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 …
Authorities have confirmed the outbreak of Bird flu in two places of Pokhara in Kaski district. Chickens of Garbuja Fresh House of Lamachaur and the poultry farm of Gharipatan, Regional Animal Service Directorate, were found to have been infected with H5N1 virus. Regional Animal Service Director Dr. Banshi Mishra said …
In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices associated with intensification may contribute to zoonotic disease emergence and spread, for example …
Chitwan livestock officials have confirmed that another poultry farm in Mangalpur area of the district has been affected by avian influenza, few weeks after bird flu cases were detected in Bharatpur-9 and Mangalpur VDC- 7. Local officials said that they have culled over a thousand chickens at the farm owned …
The total number of fatalities from H7N9 bird flu in Shanghai has risen to 13 after the death of an 89-year-old man on Monday morning, local health authorities said. The patient, surnamed Chen, died after 12 days of medical treatment failed, according to a statement from the Shanghai Municipal Health …
China's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday it has allocated 303 million yuan ($48.6 million) from the central coffers to better prevent human infections of the H7N9 avian flu. The money will be used to subsidize projects aimed at monitoring cases of H7N9 infection, influenza-like illnesses, severe acute respiratory infection and …
International experts probing China’s deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said on Wednesday it was “one of the most lethal influenza viruses” seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside China. China has confirmed 108 cases and 22 deaths since the first infections were announced on March 31 and …
Jagadish Pandey, Chief of the District Livestock Office Jhapa, said bird flu was confirmed at Mechinagar, Chandragadhi and Kumarkhod in Jhapa. According to Pandey, bird flu was confirmed after the sample dead fowls owned by Kumari Gurung and Surendra Gadtaula at Mechinagar Municipality was sent to the Central Livestock Disease …
What are the different types of influenza viruses? There are three types of influenza viruses: A, B and C. Virus A and B cause seasonal flu while C is typically associated with mild illness in children and young adults. Influenza B and C virus have limited genetic diversity as both …
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Sunday reported the first bird flu death in five years after the human infection of H5N1 virus had been detected in the country. The agency that received the test report from the Centre from Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, a …
A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths. The WHO praised China for mobilising resources …
China reported three more H7N9 infections on Sunday, bringing total number of the confirmed cases to 21 as the country is gearing up to fight the disease that has left six dead. The latest confirmed H7N9 case was reported in east China's Anhui province, where a 55-year-old male working in …
Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai on Friday as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off in airline shares in Europe and Hong Kong. The local government in Shanghai said the …
Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that has struck China said on Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The scientists, at several research institutes …
China has found two more cases of a new strain of bird flu and one of the victims has died, state media said on Wednesday, bringing to nine the number of cases. A 38-year old cook became ill early last month while working in the province of Jiangsu, where five …
Four people in East China's Jiangsu province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said Tuesday. Low risk for humans to contract H7N9 bird flu China's health authority said humans are at a very low risk for contracting the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, …
Vietnam is facing a high risk of bird flu outbreaks due to unfavorable weather conditions which reduce the animals' resistance according to the Animal Health Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Wednesday. The disease has recurred in five provinces of northern Dien Bien, central Khanh …
China on Sunday reported two human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in southwestern city of Guiyang, the Ministry of Health announced. A 21-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, who developed symptoms on February 2 and Feb 3, respectively, tested positive for H5N1 virus on Sunday, the ministry said, …
Banke, Bardiya and Dang of Mid-western Tarai region are at high risk of bird flu, sources said today. Regional Livestock Directorate today organised a press conference in Nepalgunj and informed that due to the open border these districts are at high risk of bird flu. Directorate’s Regional Director Dr Dambar …
Bird Flu Outbreak: More than 396 birds of 46 households were culled in Namkhaling village, Gelephu, following an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5NI in the locality. Commonly known as bird flu, the outbreak was first reported in the police colony on January 14, when residents reported …
Some 3,500 chickens were slaughtered in four different poultry farms in Pokhara, Kaski, on Wednesday as bird flu (H5N1) virus was detected there. The Regional Directorate of Livestock Services in Pokhara confirmed an outbreak of the avian flu in the poultry farms at Batulechaur, Simpani, Birauta and Sedibagar in Pokhara. …
