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Authorities warn of bird flu risks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2025
» Health authorities have warned people to take precautions while visiting livestock farms and not to drink raw milk to prevent them from contracting H5N1 avian influenza, now being found in mammals.
DDC steps up bird flu checks
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/05/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is stepping up surveillance for avian influenza after US health authorities reported a second case of bird flu in humans last week.
Sick dugong 'cause for deep alarm'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2024
» An emaciated and fatigued dugong was sighted last week near Trang's Koh Libong, a renowned habitat for this marine mammal.
More contagious subvariants on radar
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/06/2022
» Thailand has recorded 49 new cases of the two new Omicron subvariants -- BA.4 and BA.5 -- which are considered more contagious and can potentially bypass immunity, according to the Centre for Medical Genomics of Ramathibodi Hospital.
Giant hopes for Elephant Day
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/03/2022
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has drawn up a 10-year action plan to mitigate human-elephant conflicts that have occurred wherever elephants and locals share the same habitat, competing for the same resources.
Study into whether animal drug can treat Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/07/2021
» The Department of Medical Sciences will study whether Ivermectin, a drug used to kill parasites in cows and horses, will be able to enhance Favipiravia's efficiency to treat Covid-19.
'Safari tours' to cut conflict with wildlife
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has unveiled plans to develop "safari tourism" on the edge of the world-heritage Huai Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary to reduce growing conflict there between humans and wildlife.
Dugong population at 20-year high
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/02/2018
» The dugong population in the South has risen at the highest rate in more than two decades, says Kongkiat Kittiwatthanawong, director of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre.