African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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Tamiflu to be distributed only through govt agencies
Oseltamivir or Tamiflu, the wonder drug that cures avian influenza as well as the new H1N1 flu, would be distributed in India only through the government machinery as experts have warned that its indiscriminate use can result in the virus developing resistance to the medicine.
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How not to tackle flu crisis: India must rethink strategy
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Pharma firms stock up drugs to tackle swine flu
New Delhi: As countries around the world reach out for the panic button over reports of swine influenza (H1N1 virus) striking human populace in Mexico, domestic companies like Roche, Cipla and Hetero Drugs are gearing up to supply the bird flu drug, oseltamivir, to the Indian and overseas markets in case of a global outbreak.
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Swine flu is the last thing the fragile global economy needs
Rob Cox / April 28, 2009, 0:58 IST When the US economy catches a cold, the whole world sneezes. That
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Migratory birds test negative for avian influenza
S.Ganesan Bird movements tracked to determine relation between locations and H5N1 outbreaks STUDYING THE DISEASE FACTOR: S.Balachandran, Assistant Director, BNHS, releasing a bar-headed goose that was fitted with a transmitter at Koonthankulam.
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Cipla blocks birdflu drug patent move
Joe C Mathew / Bangalore April 21, 2009, 0:32 IST Patent office found merit in Cipla
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Chemical that can stop flu spread found
Hong Kong: Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have identified a synthetic compound which appears to be able to stop the replication of influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu virus.
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Bird flu claims 215 lives since 2003
Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 6, 2009, 0:16 IST A total of 215 people have died due to officially confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) infection in different countries since 2003. Of these, six deaths have been reported in the first three months of this year, with four deaths in China and two in Vietnam.
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Bird flu focus at science show
Dhanbad, March 15: Students from more than 82 government schools in Dhanbad came together today to exhibit their skills at a district-level science exhibition on Zilla Parishad grounds. The event was inaugurated by deputy commissioner of Dhanbad Ajay Kumar Singh.
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Centre for poultry-free Bangla border
KOLKATA, March 14: The Centre has proposed that areas within 5 kms from the international border with Bangladesh, will be kept poultry-free, in a strategy to prevent avian influenza from flaring up in border states like Assam and West Bengal. Authorities suspect that the H5NI virus which afflicted the backyard poultry in the state, last year as well as this year, had its origin in Bangladesh.