South Africa: Avian Influenza Outbreak Threatens Chicken Supply
[allAfrica] Dr Greg Cilliers, a veterinarian and executive board member of the World Veterinary Poultry Association, warns that chicken meat will be scarce in South Africa in the coming weeks due to a shortage of broiler chicks, reports IOL. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds crash into Chicago exhibition hall in single night: ‘Like a carpet of dead birds’
David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago’s lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday morning he found something horrible: Hundreds of dead songbirds, so thick they looked like a carpet. Nearly 1,000 songbirds perished during the night after crashing into…#davidwillard #avian #chicagofieldmuseum #mccormick #wildlifeservice #galveston #mattigleski #mccormickplace #stantemple #temple (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quick takes: Novavax COVID vaccine effectiveness, COVID booster uptake, avian flu in two states
Robust infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at a comprehensive cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with significant decreases in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), researchers reported today in the American Journal of Infection Control. To evaluate the…#ipc #universityoftexas #andersoncancercenter #stricteripc #clostridioides #mdanderson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Woolworths Ration Eggs as Shortages Persist
[Woolworths] Due to the shortage of eggs caused by the avian flu, we need to prioritise the use of available whole eggs that meet our standards of food safety and quality for Woolies products made with eggs. As a temporary measure, we therefore have to limit whole egg purchases to 1 pack of 6 eggs per customer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Agribusiness Food and Agriculture Economy, Business and Finance Company News Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
South Africa culls nearly 2.5M chickens in effort to contain bird flu outbreaks
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South Africa has culled nearly 2.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that have threatened to create a shortage of eggs for consumers and are hitting an industry already struggling due to an electricity…#southafrica #avian #gautengprovince #johannesburg #pretoria #thokodidiza #neighboringnamibia #wilhelmmare #southafricans #southafrican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan startup develops'Gundam'-like robot with $3 million price tag
Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, the robot has…#tokyo #tsubameindustries #mobilesuitgundam #archax #avian #japanmobilityshow #ryoyoshida #yoshida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan startup develops'Gundam'-like robot with $3 mln price tag
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur…#tokyo #tsubameindustries #mobilesuitgundam #archax #avian #japanmobilityshow #ryoyoshida #yoshida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Avian Flu Threatens to Send Chicken, Egg Prices Soaring
[allAfrica] Harare -- South African consumers will have to put up with higher chicken meat and egg prices as the industry confronts its worst highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic to date, according to economists and industry insiders. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Agribusiness Food and Agriculture Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Trade Source Type: news
South Africa: South Africa Battles High-Path H7N6 Avian Flu in Poultry
[UMP] Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu that began at the end of May have led to the loss of about a quarter of South Africa's poultry, with layer farms hit hardest, according to a poultry industry official quoted in a South African agriculture publication. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Deadly avian flu reaches Gal ápagos Islands
In a development that has alarmed conservation biologists, the avian flu strain that has devastated birds and marine mammals on five continents has reached Ecuador’s Galápagos National Park, home to species that are found nowhere else.
“It is extremely concerning from a conservation perspective,” says Marcela Uhart, a wildlife veterinarian at the University of California (UC), Davis. “Outbreaks could pose an acute threat to the future of these endemic species.”
So far only a few animals have tested positive for the H5N1 virus, which migratory birds can carry over long distances. But the highly contag...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 25, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Gas prices drove higher August inflation numbers: Breaking down where prices increased and fell
Inflation accelerated for a second straight month in August as a spike in the cost of rent and gasoline kept prices abnormally high for millions of U.S. households. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods that includes…#labordepartment #refinitiv #robertfrick #avian #double #moody #jeffreyroach #lplfinancial #airline (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists raise alarm over bird flu strain spreading in China with 'pandemic potential', which has killed one person this year
UK and Chinese scientists issued a warning after lab tests on ferrets and mice infected with the bird flu strain showed humans could be 'vulnerable to infection at epidemic or pandemic proportions'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
White House seeks input on tightening rules for risky pathogen research
A panel’s recommendations earlier this year to tighten U.S. rules for funding research on dangerous pathogens
sparked concerns
that some of the changes would hamper routine studies important to public health. Now, the White House is looking at ways to narrow the swath of federally funded research that would undergo the heightened reviews proposed in a
final report
released in March by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
A
notice
posted today in the
Federal Register
by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeks comments by 16 October on a...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bird Flu Raced Through South America. Antarctica Could Be Next.
More than 100 million birds breed in the region, and many are likely to be vulnerable to the virus, scientists warned. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-animals Avian Influenza Wildlife Die-Offs Birds Penguins Endangered and Extinct Species Viruses Seals (Animals) and Sealing University of California, Davis Antarctic Regions South America United States Source Type: news
Dealing With Avian and Variant Influenza A Infections Dealing With Avian and Variant Influenza A Infections
The CDC ' s Tim Uyeki, MD, discusses trends in avian influenza A and variant influenza A viruses, as well as guidance on prevention and treatment.CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - August 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
