Disease protection zones lifted
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The protection zones put in place around two farms infected with foot-and-mouth disease are lifted.
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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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The European Union has lifted import bans on Canadian poultry that were imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in the western province of British Columbia, officials said on Friday.
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Some animal movement limits imposed after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth are eased, despite a seventh case being confirmed.
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Tests are expected back on a couple at a smallholding where a mild form of bird flu has been confirmed.
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The World Health Organization reversed a 30-year-old policy yesterday and declared its support for indoor use of the pesticide DDT to control mosquitoes in regions where malaria is a major health problem.
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By Roland Lim, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong correspondent. HONG KONG: Hong Kong&#39;s Centre for Health Protection has conducted its first ever drill on how to deal with a contagious disease outbreak.
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NEW YORK  - The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors resume giving the
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The United States is toughening Canadian   border inspections and imposing new levies on air travelers and   commercial shippers from Canada to try to prevent bioterrorism   and the spread of disease and pests.
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Protection zone set up after cow in Watford tests positive for disease
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Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Southeast Asian countries have endorsed a plan to combat bird flu that aims to prevent the disease from spreading and reduce its risk for human pandemic after a two-day meeting in Singapore .
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Travelers to parts of Africa and Asia   are returning with a new mosquito-borne virus and the U.S.   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday   it could become entrenched in new areas.
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Ministers set out measures to step up the fight against hospital infections, and say they are getting to grips with the bugs.
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Some animal movement limits set after the foot-and-mouth outbreak are eased, despite a seventh case being confirmed.
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Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization&#39;s regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety
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The restrictions on agricultural shows and animal gatherings are lifted after the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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Florida and North Carolina scored highest in a report &quot;Protecting the Public&#39;s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism,&quot; released by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.