France races to end rabies risk
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French authorities are desperately trying to find and vaccinate five people at risk of developing rabies from an infected dog.
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A global campaign is underway to ban the transportation of millions of live animals over long distances.
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A donor whose blood was used to transfuse 10 people and to manufacture medicines has been identified as France's eighth known victim of the human equivalent of mad cow disease, health officials announced Thursday.
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Niger has opened a national campaign to eradicate measles, a deadly illness that kills at least 500 children a year in the vast northwest African desert state, the health ministry said.
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RICHERENCHES, France -- Truffle inspector Rene Roudiere walks his beat armed with a razor-sharp penknife and clear plastic baggies.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France concluded one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa yesterday and the UN Security Council imposed an immediate arms embargo against Ivory Coast, stepping up pressure to end the violence that spurred the exodus.
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Tests have confirmed that three swans  found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu  virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday,  France&#39;s first cases of the disease in over a year.
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Rabies could be eradicated from the world within a decade, according to Edinburgh University experts.
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Paris authorities say they are winning a long-running battle for streets free of dog mess as heavy fines force more Parisians to pick up their doggy's do or shun pooches in favour of other pets.
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Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France's first cases of the disease in over a year.
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Well, it seems that now folks are going to have to give the French at least a few make-up points. While the British company Chiron turned out contaminated flu vaccine, the French company Aventis Pasteur provided
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  PARIS - Fear of runaway global warming pushed more than 40 countries to line up Saturday behind France's bid for a new environmental body that could single out - and perhaps police - nations that abuse the Earth. "It is our responsibility.
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A series of measures are being taken to prevent animal epidemics since a bird flu outbreak in the country in the spring. Local governments have reinforced the monitoring of bird flu.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday he was willing to resort to an EU measure to ban genetically-modified crops in France if scientific studies confirm their safety was in doubt.
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The threat of animal diseases spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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French airport authorities are planning to experiment with heat-detecting cameras to identify passengers with a fever as part of efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases, like SARS and bird flu.
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A teenage girl has become the first known person to survive rabies without the benefit of a vaccination, say doctors.