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 …
CHENNAI: Outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Upper Kuttanadu region in Kerala has sent the poultry farmers in Tamil Nadu in a quandary as it may hit their trade and the top authorities of the government have initiated precautionary measures. A large number of ducks have been …
BHUBANESWAR: With avian influenza being reported from different parts of the country, the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department of Odisha has asked the districts to keep a watch on unusual mortality among birds and report them without delay. The major birding sites of the State, including the 1100 sq …
GWALIOR: Six more painted storks died between last night and this morning at the municipal zoo here taking the number of birds which died due to a suspected new sub-type of bird flu at the zoo to 24. With this, the entire population of painted storks numbering 24 at the …
JAIPUR: Following the avian flu alert issued last week, health minister Rajendra Rathore and animal husbandry department minister Prabhu Lal Saini met on Monday to review the situation in the state. However, Saini said that no case of bird flu has been reported from the state so far. In the …
Gopal Rai said however, also said the anti-virus operation in the Deer Park in south Delhi was bearing results as only two bird deaths were reported there on Monday. At least six more birds died in the capital on Monday due to bird flu, taking the total deaths of migratory …
Ten more birds died on Sunday due to bird flu in the now shut Deer Park here, prompting Delhi Animal Husbandry minister Gopal Rai to order an anti-virus drive. After a visit to the park in Hauz Khas, Rai set up a 10-member team to spray anti-virus Mycrodacyn in the …
Nearly 15 birds in Gwalior zoo have died in the past three days, prompting the authorities concerned to send their samples for testing for bird flu virus. “For the past three days nearly 15 birds (painted stork) died in the zoo following which their viscera was sent to Jabalpur- and …
The Delhi government has also urged the municipal corporations to keep 10 reserve teams on stand-by. The Hauz Khas lake inside the Deer Park was shut down Thursday after five ducks were found dead, amid a bird flu scare. A notice on the park’s main gate stated that the lake …
GURGAON: Alarmed over death of migratory birds at Delhi zoo due to bird flu, authorities at Sultanpur National Park, one of the popular destination for migratory birds in the region, along with experts from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has started sanitization of the park to avoid untoward incident because …
In the wake of the death of nine water birds due to H5 avian influenza, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced shutting down of the National Zoological Park. Delhi development minister Gopal Rai said the government will hold a meeting with doctors and experts to analyse the situation after three …
Bird Flu returned to haunt India, only a month after India was declared free from avian influenza (H5N1) on September 5, 2016. Two days into the death of nine water birds in Delhi, at least 10 more birds were found dead in the city. Gwalior zoo met with the same …
Although several studies have reported seroprevalences of antibody against avian influenza A(H7N9) virus among poultry workers in southern China, results have varied and data in northern China are scarce. To understand risks of H7N9 and H5N1 virus infections in northern China, a serological cohort study was conducted. Poultry workers, swine …
India is free from Avian influenza (H5N1), popularly known as bird flu, from September 5, the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries in the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare has declared. In a notification, the ministry of agriculture has said that there was outbreak of bird flu on …
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new type of customizable vaccine that could work against Ebola and other disease outbreaks, and could be deployed faster than traditional vaccines. The vaccine can be manufactured in one week, which allows for rapid deployment to areas affected by …
The H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009 originated from pigs in a small region in Central Mexico, scientists have discovered. It is the first time that the geographic origin of an influenza pandemic has been determined in such specific detail. The disease spread quickly from pigs to humans and from …
SHENYANG-- Health authorities in northeast China's Liaoning Province confirmed one H7N9 case Thursday. The male patient, 67, lives in Tiexi District of Shenyang, the provincial capital. He got a fever two or three days after disposing of some sick poultry he had raised. The patient is receiving treatment in hospital …
BEIJING - Beijing health authorities confirmed on Wednesday that a rural resident is being treated for human H7N9 infection in the capital. The patient, identified by her surname Chen, is a 68 years old farmer from Langfang City in Hebei Province. She was transferred to Beijing after her symptoms worsened …
Diverse antibodies induced in humans by vaccination with an avian influenza virus vaccine may offer broader, more durable protection against multiple strains of influenza than today's vaccines typically provide, according to a study led by Florian Krammer, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of …
A bird flu outbreak has killed 15,000 fowls at a neighbourhood in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon. The deaths, linked to the Avian Influenza, were confirmed by Cameroon’s national veterinary laboratory. The 15,000 dead fowls represent 50 per cent of birds in the facility, one of the largest in the country. …
Though there is no fear, the move to stop feeding poultry to animals is a precautionary measure, ZAK chairperson Rehana Banu has said. In wake of bird flu scare in Karnataka, the Bannerghatta Biological park (BBP) has stopped feeding poultry to the zoo carnivores. A circular has also been issued …
