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Bird Flu in Nebraska Prompts Slaughter of Additional 1.8M Chickens
Just like on other farms where bird flu has been found this year, all the chickens on the Nebraska farm will be killed to limit the spread of the disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 52.3 million birds in 46 states — mostly chicke…
Worried About Ebola, Uganda Extends Outbreak Epicenter’s Quarantine
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country’s Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government’s response to the disease was succeeding.Movement into and out of the Mub…
World Economic Outlook for 2023 Increasingly Gloomy
The outlook for the global economy headed into 2023 has soured, according to a number of recent analyses, as the ongoing war in Ukraine continues to strain trade, particularly in Europe, and as markets await a fuller reopening of the Chinese economy fo…
COVID Protests Hit Shanghai as Anger Spreads Across China
Protests simmered in Shanghai early Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country’s far west, pushed back against heavy COVID-19 curbs nearly three years into the pandemic.A fire Thursday that kill…
Global Wildlife Summit Approves Shark Protections
Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade.Members of the requiem shark and the hammerhead shark f…
Global Wildlife Summit Approves Shark Protections
Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade.Members of the requiem shark and the hammerhead shark f…
Uganda Closes Schools to Fight Ebola, New Cases Fall
Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined.The directive to close schools two weeks before the end of term was announced earlier this month following …
Uganda Closes Schools to Fight Ebola, New Cases Fall
Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined.The directive to close schools two weeks before the end of term was announced earlier this month following …
China Reports Another One-Day COVID Case Record, Tightens Curbs
China on Friday reported another single-day record-high number of COVID-19 infections, as cities across the country enforced measures and curbs to try to control outbreaks.Excluding imported infections, China recorded 32,695 new local COVID-19 cases on…
Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out 50.54 Million US Birds, a Record
Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday.The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the wors…