France on Wednesday ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe episode of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month, the agriculture ministry said. All free range ducks, as well as geese, will be slaughtered between January 5 and january 20 in an area in southwestern France comprising parts of the Gers, Landes and Hautes-Pyrenees administrative departments, it said in a statement.
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Volunteers get bit to test new strategy for malaria vaccine
… vaccine candidate, made with pieces of the parasite, protects only about a third of children. Still, the World Health Organization plans pilot projects in Africa in 2018 to test whether the partial protection offers enough benefit for widespread …
Commodity trader ED&F Man acquires UK pulses specialist Maviga
Jan 4 Agricultural commodity trading group ED&F Man has acquired Maviga Plc, a British firm specialising in pulses, as it targets rising demand for protein crops for use in food, the companies said on Wednesday. Maviga sources and ships around 250,000 tons of bagged and bulk products annually, including dried edible pulses and other niche crops like sesame seeds.
‘We could make that!’ – Chance meeting leads to creation of antibiotic spider silk
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at The University of Nottingham has developed a technique to produce chemically functionalised spider silk that can be tailored to applications used in drug delivery, regenerative medicine and wound healing. A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk.
Number of farms in Bulgaria hit by bird flu doubles in under a week
A bird flu outbreak in Bulgaria has spread to at least 26 farms, the Agriculture Ministry said, nearly double the figure announced on Dec. 30. A nation-wide ban on hunting of game birds would take immediate effect and a mass cull of birds would be launched in a bid to contain the outbreak, the ministry said in a statement. “By Thursday, the veterinary authorities will cull more than 110,000 birds, mainly ducks,” Food Safety Agency spokesman Martin Radev told Reuters.
Study confirms presence of ticks carrying Lyme disease in eastern national parks
… the risk of Lyme disease. “Tick-borne diseases are preventable and treatable,” she said. “They are a serious public health problem, but the burden of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and poor mental health is so much greater, and …
There’s a genetic mutation which means 35 million people have a heart that is at risk of failing
It all comes down to a special protein in the body called titin. Titin is responsible for making muscle stretchy and bendy.
US Scrambles to Clear Egg Exports to Bird Flu-hit South Korea
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Diagnoses as Descriptions of Behavior
Welcome to Childhood Made Crazy, an interview series that takes a critical look at the current “mental disorders of childhood” model. This series is comprised of interviews with practitioners, parents, and other children’s advocates as well as pieces that investigate fundamental questions in the mental health field.
Postdoctoral Fellow Positions Available
Postdoctoral fellow positions in neuroscience are available at the Department of Neurosurgery in the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in the . We are looking for highly motivated postdocs with experience in both in vivo and in vitro to join our research team for performing US federal government funded research projects.
Everything we know about hangovers – and what you can do to make the pain go away
Many of us may not be feeling the welcome just quite yet. After all, Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
US scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit South Korea
In 2015, the eggs imported from Europe after the bird flu ravaged domestic chicken flocks has made the US food companies to record the current highs. United States officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.
Ireland confirms bird flu case, carrying out tests
Ireland has found the H5N8 bird flu strain in a wild duck in the south eastern town of Wexford, the agriculture department said on Friday. Several European countries have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in recent weeks and Ireland ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors last week after an outbreak was confirmed in Britain.
Bird flu case confirmed in Republic of Ireland
The wild duck, a wigeon, was found alive, but unable to fly in Wexford Town on Wednesday, Irish state broadcaster RTE reports. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, but no human infections with this virus have been reported.
Department confirms case of bird flu in Wexford
The Department said the finding is not unexpected given the detection of highly contagious H5N8 in wild birds in Britain in the last two weeks The Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of bird flu in Ireland after a wild duck was discovered with the disease in Co Wexford on Wednesday. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confirmed that although the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, no human infections with this virus have been reported worldwide.
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The collision of two black holes — a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO — is shown in this still image from a computer simulation. After reading last week’s story about the supervolcano below Italy that might be close to waking up, a co-worker joked that Speaking of Science should start a spin-off blog titled, “Whoa, science is scary.”
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The collision of two black holes — a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO — is shown in this still image from a computer simulation. After reading last week’s story about the supervolcano below Italy that might be close to waking up, a co-worker joked that Speaking of Science should start a spin-off blog titled, “Whoa, science is scary.”
Gold Medal Packing Inc. recalls veal products due to possible E.coli O26 and O45 contamination
Gold Medal Packing Inc., a Rome, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,607 pounds of boneless veal products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26 and O45, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Iowa Egg Numbers Recover Following Bird Flu Outbreak
The head of Iowa’s agriculture department says the state is recovering from the loss of millions of laying hens caused by the 2015 bird flu outbreak. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says Iowa’s egg production in October was roughly 1.30 billion eggs, up more than 70 percent from the same time last year.
New tool explains how proteins assemble into different liquid and gel-like solid states
… guide the molecular design of the optoDroplet proteins. The work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Using mouse and human cells, the research team spliced in a gene for a light-sensitive …
Rats and cockroaches found in NHS hospitals as cost of tackling them spirals
… Trust said: “We take all pest control matters very seriously and deal with them swiftly. “As a large provider of health services in London, the importance of high standards of cleanliness means a robust approach to incidents and prevention is …
Two research studies on new molecules could potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease
This year, results have been published of two significant research studies about molecules that could potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease. The chief researcher in both studies was the head of the Laboratory of Medical Chemistry and Bioinformatics at MIPT Yan Ivanenkov.
Bird Flu Crisis on the Wane
… are therefore not counted as new suspected cases, according to the guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Meanwhile, several wild birds infected with bird flu have been found in North Gyeongsang Province, and the first case of …
Why More Women Get These Diseases Than Men
Nearly 80% of people who suffer from autoimmune diseases are women, and why that’s the case has long been a medical mystery. But new research suggests the answer may have to do with differences between men’s and women’s genes – a discovery that could pave the way for better diagnostic methods and treatments in the future.
Australian manuka honey ‘more antibiotic-resistant than NZ variety’
Manuka honey made by bees foraging on Australian native plants has much higher antibacterial properties than the famous New Zealand variety, according to new research, but New Zealand producers are trying to trademark the name. New Zealand-made manuka honey has long been considered a superfood for everything from sore throats to gingivitis but as microbiologist Dr Nural Chokedin explains, scientists now say that the Australian-made version could be the most powerful antibacterial honey of all.
Patients suffer over gap between physical and mental health care
Family doctors are the first point of contact for most people seeking diagnosis and care, but a disconnect between physicians and mental health professionals leaves many stranded. Esme Hurst says her son took his own life after their family physician repeatedly told the family he was not suicidal, and failed to refer the Hursts to timely mental health treatment.
Continue reading How long can you eat Christmas leftovers?
Every year, 48 million Americans – that’s one in 6 people – suffer food poisoning. More than 128,000 are hospitalized as a result and 3,000 die.
Big data analysis fails to stem AI spread
South Korea’s big data system for infectious diseases has failed to help prevent the spread of the country’s latest avian influenza outbreak due to its alarming pace, sources said Tuesday. The country is reeling from its worst ever bird flu outbreak this winter, slaughtering more than 22 million poultry in a desperate bid to contain the disease that has ravaged chicken farms across the country.
Monitoring for bird flu intensified
The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas is asking farmers and local government units to be always on the lookout for any outbreak of bird flu in the region. Dr. Pacifico Lumauag III, a veterinarian at the department’s Regional Field Office, said bird flu can also be transmitted to humans and could even cause death.
Stem cells give scientists a new window into the biology of a rare disease
Today, Stanford pediatric cardiologist Marlene Rabinovitch , MD, and her team published new research that advances their quest to understand a serious – and very puzzling – lung disease. They’re studying pulmonary arterial hypertension , which frequently leads to heart failure.
Ant-Like Bees Discovered in North American Deserts
Two species of ant-like males, which are completely different in appearance from their mates. Credit: Zach Portman, Utah State University Perdita is one of the most diverse genuses of bees ranging from deserts of southwestern United States to the arid lands of Mexico.
El Nino, warming planet may have sparked Zika epidemic
… conditions for an outbreak, but epidemics also depend on many other factors, including population density, access to health care and the use of pesticides and other anti-mosquito interventions in any given location. Some of these factors – which …
Ogbeh puts poultry farmers on alert over bird flu outbreak
THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday, put poultry farmers across the country on alert over the recent outbreak of bird flu in Kano State. Ogbeh said poultry farmers should apply preventive measures to curtail any penetration in their farms by migratory birds from Europe and other parts of the world believed to be carriers of the virus.
RAGE regulates key signaling pathway that promotes acute and chronic inflammation
… Editor-in-Chief, of DNA and Cell Biology and Professor, Departments of Biology and Neural Science, and Global Public Health at New York University, NY. “By developing new drugs to block the interaction of RAGE with its receptor, in the future, there …
RAGE regulates key signaling pathway that promotes acute and chronic inflammation
… Editor-in-Chief, of DNA and Cell Biology and Professor, Departments of Biology and Neural Science, and Global Public Health at New York University, NY. “By developing new drugs to block the interaction of RAGE with its receptor, in the future, there …
Research shows men have fewer children than women
Research on men’s birthrates have so far been rather a blind spot. Max Planck researchers have now calculated the missing age data for men using statistical methods.
Research shows men have fewer children than women
Research on men’s birthrates have so far been rather a blind spot. Max Planck researchers have now calculated the missing age data for men using statistical methods.
Rising Awareness About Health Benefits and Increased Affordability to …
… product lines. The replacement of sugar with honey in this particular case has allowed the company to cater to the health conscious consumers. Other key vendors in the global nuts and seeds market include Blue Diamond Growers Inc., McCormick and …
Researchers find effective cure for social anxiety disorders
… depressive disorders, but it actually has the opposite effect in individuals with social anxiety disorders. Not many health care professionals are aware of this,” says Nordahl. Drugs camouflage the problem “Happy pills,” like selective serotonin …
Study provides clues to improving fecal microbiota transplantation
… this is caused by a dysbiosis or microbial imbalance of the gut. Microbiota are integral to human physiology and health, and exposure to antibiotics can alter the composition and activity of microbiota, sparking many common health problems. In the …