in …
Nepalese health workers have culled hundreds of chickens and ducks following the first reported outbreak of bird flu in the capital Kathmandu, a government official said yesterday. The outbreak was discovered after a local poultry farmer told health officials that 90 of his chickens had suddenly died. Nepal's first reported …
Transmission of the deadly H1N1 swine flu virus was the fastest in the national capital, while the infection was most fatal in Maharashtra. The first-of-its-kind analysis to understand the transmission dynamics of the pandemic influenza that hit India has found that the doubling time (time span in which the number …
Agartala: Following recent cases of avian influenza reported from West Bengal, neighbouring Assam and Bangladesh, Tripura today sounded an alert and banned import of poultry from these places. “We have imposed a ban on poultry import from West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh following report of outbreak of bird flu in …
U.S. senators from Alaska and Washington state called on Thursday for more investigation of a contagious and lethal fish virus recently detected for the first time in wild Pacific salmon, alarming marine scientists. The infectious salmon anemia virus, previously limited to Atlantic salmon -- including an outbreak that ravaged Chile's …
New Delhi: India’s six lakh chemist shops can now stock and sell oseltamivir phosphate or Tamiflu — the only known drug effective against both the deadly influenza strains H1N1 and H5N1 bird flu. India has decided to lift “restricted sale” of the drug and make it available through all chemist …
West Bengal has completed culling of chicken after a spate of unnatural bird deaths reported in some poultry farms in Nadia district's Tehatta block. While it has been confirmed that the organism infecting the birds is the H5 strain of influenza, it is still not known if it is the …
Guwahati: Over 15000 birds were culled in Assam’s Dhubri district following the detection of avian influenza in Agomoni area of the district. Rapid Response Teams had culled the birds in 14 villages of Agomoni area after the avian flu virus was confirmed about a fortnight back, state Animal Husbandry and …
India's West Bengal state has started culling poultry after cases of bird flu, a senior industry executive said Thursday, adding, however, that the outbreak hasn't spread and that it is confined to a small area. There is no panic among consumers and sales are normal, said Shyam Kumar, vice president …
With the UN body FAO issuing warning on possible resurgence of bird flu in Asia, the Government today said it is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality arising out of the outbreak of avian influenza. “A few reports have come out in the press mentioning an FAO alert against …
Pune Bird flu is rearing its head again and India is among the countries that need to take precautions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. The UNFAO has warned that countries where H5N1 is still firmly entrenched — Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam — are likely …
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the deadly bird flu, which first appeared in 2003, is rearing its head again in Asia and other countries. The organisation has said that there are signs of a mutant strain of H5NI spreading and urged heightened readiness and surveillance against …
The United Nations has warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus is spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation on Monday said countries that could face the biggest problems were Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia and …
The recent detection of cases of avian influenza in humansunderscores the ongoing risk of human infection with new strains of influenza,says a recent ICDDR,B study. It said two human cases of infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) and one human case of infection with avian influenza A (H9N2) viruseswere detected through …
