Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu claims ninth victim this year in Indonesia
An Indonesian man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Saturday, in the country's ninth fatal case this year.
Aug 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dutch to cull thousands of mink after farm infections
Dutch health officials have ordered the slaughter of around 10,000 mink to start Friday on farms where coronavirus outbreaks have been reported, possibly infecting at least two employees.
Jun 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases A-Z: Antibiotics in farm animals
The World Health Organization is urging countries to restrict the use of antibiotics in food animal production. Food producers in many countries feed low-dose antibiotics to farm animals to encourage the animals to grow bigger ...
Nov 23, 2017
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Pediatrics
Pediatricians' group urges cuts in antibiotic use in livestock
(HealthDay)—Overuse of antibiotics in farm animals poses a real health risk to children, the American Academy of Pediatrics warns in a new report.
Nov 16, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
C-sections are seen as breastfeeding barrier in the U.S., but not in other global communities
The increase in cesarean sections is on the verge of a global epidemic. Though the World Health Organization recommends an optimal C-section rate of 10-15 percent, the United States' C-section rate is more than 30 percent.
Mar 21, 2019
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Health
Dutch organic farmers feel duped in tainted eggs scandal
Dutch farmers producing organic eggs, supposedly free from insecticides, joined a chorus of outrage Friday over the growing tainted-egg scandal, claiming they were duped by the suppliers of a reputedly natural pesticide.
Aug 11, 2017
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Health
Fraud behind tainted-eggs scandal began in 2016: EU
The fraud that caused the contamination of millions of eggs with the insecticide fipronil began in September 2016 and has now affected 34 countries, the EU said on Thursday.
Aug 31, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dutch cull virus-infected mink on 20 farms
Dutch authorities Monday culled thousands of mink on two more farms infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 20, health authorities said.
Jul 6, 2020
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Govt, farmers failed in Dutch egg scandal: report
Poultry farmers, the Dutch food safety board and the government all failed in their duties during a tainted egg scandal which spread to 45 countries causing millions in damage, a scathing report found Monday.
Jun 25, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO calls for global detection networks for bird flu virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) called Wednesday for a strengthening of global detection networks for the H5N1 bird flu virus which infected a large number of animal species.
Apr 24, 2024
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