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 outbreak of swine flu has come to haunt the world already facing the blows of a slowing economy, pushing back any chance of a recovery in the near future. Commodities across the world are facing the impact of the outbreak. Soybean, corn and wheat prices fell on speculation that …
PAWAN BALI The spread of Swine flu is likely to boost the sales of companies like Cipla, which can provide drugs and vaccines for this deadly disease. Ms Sarabjit Kaur Nagra, pharma analyst with Angel Broking said that Cipla and Ranbaxy are the two Indian companies, which can provide drugs …
? DEATH TOLL AT 103, SCREENINGS BEGIN AT HEATHROW Governments around the world acted to stem a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico and spread to North America was confirmed to have reached Europe. While the swine flu virus has so …
Pune The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has expressed its readiness to test samples of swine flu in the event of an outbreak in the country. Officials at NIV said that they were given instructions to step up the preparedness at their laboratory. After SARS and H5N1 bird …
MEXICO CITY: Fears of a global flu pandemic grew as new suspected cases appeared across the world on Sunday, including up to 81 people who died in Mexico, where millions hid indoors to avoid contamination. While all the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in …
New Delhi: Following the spread of swine influenza in the United States, the Centre has swung into action. Experts at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) along with the Health Ministry officials will hold a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss the level of preparedness in the country.
CATHERINE BREMER MEXICO CITY World health officials on Sunday stepped up the battle against a new swine flu, blamed for dozens of deaths in Mexico, as the US declared a public emergency amid signs the disease was spreading. The US will screen visitors from infected areas as 20 cases were …
Both influenza viruses and air pollutants have been well documented as major hazards to human health, but few epidemiologic studies have assessed effect modification of influenza on health effects of ambient air pollutants. The authors aimed to assess modifying effects of influenza on health effects of ambient air pollutants.
The United States pledged an additional $320 million to the global fight against bird flu and warned on Saturday against complacency in combating the virus, which could mutate and cause a deadly pandemic. The figure brings to $949 million Washington's total pledges to fight avian influenza, which has killed 245 …
Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has demanded that in addition to the existing reference laboratory at NARC Islamabad, other two laboratories such as National Veterinary Laboratory (NVL) Islamabad and Microbiological Laboratory at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore should be considered and included in the project document for Diagnosis …
The provincial government has transferred an official of the livestock department from Swabi to Mardan as punishment for allegedly disclosing that H5N1 strain of bird flu influenza had been detected in a poultry farm of the district, sources told Dawn. They claimed that on the advice of a local MPA, …
Avian Influenza Control Project has said six districts bordering India are at risk of bird flu. According to Dr Manas Kumar Banerjee, coordinator of Avian Influenza Control Project of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under Ministry of Health and Population, Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar, Taplejung, Sunsari and Morang districts are at …
East and Southeast Asia are probably the breeding grounds for influenza viruses. A study has shown that the virus spreads through densely-packed cities in the region before hitching a ride on human hosts to other parts of the world. Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the uk, analyzed 13,000 samples …
In view of the emergence of the avian influenza epidemic in South East Asia region, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) will host a meeting on strengthening influenza diagnosis and networking in South East Asia in Pune from May 13. Dr A C Mishra, Director, National Institute of Virology said …
Indonesia Says To Launch Bird Flu Pandemic Plan INDONESIA: April 15, 2008 JAKARTA - Indonesia, which has the highest death toll from bird flu of any country, will launch a plan later this week to deal with a possible influenza pandemic, officials said on Monday. Heru Setijanto, head of surveillance …
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus that emerged in southern China in the mid-1990s has in recent years evolved into the first HPAI panzootic. A central question is to understand the factors favoring the continuing reoccurrence of the virus. The abundance of domestic ducks, in particular free-grazing ducks …
