Dangerous Natural Phenomena Hits Russia in 2006
...rs, the average depth of melting in the permafrost zone increased by 20 cm and keeps progressing. If the melting continues, the foundations of homes, communication lines and gas pipelines could begin sinking," he said. Shoigu said a very serious situation with glaciers remains in the North Caucasus, sa...Experts Warn Against Raw Milk Following Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Kenya
...e stretching Tanzania-Kenya border in the northern zone regions of Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Tanga and Manyara. The VIC Acting chief, Dr. Adam Mbise confirmed that an around-the-clock surveillance on the said remote periphery, precisely the one covering the 115 kilometer-long borderline stretch, north of Ar...Fowl Fall in Hungary-Bird Flu Strikes
...easures are on to control the spread. A protection zone of 3 km and a surveillance zone of 10 km have been set up. No movement of poultry is permitted except to the slaughterhouse, in orde...Public Urged To Prevent Mosquito Breeding
... Yuen Kong. But none of them had entered the alert zone of 20% to 40%. The index for port areas also dropped from 0.5% in November to 0.2% in December last year. Although the current weather was dry and cool, the spokesman said people should still take effective measures to eliminate mosquito eggs as ...An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite
... well-being." A visit to the otherwise forbidden zone of the PFA-run dog pound off E.M. Bypass offers a pleasant sight. Rows of cages where at least 325 dogs can be accommodated look relatively sanitised and the animals are treated with a lot of care. PFA's veterinary doctor has conducted over 12,000 ...Tasmanian Car Smoking Ban Sets Good Example For Other Governments
...ince smokers to make their cars a total smoke-free zone or, better still, give up the killer habit totally. “The fruit-flavoured cigarettes are another Big Tobacco trick that had to be outlawed. “The AMA congratulates the Tasmanian Government for taking these major steps to rid our community of smokin...Little Relief for Leprosy Patients from the Government
India may be hailed as a leprosy-free zone by health administrators worldwide. But the bitter fact is that over a thousand and more are suffering// from the terrifying disease. But public health efforts to treat them have been inadequate, many point out. And the stigma the disease carries w...Antony Concerned Over Growing Suicide Rates in Armed Forces
...he personal profiles of the senior officers in the zone of consideration at the time of promotion, they should look into various aspects of these profiles keeping the officers' meritorious record so that there is no room for inconsistencies or arbitrariness while grading them," Antony said. He said tha...Apollo Sets Up Asia's First Health City in Hyderabad
...Apollo Group plans to apply for a special economic zone (SEZ) status to the health city. "It is not a medical city where you treat only the illness. The Apollo Health City takes care of totality of wellness," Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, told IANS hours before the formal launch of...Four Malaysians in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks
...amples from nearly 6,700 fowl outside the outbreak zone showed no presence of the virus, it said in a statement....Chandigarh to Become India's First Smoke-free City
...ficial. The idea to make the city a 'smoke-free' zone was first mooted by Burning Brain Society, a NGO that pounded the administration and Punjab and Haryana governments with 293 petitions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking the status of the implementation of a 2003 legislation banning sm...Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now
...d often done, Cuban doctors rushed to the disaster zone to help those suffering the aftermath. But when it was time to go home, it was clear to the Cuban teams that the medical needs extended far beyond emergency care. So Cuba made a commitment to post doctors in several of these countries and to train lo...Tropical Cyclones Play Important Role in Climate-control
...reatly reduced. Our data has a beautiful no-mixing zone right where there should be no mixing, added Prof. Huber. According to Prof. Huber, this study also explains the mystery of the observed temperature from the distant past during a greenhouse climate. The poles were much warmer than today, about 8...China Bans Smoking at Olympics
...ring the site of the Beijing Olympics a smoke-free zone . "It will be applied in all Olympic venues and ...n workers taking a cigarette break in a no smoking zone degenerated into a drunken brawl, with several workers injured. The decision comes even as The Wor...Hearing Loss Becoming an Epidemic in Canada
...shing a gas lawnmower, you're well into the danger zone at 90-plus decibels. At peak levels, iPods can hit volumes of 120 decibels, which is louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer. Music in dance clubs can peak as high as 150 decibels. Ian Murray, a hearing instrument specialist at the Robillard hearing A...Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise
...es not include troops who return home from the war zone and then take their lives. For service members returning from combat, post-deployment health assessments include a questionnaire with queries about mental health. This year, the Pentagon expanded health monitoring for war veterans to include anothe...GPS Could Help to Identify High Risk Zones
...S has been used to reveal the location of a locked zone to the west of Seattle. Locked zones occur where adjacent tectonic plates appear 'locked' together as a result of the friction between them. When the plates eventually overcome the friction and break free, the release can cause devastating earthqua...Ganges River Dolphins Continue to Die in India
...the past decades. In the 1980s, the Gangetic delta zone alone had around 3,500 dolphins. In 1996, freshwater dolphins - locally known as 'sons of the river' - were categorised as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), a forum of conservationists, NGOs and government agencies. Th...Groundwater Levels Depleting Alarmingly in India
...identified about 800 areas that were in the danger zone on this score, a senior official said. "The constant mining of ground water reserves and the rapid depletion of water level is posing a serious threat to the ecology. We are examining the data collected from the affected areas and will soon submit ...... told AFP. The two farms are within an exclusion zone thrown up after the first cases of H5N1 were detected in domestic Czech poultry last month. "We are doing this preventively. It is a decision we have taken ourselves in discussion with European authorities," Duben said, adding that compensation for...