by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Secretary Alka Upadhyaya chaired a high-level meeting where officials agreed on a three-pronged strategy to tackle the crisis.The approach includes implementing stricter hygiene practices and biosecurity protocols at poultry farms to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
“It almost seems like a pandemic unfolding in slow motion,” said Scott Hensley, a professor of microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania. “Right now, the threat is pretty low … but that could change in a heartbeat.” Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed or caused the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry globally in recent years and has increasingly been spreading to mammals, including cows in the United States and, in some cases, also to humans Finland plans to offer...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
While the H9N2 virus typically tends to cause mild illness, the United Nations agency said that further sporadic human cases could occur as this virus is one of the most prevalent avian influenza viruses circulating in poultry in different regions New Delhi: The World...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
The viruses responsible for these infections normally spread in animals, but can also infect humans through direct contact with infected animals or contaminated environments, the statement said Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the first...
