25 April: GENEVA -- When millions of HIV-infected people in poor countries began receiving advanced drug therapies, critics worried that patient care would suffer because few high tech laboratories were available to guide treatments. But according to a study being published in Lancet Friday, 25 April, these concerns are as yet unfounded. In fact, the study indicates that when clinicians use simple physical signs of deteriorating health -- such as weight loss or fever -- these doctors can provide therapies almost as effective those relying on the most advanced laboratory analysis.
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Around 300 birds mysteriously died last week in Sukna area in the foothills of the Himalayas near the bustling northern town of Siliguri. Tests in a central laboratory confirmed that these poultry deaths are from the H5N1 strain of the virus in Darjeeling district.
