Bird-Flu: A Child and Two Adults, Quarantined At Jalgaon
A child, just five years old and two adults were placed under quarantine in different Jalgaon hospitals, following incidents of bird-flu// , in this part of Maharashtra. Tina Nanavade from Rawer taluka, all of five, complained of sore throat and fever and was admitted to Nhavi Hospital on Sunday afternoon. Tami flu is being administered to her, more as a precaution against a possible...Sugarcane Disease Causes Farm to be Quarantined
Following an outbreak of exotic sugar cane disease the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has quarantined a farm near // Childers, south-west of Bundaberg. Although the DPI has not yet confirmed what the disease is, it claims that the potential effects could be serious.The general manager of plant biosecurity, Chris Adriaansen, has stated that DPI officials have begun a...Officer of Anti-Submarine Squadron Quarantined With Tuberculosis
A 32-year-old first-class petty officer, a member of the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, has been kept in isolation with active tuberculosis. He had returned// on July 6th after a six-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the Navy said yesterday. The sailor became sick in early June and was initially diagnosed as having pneumonia by ship's medical staff, bu...Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination
The melamine contamination of pet food continues to takes it toll in the US. Now a hog farm in the Stanislaus county in Calinfornia //was placed under quarantine following detection of the industrial chemical melamine in pig urine in the farm. Additional testing was under way to determine if the chemical was present in the meat produced by that farm since April 3, according to the Calif...American Who Exposed Air Passengers to Drug Resistant TB Quarantined
Drug-resistant tuberculosis may be the disease generally identified with the third world and the poor. But it is spreading its tentacles everywhere. US authorities fear that an American might have exposed fellow air passengers on two transatlantic flights this month to the potentially lethal disease. The man has since been quarantined. Now they authorities are looking for travelers...