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...
Dengue fever claims 5 lives in Kupang Jakarta Post | While hundreds of people, most of whom are children, are being treated for dengue fever in hospitals and public health centers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, the disease has claimed five lives in the region during the last two weeks. | The Kupang a...
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...
Freedom dearer in Cuba Gulf News | Havana: Antonio Gomez could be the saviour of the Cuban President, Raul Castro. On a dusty street corner in the working class Centro Havana district, Gomez, 32, has put up a big sign above his living room: ‘Cuenta Propista' — self-emplo...
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 ...
Takashi Usami: If I'm honest, I would rather not stay at Bayern Munich Goal The Bavarians are keen to extend the Japan international's stay, but the player is less enthusiastic about their proposal as he wants a club that can give him regular football | Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Bayern £11.33 Draw £65.00 Kaiserslautern £170.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100...
African banks say it is possible to buy a European bank in next 5-10 years Ghana Business News | Euromoney Panel: From left to right - Mr Aithnard, Andani, John Baskott, Speidel and Wessels | Two key African banks namely the Ecobank Group and the Standard Bank Group believe that buying a European bank in the next five to ten years is a possibility. | This is in response to a question posed during a panel discussion at the ongoing Euromoney C...
