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India hails victory over polio, vows to tackle other diseases

(GulfTimes) Indian leaders celebrated the eradication of polio yesterday, reminding doubters that something once thought impossible had been achieved and promising to tackle other diseases which still blight the country. In January, the country of 1.2bn people marked three years without a new case of the crippling virus, which means it will soon be certified  Read More »

Par panel suggests wider consultation on agri-biosecurity bill

(Business Standard) A Parliamentary panel today pulled up the Centre for not consulting state governments, experts and stakeholders before introducing a Bill that aims to set up an authority to ensure biosecure global trade in farm items. The Agricultural Biosecurity Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 11, 2013. The Bill aims to  Read More »

After smallpox, now Guinea worm disease to be eradicated

(Times Of India) There were just 148 people worldwide in 2013 with the highly debilitating Guinea worm disease going by provisional estimates. This is a historic low, which holds out the promise that this could be the first disease to be eradicated after small pox.

22 spotted deers die due to anthrax infection in Chhattisgarh zoo

(The Times Of India) A day after 22 spotted deer died at the Kanan Pendari Zoo Park in Chhattisgarh, investigations have revealed that the deaths were caused due to Anthrax bacterial infection. “Spotted deer died due Anthrax infection. Analysis of symptoms confirms that the animals were infected by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis”, Principal Chief Conservator  Read More »

2009 pandemic flu death toll much higher than official worldwide estimates

(Eurekalert) A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization’s count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. The study, which appears online in PLOS Medicine,  Read More »

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