Pig Disease in China Worries the World
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FOSHAN, China -- At first, it was just some of the piglets. The mother gave birth to 13, all of them stillborn. Within a few weeks, however, she and other adult pigs in neighboring stalls became feverish and died. By the end of the summer, all but a handful of the village's 300 pigs had succumbed...
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Chinese scientists say they have discovered a deadly strain of the bird flu virus in pigs. Speaking at an international conference on avian flu and SARS in Beijing Friday, Chinese animal research facility official, Chen Hualan said the deadly H5N1 virus ...
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The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe.
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According the World Health Organization, the biggest threat facing the world this winter may be the spread of Asian bird flu which may cause as many as two to seven million deaths before it is over.
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A mass pig hunt on the Indonesian island of Sumatra threatens tigers and other rare wildlife, campaigners fear.
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UN health and agriculture officials in China said they were not informed by the government of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus being found in pigs, the first such discovery in the world.
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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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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The specter of a global influenza pandemic has loomed a little larger in recent weeks with revelations that Chinese researchers found the deadly H5N1 virus strain last year in pigs, a crucial link in the mutation of the disease to a form that can infect
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A global crisis of bird flu will threaten animal and human life in the near future, UN agencies warn.
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Banana growers in southern China have taken to feeding pigs their produce to clear towering stockpiles after a string of rumors about SARS and cancer risks.
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China risks damaging its global credibility if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official newspaper said on Monday in a rare admission amid a series of health scares over tainted products.
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BEIJING - China said yesterday that a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs last year but denied that the animals had the disease this year.
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Wild pigs are destroying farmland and forest. Controlling them is becoming serious business.
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BEIJING - Chinese researchers have made the first-ever discovery of a lethal strain of bird flu in pigs, sparking concerns that the virus may mutate into an even deadlier strain and cause a new epidemic in Asia.
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A top Chinese health official has warned of the increased risk of infectious diseases such as SARS and bird flu jumping the border to Hong Kong.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs, adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.