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Bird flu scare: H5N8 virus no threat to humans, assures Gopal Rai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Saturday maintained that there is no threat to human beings from the bird flu scare in the national capital, adding that the strain of the virus is less infective.
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Centre issues guidelines to states, zoo authorities on containment of Avia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, the Union Agriculture Ministry, has issued the necessary guidelines to the state government and the zoo authorities on control and containment of the infection, and has urged the Ministry of Environ
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Close monitoring is on, says Delhi Govt. on bird flu scare
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): With the national capital going through a renewed bird flu scare, the Delhi Government on Friday said that regular monitoring is being done, adding that the medical card will be used at the entry gate of every mandi (wholesale market place) to curb the spread
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Bird flu scare: Eight birds dead in Gwalior zoo in last 48 hours
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gwalior [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): In Madhya Pradesh, eight birds have died in Gwalior zoo in the last 48 hours from infection, officials' state.
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Delhi: National Zoological Park temporarily shuts down after avian flu det
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.19 (ANI): The National Zoological Park has temporarily shut down after nine birds died and a few of them were detected with influenza and is taking steps to ensure that the infection does not spread to the rest of the bird
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StrongPity's summer watering-holes trap a thousand users in search of
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.13 (ANI): A stealthy threat actor known as StrongPity has spent the summer luring users of encryption software to its watering holes and infected installers, according to a paper presented at Virus Bulletin by Kaspersky Lab security researcher, Kurt Baumgartner.
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New study uses brain receptors to suppress cocaine addiction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have used viruses to infect neurons with genes that allow them to switch on brain receptors involved in suppressing addiction relapse.
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Breast milk protein safely decreases infections in preemies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 8 (ANI): To reduce hospital-acquired infections in neonatal intensive care units, researchers have found a protein in breast milk to be a safe and efficient solution.
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Patients diagnosed with HIV infection at advanced stage are more likely to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 7 (ANI): A new research at the University of California has found that patients diagnosed late in the course of HIV infection are more likely to transmit HIV to others since they are
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Rapid tests help to diagnose serious infections in children
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 6 (ANI): With use of rapid tests, general practitioners can now detect serious infections in children by just using a simple decision rule and a finger prick, suggests a recent study conducted at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
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HIV-prevention therapy could additionally benefit gay men
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 6 (ANI): The anti-HIV drug Truvada has proved to be very effective at preventing new infections when taken by people at high risk, who strictly adhere to the drug therapy regime.
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Childhood ear infections may now be prevented!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct.4 (ANI): A new study has offered some hints to help doctors to develop more effective treatments to prevent one of the most common childhood illnesses, which is ear infection.
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