Biology

Threat of malaria and rat-bite fever

The first cases of diarrhea and temperature caused by poor hygiene due to lack of water have been registered in the flooded areas.

Health authorities warn about possible outbreak of diseases

BELGRADE -- VMA Department of Preventive Medicine chief Sonja Radaković says "personal and collective hygiene" is key to suppress, prevent and control infectious diseases.

Almost 200 years after they became locally extinct, a large group of European bison was relocated on Saturday to the Tarcu Mountain in the Carpathians in Western Romania, in one of the largest reintroductions of the endangered mammal in Europe.

Doctor Mila Bobadova is a veterinary doctor with almost 15 years of experience. She is of considerable internet fame, known for being very outspoken on various issues - mostly, but not limited to, animal rights and welfare.

In October, Bulgaria will send the first samples of seed germ plasm of typical Bulgarian crop varieties to the Global Seed Vault in Norway, also known as the Noah's Ark.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seedbank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres from the North Pole.

Bulgarian actress, author and singer Vanya Shtereva and her boyfriend were  called into the local police station to explain whether they are keeping a pet panda at home. 

A mild winter and long spells of rain have raised fears of a reappearance of West Nile virus, which claimed 35 lives last summer.

Georgios Konstantos, a public health expert at the Attica Regional Authority in charge of spraying, told Kathimerini that his department started spraying in early April in order to curb mosquito numbers ahead of the summer.

"Welcome to Mesozoic" exhibition opens on April 30

BELGRADE -- The exhibition entitled "Welcome to Mesozoic" will open in the gallery of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade on April 30.

Organizers described the geological era as "a long-gone world and times which still attract the most attention of all the bygone eras".

BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled 'Welcome to Mesozoic' on the long-gone world and times which still attract most attention of all bygone geological eras will open in the Gallery of the Museum of Natural History in Belgrade on April 30.

By the end of 2015 Bulgaria will have a larger capacity stem cell bank, said professor Elisaveta Naumova of Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia, quoted by Standart daily. 

It will have a capacity for 5000 units of umbilical cord blood, used for the treatment of various hematological and oncology diseases. Its current capacity is for 150 units.