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French producers of foie gras called Thursday for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread of a severe strain of bird flu that is ripping through poultry farms in the southwest of the country.
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An American man who helped drive the global phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 37, his team said Sunday.
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Schistosomiasis (or bilharzia) is a neglected tropical disease, and the one that causes significant ill-health effects to millions of people. The disease is caused by a parasitic worm.
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A new study finds that individuals who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea are at an elevated risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19. This is based on data compiled at the University of Warwick, from reviews of patients.
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South Korea reported 46 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday after health authorities declared the country was battling a second wave of infections that had been circulating for weeks.
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Mumbai -
With hospitals already severely stretched, coronavirus-hit India is now bracing for the monsoon and its deadly annual onslaught of mosquito-borne illnesses, with an overwhelmed army of public health workers the only defence.
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An estimated 1.7 billion people -- more than 20 percent of the world's population -- risk becoming severely infected with COVID-19 due to underlying health problems such as obesity and heart disease, analysis showed Tuesday.
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Haitian health officials said Monday that COVID-19 infections had peaked and the number of cases being detected was going down, leading them to voice cautious hope the epidemic might not be as bad as some of the more alarming predictions had led them t...
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After months under lockdown, Moscow was back to life Tuesday as restrictions eased, luring sun baskers and strollers back to the streets -- along with the city's legendary traffic jams.
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Dzanga-Sangha, a wildlife sanctuary in southwest Central African Republic, is a remote place, linked to the rest of the world by a narrow trail that becomes impassable in heavy rain.
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By AFP
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President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed for a broader reopening of the United States as coronavirus-related job losses mounted, while parts of Europe embraced post-lockdown life.
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By AFP
Washington -
President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed for a broader reopening of the United States as coronavirus-related job losses mounted, while parts of Europe embraced post-lockdown life.
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With this seventh in the series of coronavirus related articles, the topic moves to the return to work scenario and what mitigation factors exist to help safeguard the office (as well as the home) built environment.
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Sydney's bars and restaurants opened their doors to customers Friday as a weeks-long lockdown eased, with owners hoping a busy booking calendar will make up for restrictions on crowd numbers.
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Japan's prime minister on Thursday lifted a state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus for the majority of the country but kept it in place for top cities Tokyo and Osaka.
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By AFP
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Japan's government said Thursday it wants to lift a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus in most of the country, though not yet the capital Tokyo and other urban centres.
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Coronavirus screening has surged in South Korea since authorities introduced anonymous testing, officials said Wednesday, as they scrambled to tackle a nightclub cluster amid concerns anti-gay prejudice could impede the response.
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By AFP
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Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: - Seoul bars and clubs shut after new cases -South Korea's capital ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second corona...
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Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: - Seoul bars and clubs shut after new cases -South Korea's capital ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second corona...
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Children in Finland will begin to return to class from May 14 as the country starts to lift coronavirus restrictions, ministers said on Wednesday.
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By AFP
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Children in Finland will begin to return to class from May 14 as the country starts to lift coronavirus restrictions, ministers said on Wednesday.
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Berlin -
German medical experts warned the public to stay disciplined Tuesday after official data drew a mixed picture on the battle against the novel coronavirus since Europe's biggest economy began a cautious easing of lockdown measures.
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Key industries are warning of social unrest unless India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes concessions when he announces any extension Tuesday to a three-week pandemic-lockdown for the country's 1.3 billion people.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend the world's biggest pandemic lockdown for two weeks, state ministers said after talks Saturday on the growing fallout in the country.The three week lockdown is due to end Tuesday.
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Australian police have raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box, they said Thursday, as part of a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 later died of th...
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Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic:- Wuhan outbound travel ban ends - Outbound travel from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus first emerged in December, resumed early Wednesday, afte...
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Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic:- Wuhan outbound travel ban ends - Outbound travel from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus first emerged in December, resumed early Wednesday, afte...
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A massive coronavirus prayer session with tens of thousands of devotees sparked an outcry in Bangladesh Wednesday as the South Asian nation reported its first death from the global pandemic.
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needs to be taken seriously all over the world. As a result, Americans need to make changes in their everyday lives.
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The first detected case of coronavirus in Africa highlights the vulnerability of the world's poorest continent to outbreaks of contagious diseases.
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Bringing Cholera symptoms under control with replacement fluids is the first step in treatment. 234next.com
Retired USGS geologist Gene Shinn photographs one of several coral reef sites he has chronicled for five decades. USGS
Witch's brooms on Downy Birch, caused by the fungus Taphrina betulina. MPF
This patient presented on the third pre-eruptive day with “Koplik spots” indicative of the beginning onset of measles. In the prodromal or beginning stages, one of the signs of the onset of measles is the eruption of “Koplik spots” on the mucosa of the cheeks and tongue, which appear as irregularly-shaped, bright red spots often with a bluish-white central dot. Wikipedia
Color-enhanced electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles. Thomas W. Geisbert, Boston University School of Medicine (CC BY 2.5)
You can't call them lazy. Once a female rat reproduces, she could have 15,000 descendants by the end of just one year! National Geographic screen grab
Ear Chair: Disneyland visitors sit atop Mickey Mouse ears that support a park bench at the Southern California theme park. Terri Hodges
Rats do carry a number of diseases, more than we realized. National Geographic screen grab
A street rat looking for a meal. Edal Anton Lefterov
Courtesy AsbestosDiseaseAwareness.org
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, Wiki
The tick Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star tick) CDC Photo Credit: James Gathany
Florida’s coral reefs are experiencing a multi-year outbreak of coral disease. Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Ash trees near Saxby UK David Wright
Kudoa thyrsites (arrow) in body muscle of a yearling Atlantic salmon.
M-G G stain. X600. USGS
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