At least 13 people have died in Iraq since the start of the year from a viral tick-borne disease transmitted to humans from livestock, the health ministry said on Saturday.
May 14, 2023
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Reducing red and processed meat consumption would not only prompt a fall in chronic disease incidence of between 3 and 12 per cent in the UK, but our carbon footprint would shrink by 28 million tonnes a year, suggests research ...
Sep 10, 2012
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At a swine farm with pigs carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, levels of MRSA among 95% of visitors became virtually undetectable only two hours after exposure. MRSA in the nasal passages was associated with ...
Sep 29, 2017
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Some MRSA bugs in UK hospitals can be traced back to a type of bacteria found in farm animals, a study suggests.
Nov 3, 2014
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Offering health care services in livestock marts can help to take away the stigma associated with seeking help for physical and mental health issues among members of the agricultural community, research shows.
Sep 27, 2022
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Climate change will have a significant impact on the spread of infectious diseases, in particular vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria and dengue fever. This is partly due to anticipated biodiversity loss, and partly ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology analyses the livestock trade in Italy and sexual encounters in a Brazilian prostitution service to find a correlation between loyalty and infection risk.
Mar 12, 2015
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Seven people have died from the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever since the start of last year after coming into contact with livestock in southern Iraq, health authorities said Monday.
Apr 11, 2022
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US food safety authorities on Thursday called a new case of mad cow disease in California "atypical" and said they were confident in measures to prevent the disease from spreading via animal feed.
Apr 26, 2012
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Global land-use changes—including forest fragmentation, agricultural expansion and concentrated livestock production—are creating "hot spots" favorable for bats that carry coronaviruses and where conditions are ripe for ...
Jun 2, 2021
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