James Meikle
Thursday May 18, 2006 The Guardian Government scientists found evidence of bird flu in poultry in October but did not report their concerns to the public, the Guardian can reveal. The scientists placed movement restrictions on a bird rescue centre in south-west England after finding evidence that 13 free-range geese had been exposed to an H5 virus, one of two types of virus most likely to become deadly to birds and a group known to be a health risk to people.
The restrictions, which lasted at least a week until further tests ruled out any infection, came shortly after the highly dangerous H5N1 strain had been found in imported birds kept in quarantine. No mention was made of the incident by the environment department, Defra, either then or during last month's scares caused by the dead swan at Cellardyke, Fife, which had H5N1, and by the outbreak of H7N3 on three farms in Norfolk. |
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 18:21:26 EDT
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www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-18 19:42:36
HANOI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos has, for the first time, detected a duck contracting a bird flu virus since 2004, according to news reports which reached here Thursday.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said the duck detected in a farm, 20 km off southern Vientiane capital, in February, was infected with a kind of bird flu virus, reported Laos' newspaper Vientiane Times. The duck has been sent to the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris for testing. Laos's government is calling relevant agencies for monitoring the disease in the country. |
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 15:51:30 EDT
CBC News Scientists say bacteria from soil in South Africa make a potent antibiotic that destroys some of the most dangerous superbugs - ones that kill 8,000 people each year in Canadian hospitals alone.
The antibiotic was used on mice and successfully fought the superbugs - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) - according to Jun Wang of Merck Research Laboratories in New Jersey and his colleagues. |
Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 16:00:58 EDT
CBC News Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard has acknowledged there will be "undercover" inspectors in the province's bars and restaurants to make sure a new anti-smoking law is enforced when it comes into effect May 31.
The new legislation will ban smoking in all public indoor places, including bars and restaurants. Some critics say the province has not hired enough inspectors to ensure compliance with the new law, but Couillard says that's not true. Comment: So the anti-smoking fascists are getting the upper hand in Quebec, long Canada's "smoking section".
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