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Avian Flu Seen in Others Birds too

...animals, known as zoonotic viruses. In Germany, authorities are testing the carcasses of four birds to determine whether they carried the H5N1 strain of avian flu after the virus was found in nine cases in the country in the past three days. Six birds infected with the virus were found dead in the southern ...

Potentially Lethal H5N1 Bird Flu Resurfaces in Europe

Czech authorities said Wednesday the H5N1 virus, which is potentiall...f foot-and-mouth disease in 2001, he said. Czech authorities have suggested that the virus could be due to wild birds contaminating litter. They think the infe...

Pakistan to Launch World's Biggest Anti-measles Drive

Pakistani authorities and United Nations agencies said Thursday they will immunise 63 million children against measles in the biggest such campaign in history. The virulent disease is one of the deadliest threats to young people in Pakistan, claiming the lives of 58 ch...

Probiotic Drinks can Stave Off Hospital Infection

For the UK authorities harried by the super bug Clostridium difficile (C diff), good news at hand. A probiotic drink can stave of the hospital infection, researchers say. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that is present naturally in the gut of around 3%...

Toxicology Test Will Give Me Answers-Benoits Dad

...self on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings. Sev...oit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death, authorities said. An anonymous user with the same IP address as the person who made the edits confessed early F...

Wild Bird Culls may Exacerbate Avian Flu Problem

...ssed the need for an early-warning system to alert authorities to future outbreaks. They also raised concerns about the "continued misplaced practice of indiscriminate culling of wild birds in response to infection," reports the Scotsman. The scientists say that indiscriminate culling of wild birds is cont...

Taj Mahal is Enveloped by Pollution and a Foul Smell

...ich will stop that decay, Anand said. Though, the authorities have several attempts to keep the area around the Taj Mahal pollution free, many blame the government for the current mess. In Agra, homes, businesses and factories are left without electricity for hours every day, forcing many to depend on kerosen...

Shisha Owners Mobilise Against July 1 Smoking Ban in England

...l 2 and Northern Ireland on April 30. The health authorities are relying mainly on a World Health Organisation study from 2005 which said: "Using a water pipe to smoke tobacco poses a serious potential health hazard to smokers and others to the smoke emitted." It found that the regular water pipe smoker is e...

Mealaka Virus Will Have a New Name

...me, one might rhetorically ask. But Malaccan state authorities have made furious protests over the naming of a bat virus after their region. And now the virus will carry some other innocuous name. Australian and Malaysian scientists announced last week they discovered a new virus likely carried by bats that c...

Benoits Son Suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a Rare Mental Disability

...condition, it is felt. Meanwhile, Fayette County authorities are investigating a link between Benoit and a Florida business that may have supplied him with anabolic steroids. Benoit received drug deliveries from Signature Pharmacy and MedXLife.com, a Florida business that sold steroids, human growth hormone ...

Asian Workers Race Against Clock to Avoid Prison

...he UAE under a six-month amnesty. Nonetheless, the authorities later announced that 40,000 illegal workers were arrested after that amnesty deadline expired. Around 80 percent of the 4.1 million inhabitants of the UAE are expatriates, mainly from Asian countries, attracted to the UAE to work mainly as low-paid...

Shambu With Bovine TB Being Prevented from Slaughter

... and so the government issued notice to the temple authorities saying the animal would have to be "put down." The temple has come up on a 115-acre site, which is also known as the Many Names of God temple, has three Hindu shrines which attract upwards of 90,000 pilgrims every year. The Hindu Forum of Britai...

Inadequate Childcare Hits Wales

... greater mix of provision by the government, local authorities and private sector. He praised the system used in Sweden, where there is guaranteed childcare for all parents within three months of applying. Mr. Williams will raise the problem of childcare in Wales in the House of Commons today. A spokesman ...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

...ming an estimated 500 lives annually. Government authorities are worried the disease might spread among hundreds of Indian troops deployed along the Indo-Bhutan border for counter-insurgency operations. "We are providing soldiers with specially designed medicated mosquito nets and insect repellents as a prec...

High Court Warns Medical Staff Against Misuse of Ambulance

...edical equipment and registered with the transport authorities as an ambulance would be used only to carry patien...ch higher costs. The court had earlier asked the authorities to state the reasons behind the insufficient number of ambulances in hospitals and the Centralised A...

NRI Threatens to Move US Congress for Justice in India

...obilise US congressmen and senators against Indian authorities denying him information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in a case relating to his crusade against the corrupt healthcare system here. Kunal Saha, whose wife died of alleged wrongful treatment in India in May 1988, said: "I am going to ap...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...aught in the act, the IMA had warned. The Indian authorities are wrestling with the problem, and here comes a report that such tests are being sold on the internet, essentially targeting the western parents. Forget the agonizing 20-week wait for an ultrasound scan, in just six weeks you can know the sex of t...

Sexciting Car Wash Makes Herby Go Bananas!

.... Bubbles n Babes has been given the go ahead by authorities after they found its operation well within the law and water restriction rules. This was confirmed by the police who have not received any complaints from the place so far. The car salon is housed in a private place and there is no breach of public...

Brazil Opts for Indian Drugs Bypassing Merck

...k offered a 30 percent price cut but the Brazilian authorities still considered it unsatisfactory because it was ...eas suppliers or even produce it locally. Health authorities expect the new measure to save up to $30 million in 2007, as 75,000 of the 200,000 AIDS patients who...

Women's Separatist Group Opposes Sex Education in Kashmir

...ty," she said. Interestingly, when contacted the authorities said there were no plans to introduce sex education in schools. The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education fixes the curriculum for the local schools. "There is no proposal to start any courses for sex education in the state," said Nisar A. ...

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