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Scores of dogs, cats killed after rabies outbreak
Published on 01/02/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Residents of the small border community of Ban Jalor say they had little choice but to hand over more than 100 pet dogs and cats to livestock officials to be put down after eight canines in the area were infected with rabies.
Vomit illness blights opening of 2018 Olympic Games
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Korean officials on Wednesday confirmed additional cases of norovirus at the Pyeongchang Olympics, bringing the total of people infected to 86.
Rabies zone declared in Nakhon Phanom
Phathanaphong Siphianchai, Published on 14/03/2018
» Three tambons in Nakhon Phanom have been declared temporary epidemic zones after a dog which bit a man in tambon Phum Kae of Na Kae district in early March was found to be infected with rabies.
Catholic priest 'infected with Ebola' in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 25/05/2018
» MBANDAKA (DR CONGO) - A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the Ebola virus in the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo, medical sources said Thursday.
The changing of Syria's demography
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/07/2018
» With the fall of Daraa last Friday, the end of Syria's civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Ba'ath Party do with their victory?
Swine fever outbreak prompts call to slaughter HK pigs
Published on 29/08/2018
» Hong Kong has been urged to slaughter local pigs separately from those imported from mainland China over fears of a rapid spread of African swine fever that has already caused more than 24,000 pigs to be culled.
City Hall joins flap over pigeon-feeding
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2018
» City Hall is vowing to impose a three-month jail term and a 25,000-baht fine on people who violate the law by feeding pigeons in public places amid concerns over their increasing number and serious health risks.
City Hall bans pigeon-feeding
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/09/2018
» City Hall is vowing to impose a three-month jail term and a 25,000-baht fine on people who violate the law by feeding pigeons in public places amid concerns over their increasing number and serious health risks.
Deadly swine virus in China's Yunnan scares Asian neighbours
Published on 07/11/2018
» Animal health authorities in Southeast Asia have beefed up border surveillance for African swine fever after a third outbreak of the deadly pig virus was reported in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.
Quarantines at 2 LA universities amid measles outbreak
Associated Press, Published on 26/04/2019
» LOS ANGELES: More than 200 students and staff at two Los Angeles universities have been placed under quarantine because they may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or cannot verify that they are immune, officials said Thursday.