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The Health Wrap: a big diabetes investigation, questions for the Treasurer, primary care reforms, and the benefits of crochet
23 Apr 2024 11:43 GMT
Tackling the growing problem of diabetes requires action on many fronts, including ensuring that Indigenous communities have affordable access to healthy foods and priority access to essential medicines that are currently in short supply, according to the …
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Deforestation, Encroachment Threaten West Africa’s One Health Plans
03 Nov 2023 09:32 GMT
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Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary – a conservation center dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and …
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Marburg, bird flu and MVE: Why you need to be aware of these viruses
19 Feb 2023 12:22 GMT
It seems every few months there is another virus people need to be aware of.
Last week, health authorities in the Northern Territory confirmed a person had died from Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE).
The woman, aged in her 70s, was treated for MVE at Royal …
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From an Ebola-like disease in Croatia to bird flu in Egypt: Biggest disease threats REVEALED
27 Jan 2023 12:42 GMT
Covid isn't over yet, but scientists fear the next pandemic is already lurking just around the corner waiting to pounce.
Deadly diseases like Ebola and Nipah — which kill up to 75 per cent of people they strike — are two of the biggest threats.
Others …
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How one health approach controls livestock diseases
20 Apr 2024 08:41 GMT
Globally about 75 percent of newly emerging infectious diseases and 60 percent of all human infections are of animal origin.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one or more new infectious diseases have emerged each year since the 1970s.
This …
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New AI system can help conserve wildlife, prevent poaching in Africa: report
13 May 2023 21:13 GMT
African conservationists are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) powered cameras could help aid in the protection of endangered species, such as the forest and savannah elephants.
“We must urgently put an end to poaching and ensure that sufficient …
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Oregon officials are monitoring monkeypox, avian flu
27 May 2022 00:26 GMT
Monkeypox is not a new virus, and health officials are prepared if it arrives in Oregon. Two public health warnings have been issued for contagious diseases, neither of which poses an immediate threat to people in Oregon.
The Centers for Disease Control on …
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Zoos in US respond to bird flu outbreak as infection rates mount
13 Apr 2022 15:26 GMT
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Zoos throughout the country are taking steps to protect their feathery inhabitants from the avian influenza outbreak that’s …
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U.S. outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza doubled during past month
25 Mar 2022 04:59 GMT
Millions of birds in at least 17 states are being rapidly killed in a determined attempt to bring a dangerous strain of Avian flu under control. And Avian Influenza outbreaks in the United States during 2022 have already surpassed the minor detections …
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Amphibian apocalypse: Study finds multiple strains of a lethal fungal pathogen threaten frogs in Africa
18 Mar 2023 07:17 GMT
Multiple strains of a lethal fungal pathogen are invading frog populations across Africa, posing severe risks to amphibians, according to a new study.
IN PHOTOS: Bird flu spreads to mammalian species
Pandemics in amphibians — caused by the pathogen …