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 …
Experts say no need to panic as H5N1 spread is localised in Bidar The demand for poultry dropped slightly in Bengaluru on Monday, a day after thousands of chickens died of bird flu (H5N1) in Bidar district. Chicken eaters are taking precaution and asking sellers where the birds have been …
The Animal Husbandry Department in the district is awaiting a notification from the Union Government for establishing a check-post along the Mysore National Highway in the wake of an alert sounded across Karnataka on outbreak of bird flu. Though the outbreak was at a village in Bidar district in the …
BENGALURU: Bird flu has resurfaced in Karnataka, this time in Humnabad taluk of Bidar district. But the authorities and experts are confident that adequate precautionary measures are in place to contain it from spreading to other parts of the state and are telling people not to panic. At the Central …
Chicken that died at a poultry farm at Melakera in Humnabad taluk, Bidar district. As many as 35,000 chicken have died in 20 days at Melakera in Humnabad taluk, sending shockwaves among those in the poultry farming industry. A total of 8,000 chicken had died on a single day at …
The increase in the number of swine flu cases prompted the government to bring forward the vaccination campaign from June to the end of April The health ministry in Brazil says 230 people have been killed by swine flu this year - more than six times the number for the …
NANCHANG -- Two human H7N9 cases have been confirmed in East China's Jiangxi province, local health authorities said on Sunday. The two patients are a 43-year-old woman surnamed Huang and a 23-year-old man surnamed Xiao. They are a mother and son, said the provincial health and family planning commission. Both …
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses were isolated from migratory waterfowl in South Korea during fall 2014–winter 2015, a recurrence after initial introduction in winter 2014. These reappeared viruses were phylogenetically distinct from isolates circulating in poultry farms in South Korea. Original Source
A human H5N6 avian flu case has been reported in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province. The patient, a 26-year-old woman, is in critical condition and is receiving treatment in a local hospital, the Guangdong health department said on Tuesday. Experts believe the infection is an isolated case, and …
France reported three more cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in the southwest of the country on Monday, as the European Union's biggest agriculture producer tries to contain its first outbreak of the disease in eight years. Reinforced monitoring since the detection of bird flu at three locations in the …
In the realm of avian research, the chicks with the glow-in-the-dark beaks and feet might one day rock the poultry world. British scientists say they have genetically modified chickens in a bid to block bird flu and that early experiments show promise for fighting off the disease that has devastated …
Researchers say they are closer to developing a vaccine to give life-long protection against any type of flu, after promising trials in animals. Two separate US teams have found success with an approach that homes in on a stable part of the flu virus. That should remove the problem with …
Countries in West Africa, which have been hard hit by the Ebola virus, may soon be battling with a serious bird flu crisis, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday. The H5N1 bird flu virus is highly contagious and is transmittable to humans. According to the …
Wild birds are the major reservoir hosts for influenza A viruses, occasionally transmitting to other species such as domesticated poultry. Despite an abundance of genomic data from avian influenza virus (AIV), little is known about whether AIV evolves differently in wild birds and poultry, although this is critical to revealing …
Millions of infected Iowa birds were being raised near the city of Harris by Sunrise Farms, an affiliate of Sonstegard Foods Company, the company said. Photo: Joe Ahlquist The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is set to hold a hearing next month on the deadliest-ever outbreak of bird flu in U.S. …
Was April’s avian influenza outbreak Hyderabad’s first encounter with the deadly virus? Analysis of the virus found in the city suggests that it could have around for at least two years, long before it hit headlines. Earlier this month, the High Security Animal Diseases Lab in Bhopal, which detected H5N1 …
These strains of bird flu have killed millions of commercial chickens and turkeys and have even led to the deaths of hundreds of people. The new vaccines, though, should help prevent such devastating losses. The researchers actually focused on the avian influenza virus subtype H5N1, which is a new strain …
After a brief lull, bird flu fear reared its head again following reports of nearly 10,000 chickens in poultry farms on the city outskirts dying over the past few days. Authorities on Monday began a decontamination drive to contain any outbreak of the dreaded H5N1. The animal husbandry department has …
We isolated eight highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viruses (H5N8 HPAIVs) in the 2014/15 winter season at an overwintering site of migratory birds in Japan. Genetic analyses revealed that these isolates were divided into three groups, indicating the co-circulation of three genetic groups of H5N8 HPAIV among these migratory birds. …
The Manipur government has officially confirmed outbreak of bird flu in the State. Culling of the chickens, ducks and other fowls will start from Monday morning in 1 km radius of Imphal and the operation will gradually be widened to a radius of 10 km which is regarded as the …
