Transgene insects: Scientists call for more open data PhysOrg | Genetically modified insects are being developed with a view to suppress insect populations of the same species which spread human diseases, such as malaria and Dengue Fever, or that are agricultural pests destroying crops. The first generation of "designer insects" have been engineered to be fluo...
Mosquito menace back with a vengeance The Hindu Residents of various areas in the city have been complaining about mosquitoes, which they say have increased after the rains subsided and the cold weather on its way out. | P.Srimathi, a homemaker in Mandaivelipakkam, said that though staff from the Chennai Corporation regularly visit and spray inse...
Proposal: Shift Florida health department to counties' control Palm Beach Post | TALLAHASSEE — Thousands of state jobs would be lost and Lantana's A.G. Holley Hospital would close under a bill gutting the Florida Health Department that cleared a House panel Monday, despite withering criticism from health care advocates. |...
Public Warned of Dengue Fever Tempo Interactive | , Jakarta:Director of Animal-Sourced Disease Control Rita Kusriastuti, has called on the public to be watchful of dengue fever during the current rainy season. “In this season, the population of dengue fever mosquitoes increases because there are m...
Pakistan factory collapse traps scores The Guardian | At least two dead after three-storey building in Lahore collapses, trapping mostly women and children in the rubble A factory that previously collapsed in Lahore. According to a city official 'illegal commercial units are a big problem'. Photograph...
Vessel inspections at port target diseases Jakarta Post | It was raining when Vietnamese ship My Vuong approached Quay 208 at Tanjung Priok seaport in North Jakarta at around 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. A yellow flag was at mast. | Shortly after it had docked, several men sporting dark green jumpsuits wit...
Nepal confirms outbreak of bird flu m&c | Kathmandu - Authorities in Nepal were preparing Sunday to cull hundreds of poultry after the government confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in the eastern region of the country. | A laboratory test on a sample from a dead chicken had confirmed avian...
No question of post-poll alliance with MNS: Uddhav Thackeray DNA India | In a strategic shift of policy, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has embarked on Mission Mumbai by bringing the development plank to the centre stage, whilst chanting the magic mantra - karun dakhavle (Yes, we have done it...), which ...
UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana United Nations | UN Photo/Marie Frechon3 February 2012 – The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. | The vaccination campaign, which began late la...
Spurious drug toll increased to 120 in Pakistan Zeenews Lahore: The number of people who died after taking bad drugs provided to cardiac patients by a Pakistani state-run hospital rose to 120 Wednesday as Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif alleged the deaths were the result of a "conspiracy" hatched in ...
Novak Djokovic targeting 'Golden Slam' The Independent | Djokovic was crowned at a glittering ceremony in London last night just a week after retaining his Australian Open title, his fourth major in five attempts. | Victory at the French Open would make him only the third man to hold all four grand slams at the same time but he is looking beyond that to become the first ever to win every major and the ...
Toyota raises annual profit forecast, eyes on recovery The Times Of India TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales, though the guidance was still some way below analysts' expectations. | Japan's No.1 automaker now expects operating profit - earnings from its core operations - for the year to e...
