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A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and could turn into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, according to UNICEF’s Iraq director. “[The outbreak] already has a regional…
South Korea confirmed a new case of bird flu on Monday, bringing the total to nine since the middle of September. The Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said ducks at a poultry farm in Naju, 355 kilometers…
Iran’s shrimp production has cut by 50 percent due to white spot syndrome. Arsalan Qasemi, managing director of Iranian Sea Creatures Production and Export Union, said white spot syndrome is widespread in shrimp farms in southwestern Bushehr province, Mehr…
South Korea confirmed a new case of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the total to eight over the last one-month period. The Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said ducks at a poultry farm in Yeongam, 384 kilometers…
Officials in Changhua steeled themselves to cull 20,060 chickens on a farm where the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu virus was found, yesterday, according to the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ, 動植物防疫檢疫局). The infection…
Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis than countries such as Rwanda, Eritrea and Iraq, according to a report. The capital recorded more than 2,500 new cases of TB last year – about 40% of the UK’s total.…
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Nigeria, in a different area to the most recent outbreaks. Whilst the other recent outbreaks have taken place in the Rivers and Lagos areas, the current outbreak took…
The World Health Organization confirmed two more patients in Guinea, one in Conakry and another in Forecariah, to be positive of Ebola. This is a huge blow as authorities have been trying hard to maintain an Ebola-free Africa after its…
Based on continuing reports of dead deer, Idaho Fish and Game officials estimate up to 1,000 whitetails have died in the state from an outbreak of bluetongue, a virus transmitted by gnats that is similar to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, also…
