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Weekly Overview: Disease Control in Farm Animals is Cheaper Than a Pandemic
2014-12-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Among the lessons to be learned from the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Asia and Europe, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is recommending a strengthening of animal disease surveillance worldwide. Russia has applied trade sanctions on Belarus, blaming the country for poor control of African swine fever, while the Canadians attribute their success against porcine epidemic diarrhoea so far to high farm biosecurity and pig movement tracking.
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Even Worldwide Pandemic Can't Cull Unsustainable Human Population
2014-10-28 23:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Environmental scientists for the most part agree that the human population is growing at an unsustainable rate, to the point that even fertility restrictions and a worldwide pandemic couldn't solve the problem, according to new research. There are currently more than seven billion people on Earth. And despite the United Nation's (UN) belief that humanity would level off, so to speak, a report published just last month shows that the 21st century may get a lot more crowded than previously thought....
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What We Can Do to Stop the Next Pandemic
2014-10-09 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Can the global health system stop Ebola? The answer has more to do with Samuel Kazirharo than you might expect. Kazirharo is a war-weary 44-year-old who lives in the Bulengo displaced-persons camp, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This summer he was struck by malaria, like many men in Bulengo. Fevers and chills stole 10 pounds from his frame and a month's income from his pocket. Responding to a rash of cases, Doctors Without Borders rushed to test and treat patients. But it couldn't...
Complex Human Vaccination Strategy Needed in Case of Swine Flu Virus Pandemic
2013-09-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - New research reveals that different vaccination strategies of the human population may be necessary according to age if swine influenza viruses were to emerge as a significant pandemic threat.
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Officials Prepare For Another Flu Pandemic Just In Case
2013-05-08 11:33:15| Biotech - Topix.net
A scientist harvests H7N9 virus growing in bird eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received samples of the virus from China in March.
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