Disease
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30 percent of China’s live poultry markets contaminated with the H7N9 bird flu virus
Feb 12, 2017News Hour: Authorities in China’s third-largest city warned that about 30 percent of its live poultry markets were contaminated with the H7N9 avian flu virus, as an eastern province ordered markets to shut, state media reported... -
First case of H5N8 bird flu reported in Bosnia
Feb 12, 2017News Hour: Bosnia reported its first case of bird flu on Sunday after the H5N8 strain was detected at a hen farm in the northwestern town of Prijedor. The authorities took measures to contain the outbreak... -
Czech Repubic ordered a cull of up to 20,000 ducks and other poultry in the biggest single case of bird flu outbreak
Feb 6, 2017News Hour: Czech authorities ordered a cull of up to 20,000 ducks and other poultry at a producer in the south of the country on Monday in the biggest single case of this year’s bird flu... -
South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm
Feb 6, 2017News Hour: South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm, the first discovery of the disease in the country in nearly a year. It also said there was another suspected case... -
Mexico confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus
Feb 4, 2017News Hour: Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday. The affected child, a girl, was born prematurely on Nov. 5, 2016, and died at... -
Portugal reinforced veterinary controls after detecting an isolated case of bird flu virus in a gray heron
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: Portugal has reinforced veterinary controls in the southern Algarve region after detecting an isolated case of a highly contagious strain of bird flu virus in a gray heron, officials said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary... -
Hungary issued an order to keep all poultry inside to contain bird flu
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: Hungary’s chief veterinarian has issued an order that all poultry must be kept inside after the bird flu virus spread to 11 countries and more than 3 million birds had to be culled. The... -
Macedonia reported outbreak of the bird flu virus at a farm
Jan 30, 2017News Hour: Macedonia reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus at a farm in the southwestern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a... -
Britain confirmed 2 more bird flu cases in northern and eastern England
Jan 28, 2017News Hour: British authorities say they have confirmed two more bird flu cases on farms in northern and eastern England, meaning there are now four areas where restrictions are in place across the country to reduce... -
Offering a ‘stop smoking’ taster session and personalised disease risk doubles likelihood smokers will seek help to quit
Jan 25, 2017News Hour: Offering smokers a taster session at an NHS Stop Smoking Service and explaining their personal risk of developing smoking-related diseases doubles their likelihood of attending a stop smoking course, according to a study in...
