Arroyo to DA: Intensify measures vs bird flu

Bird flu virus now endemic in three more countries – WHO

By: chenqi

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the bird flu virus continues to pose a threat to humans. The announcement came after reports of new cases of avian influenza or A(H5N1) were confirmed by health authorities in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.Since 2003, outbreaks have been reported in poultry flocks in 60 countries in ...

4 days ago

First National Conference on Meat and Poultry Processing in India

By: chnarendra

First National Conference on Meat and Poultry Processing in India-Potential and Challenges. The conference is organized with a sole mandate to move forward the growth and further promotion of Meat and Poultry sector in the country. This has been considered necessary because of a felt need for a focused intervention in meat and poultry ...

24 days ago

la grippe A

By: fasylla45

Terminology Originally called swine flu by the World Health [7], this flu has also been named by various international institutions, avian North American [8] flu [9] or new influenza [10] before the WHO does not recommend the name of influenza A (H1N1) April 30, 2009 [11], [12]. The flu of 2009 is indeed the H1N1 subtype of influenza A, ...

about 1 month ago

PGMA to sign Climate Change law by end-October

By: janell

  President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign into law the Climate Change Act of 2009 on Oct. 30, after the Legislative-Executive Development and Advisory Council (LEDAC) agreed that one of the effective tools to face the global challenge of climate change must be institutionalized. The President today convened ...

about 1 month ago