Animal health

Animal health

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  2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks

  Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle ... 

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  Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens

  Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ... 

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  Lithuanian veterinarians scramble to save horses

  Lithuanian veterinarians and animal activists fought Friday to save the lives of 122 horses found without adequate food or shelter on a farm near ... 

• Shark wrestler's heroics land him in hot water

  A 62-year-old British man who became an Internet sensation after wrestling with a shark on an Australian beach says he was fired after his employer ... 

• US panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug

  A panel of U.S. government health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little ... 

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  Royal penguin stranded on New Zealand beach dies

  A royal penguin that became stranded on a beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home has died at a New Zealand zoo. The penguin was ... 

• Bird flu found at German farm; ducks slaughtered

  About 14,000 ducks at a German farm are being slaughtered following a bird flu outbreak. A federal laboratory confirmed Friday the H5N1 virus was ... 

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  Ireland recalls 10 mln burgers on horsemeat fears

  An Irish meat processor recalled 10 million burgers Wednesday from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain ... 

• France's Bardot threatens exile over elephants

  Sex symbol-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is threatening to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the ...