Diseases

Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2024

This document is the second in a series of global reports describing progress towards the 2030 targets set in Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. It describes a wide range of activities, accomplishments and challenges across the portfolio of …

Avian malaria kills penguins

Avian malaria killed two rare Humboldt penguins at the Sedgwick County Zoo in the us. Pathology tests on the penguins confirmed the cause of death, which occurred just days after the new exhibit opened. Penguins are particularly susceptible to the disease because historically they have not been exposed to malaria, …

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best space songs: The European Space Agency is holding a contest to see who can come up with the best playlist for astronauts on the International Space Station. The winner will have their 10 songs sent up to the Internatonal Space Station on an iPod when the Jules Verne Automated …

UK faces mysterious bee disease

British beekeepers have been confronted by a mysterious disease that has already affected the us and many European countries. Known as colony collapse disorder (ccd), it is possibly the most serious disease faced by bees. According to the uk's National Bee Unit, a branch of the Department for Environment, Food …

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mobile friendly: Researchers have found no link between mobile phone use and cancer. They used mobile-phone companies' records to gauge phone usage. They tracked subjects for an average of 8.5 years, and some followed up to 21 years. Joachim Schuz of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, looked at more …

Ready or not?: protecting the public’s health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism

This report examines the progress that has been made to improving America’s ability to respond to health threats and help identify ongoing areas of vulnerability.

Dead end?

CONTROVERSIES dog the viability of ‘eradication’, the nature of the vaccine, and the ways to implement the programme. But India is moving on with the oral polio vaccination (opv). gpei experts maintain that if the virus could be rooted out in Congo (with routine immunisation at 0 per cent), in …

Global warming can even cause plague

global warming can lead to more cases of plague, warns a recent study. Warmer springs and more moist summers may create conditions for Yersina pestis

Shades of green

This book contains case studies of selected Natural Resource Management projects implemented by the partners of Caritas India. Promotion of natural resource management is a proactive and long-term strategy of Caritas India. Caritas India evolved an environment policy that focuses on protection, preservation and conservation of natural resources like land, …

Mumbai hit with diseases after rains

after the monsoon deluge, Mumbai has witnessed an outbreak of diseases such as malaria, dengue and leptospirosis, taking the death toll to 68 on August 2. The pace at which people are dying is alarming. Besides, Mumbai has recorded an increase in water-borne diseases like typhoid, hepatitis and gastroenteritis, caused …

Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture: a growing problem for human and animal health and for the environment

The accelerated growth of finfish aquaculture has resulted in a series of developments detrimental to the environment and human health. The latter is illustrated by the widespread and unrestricted use of prophylactic antibiotics in this industry, especially in developing countries, to forestall bacterial infections resulting from sanitary shortcomings in fish …

Chikungunya virus assumes epidemic proportions

a recent study has thrown light on how the chikungunya virus attained epidemic proportions in the Indian Ocean region since September 2005. A team of researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, has spotted several changes in the genetic makeup of the little-known virus that may have helped it proliferate. …

Tamiflu can be mass produced

a nobel prize-winning chemist has found a way to mass-produce Tamiflu (oseltamivir), which is considered the main drug against avian flu virus infection in humans. RELATED LINK • News: Patent row [Dec. 31, 2005] • Cover: Is influenza afflicting government? [March. 15, 2006] Tamiflu manufacturer, the Swiss pharma giant Roche, …

New infestation

after a gap of 33 years, an outbreak of chikungunya

Integrated Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health

The importance of food safety within human health has been widely recognized. The safety of foods of animal origin is particularly relevant because the large majority of foodborne diseases derive from poultry, eggs, meat, dairy products and fish. This textbook covers an integrated approach to this type of food production, …

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longest core: A core measuring more than 1.5 kilometres long has been recovered under the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Deep Drilling Project in the US. The impact crater was formed about 35 million years ago when a rock from space struck the Earth. The drilling project was a major success, …

One more shot

chinese scientists have come out with an improved live vaccine to protect poultry and other birds from avian flu. Developed at the country's Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the vaccine also protects birds from the Newcastle Disease. According to the Chinese agriculture ministry, this is the first vaccine that offers protection …

Climate change

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