Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M
Venture capital investors focused on food tech are calling 2023 the year when alternative seafood startups will make notable strides. Meanwhile, investors expect 40 investments to be made in this sector this year, up from 36 in 2022, according to the Good Food Institute’s annual investor report.…#venture #goodfoodinstitutes #wildtype #newschoolfoods #bluuseafood #ishcompany #aquaculturedfoods #annepalermo #shrimp #palermo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anti-Vaxxer Runs for President; Long COVID and Bad Sleep; ACA Plans Tighten Networks
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Longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threw his hat into the ring for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (CNN)
DNA samples from Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Market during... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Chinese Government scientists claim infamous Wuhan market may NOT be source of Covid pandemic
Ever since the pandemic began, the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan has been held up as the source of the pandemic as the earliest cases were linked to the market. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Frozen Strawberries Recalled As Hepatitis A Outbreak Has Left 2 Hospitalized
This includes frozen organic strawberries sold at Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood, PCC Community Markets, and Trader Joe's. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news
South Korea to continue ban on seafood from Fukushima
SEOUL -- South Korea announced it will maintain a ban on imports of seafood from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, in the latest of a series of hiccups that have arisen since a historic summit in Tokyo two weeks ago. South Korea has for the past decade banned imports of food from the area due to…#seoul #fukushimaprefecture #tokyo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chinese researchers release genomic data that could help clarify origin of COVID-19 pandemic
In the face of intense pressure and criticism from many in the scientific community, Chinese researchers today released a trove of new genetic data that may offer fresh clues to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also substantially revised a related study they first posted online 13 months ago to include this evidence, which some scientists say gives more credibility to the thesis that SARS-CoV-2 could have jumped into humans from raccoon dogs or other mammals illegally sold at a Wuhan market.
The Chinese team’s initial preprint argued that the market data, consisting of genetic sequences found in 923 sample...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mediterranean diet ‘can reduce heart attacks in people at higher risk’
First study of its kind finds diet can benefit hundreds of millions with obesity, diabetes or other risk factorsA Mediterranean diet can lower the risk of a heart attack, stroke or early death for hundreds of millions of people who have an increased possibility of cardiovascular disease, a global review of evidence suggests.A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables has previously been linked to a number of benefits, and its effectiveness in helping healthy people to live longer is well known.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Food science Medical research Health & wellbeing Diets and dieting Heart attack Diabetes Life and style Society Source Type: news
‘It’s way beyond just science’: untangling the hunt for Covid’s origins – podcast
Three years after much of the world was forced into Covid lockdowns, the precise origins of the virus are still hazy, and the hunt is bringing scientists into confrontation with political forces that many are not prepared forOne of the most compelling clues as to the origins of a once-in-a-century pandemic was uploaded without announcement – without being noticed for weeks – on a scientific database. And then, just as suddenly, it vanished from public view.The genetic data, from swabs taken at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, in the weeks after Covid-19 first emerged, was available online for only a few weeks...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Michael Safi with Ian Sample and Florence D ébarre; produced by Eli Block and Adam Bransbury; executive producer Phil Maynard Tags: Coronavirus Science China UK news World news Infectious diseases Source Type: news
10 Best New London Restaurants For Spring 2023
London’s dining scene rivals any city in the world with its vast range of international restaurants. In addition to a new Soho restaurant excelling in Modern British cuisine, other new launches in the capital include the first outpost for an American seafood favorite, a second venture for a…#soho #modernbritish #telaviv #turkish #kathysidells #boston #northaudleystreet #saltiegirl #atelierwren #hebrew (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A seafood company has designed the world ’s first octopus farm: Here’s why that’s horrifying
A seafood company has announced plans for a new octopus farm, just as our understanding of the sea creature’s mental capacity has started to blur the line between human and animal. A seafood company known as Nueva Pescanova is hoping to open the world’s first-ever large-scale octopus farm in…#nuevapescanova #spain #canaryislands #africa #readfullstory (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Covid Origins Debate - What to Make of New Findings Linking the Virus to Raccoon Dogs
[The Conversation Africa] The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has long been a topic of heated debate. While many believe SARS-CoV-2 spread to humans from an animal at Wuhan's Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, others have argued the virus was accidentally leaked from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Full report linking Covid's origins to raccoon dogs in wet market is revealed
The full report tying raccoon dogs in Wuhan's wet seafood market to the origins on Covid was revealed Monday in pre-print by a team of international researchers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WHO Accuses China of Withholding Data on Covid ’s Origins
Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Wildlife Trade and Poaching Raccoon Dogs United States Politics and Government Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) International Relations Viruses Disease Rates World Health Organizat Source Type: news
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A new analysis of genetic material collected in Wuhan, China, suggests Covid-19 origins could be linked to raccoon dogs at Huanan Seafood Market. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists parse another clue to possible origins of Covid-19 as WHO says all possibilities 'remain on the table'
A new analysis of genetic material collected from January to March 2020 at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, has uncovered animal DNA in samples already known to be positive for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
