Bird-Flu Top Stories
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Avian Influenza: 7 FAQs About Bird Flu To Help You Better Understand This Disease
Mar 29, 2023 06:46 ISTKeep reading as we answer some of the most common questions about avian also known as the bird flu. -
Bird Flu Symptoms, Risk Factors And Treatment: Know How You Catch It
Jul 21, 2021 03:26 ISTBird flu or avian influenza can spread from infected birds to humans. It leads to flu-like symptoms that should not be ignored. -
Bird Flu: Expert Gives Tips To Cook Chicken And Eggs Till The Outbreak Is On
Jan 13, 2021 02:33 ISTBird flu: There is little to no scientific evidence to show that consumption of bird meat can affect a healthy person with bird flu. As long as the meat or eggs are well-cooked, transmission of bird flu cannot happen to healthy human: Pooja Makhija, nutritionist. -
Bird Flu: How Does It Spread To Humans? Know All About This Viral Disease
Jan 6, 2021 01:49 ISTBird flu symptoms: Inhumans, bird flu causes respiratory symptoms like cough, cold, fever and breathing difficulty: Dr Laxman Jessani. -
Bird Flu: Watch Out For These Signs And Symptoms Of Avian Influenza
Jan 5, 2021 05:45 ISTBird flu or avian influenza can be transferred from infected birds to humans. If you have visited any place with ongoing bird flu outbreak, you should not ignore the symptoms. -
Bird Flu No More, India Declared Free From The Disease
Jul 7, 2017 03:03 ISTThe Ministry of Agriculture set forth the notification after June 6, 2017 when the previous year's medical report revealed the declining rate of flu in different parts of the country. -
Bird flu still a threat to human health: WHO
Mar 29, 2010 09:27 ISTAvian influenza remains a threat to human health despite a decline in cases since a peak in 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. -
Fresh bird flu outbreak in West Bengal
Jan 8, 2009 01:53 ISTThe latest outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal is the fourth one since 2007, but no human infections have been reported so far. -
Bird flu hits Darjeeling
May 14, 2008 11:27 ISTBird flu has resurfaced again in West Bengal, hitting the tea-growing Darjeeling district this time. -
Bird flu hits Tripura again
Apr 25, 2008 11:44 ISTBird flu has resurfaced again in the northeast state of Tripura and the authorities are prepared to cull thousands of chickens. -
Bird flu strikes another Bangladesh district
Mar 13, 2008 01:32 ISTBird Flu has struck yet another district of Bangladesh, increasing the number of affected districts from 41 to 47. -
Bird flu strikes Bangladesh again
Feb 16, 2008 12:28 ISTDespite the numerous efforts to check the spread of bird flu, it has struck another district in Bangladesh. -
Bird flu on the spread
Feb 6, 2008 12:39 ISTIndia has isolated 26 people with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more are being monitored. -
Low compensation for culling poultry
Feb 1, 2008 12:39 ISTInadequate compensation for villagers in exchange for culling their poultry is hampering efforts to contain a serious outbreak of bird flu. -
Spread of bird flu
Jan 21, 2008 01:40 ISTAccording to a latest WHO report, environmental sources of the H5N1 bird flu virus may play a role in its transmission to humans. -
India on bird flu alert
Jan 18, 2008 12:25 ISTIndia has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal and asked the state to seal its borders with neighbouring countries. -
India needs more funds to fight bird flu
Dec 10, 2007 11:22 ISTIndia needs more funding to deal with the massive threat of bird flu. -
India confirms bird flu outbreak as H5N1 strain
Jul 31, 2007 01:25 ISTIndia has confirmed that the latest outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the remote northeast is the H5N1 strain. -
Second Bird flu outbreak in India
Mar 21, 2006 01:17 ISTThousands of chickens were slaughtered in dozens of western Indian villages on Thursday to contain the country's second bird flu outbreak. -
Chicken and eggs back on menus
Mar 17, 2006 12:38 ISTPeople are slowly returning to eat chicken and eggs after a bird flu outbreak last month in a western town of India. -
Import bans: an overreaction to bird flu
Mar 2, 2006 02:54 ISTCountries that are banning imports of poultry from bird flu-affected areas are overreacting, as the meat is safe to eat.