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Japan culls record 10m birds as avian flu spreads
Kyodo News, Published on 10/01/2023
» MITO: The number of birds culled at poultry farms in Japan has exceeded 10 million as cases of avian flu continue to spread nationwide, the farm ministry said Tuesday.
Bright side to Covid
News, Postbag, Published on 28/12/2020
» A recent depressing letter in PostBag focused only on corn farmers and how difficult it would be to stop crop burning. It's not difficult at all if legal action is used.
Virus pandemic linked to destruction of wildlife and world's ecosystems
Published on 15/04/2020
» Covid-19 is the latest example of how human impact on biodiverse areas and wildlife habitats is linked to the spread of infectious diseases.
The experience of a lifetime
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 25/05/2019
» Taking a leap onto the first stepping stone, Sooksunt Jiumjaiswanglerg entered Chia Tai Co Ltd as a fresh graduate with hopes of gaining professional experience and broadening his horizons, not knowing he was embarking on a lifetime career move.
Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
Philippines detects bird flu in duck, quail farms
Reuters, Published on 22/02/2022
» MANILA: The Philippines' agriculture department said on Tuesday it had recently detected outbreaks of avian influenza in some duck and quail farms near the capital, after getting rid of the disease more than a year ago.
Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.
What pandemic preparedness would look like
Oped, Published on 06/10/2023
» Humanity was caught off guard by the Covid-19 pandemic, even though we had effectively been warned by smaller-scale outbreaks -- of Sars, Ebola, Mers and avian flu -- for decades.
Rumour of bird flu outbreak at Korat zoo denied
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/03/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A public health official has denied as untrue a rumour that there was an outbreak of bird flu in Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo and a large number of animals had died.
Cambodia reports death of 11-year-old girl from bird flu
Published on 24/02/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported an 11-year-old girl from a province east of the capital Phnom Penh died after being infected by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.