Country’s bizarre raw milk trend is putting children at risk
If there’s one thing that wasn’t on my bingo card for 2024, it was this: that amid a national outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows, sales of raw milk …
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Major US fruit importer enthralled by SA’s Star Ruby grapefruit
LGS Specialty Sales, a leading importer of citrus, avocados, grapes, and persimmons, has expressed great enthusiasm for South African Star Ruby grapefruit, offering the high-quality citrus to retailers earlier than …
CDC has 1 million bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps
It’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health …
Opinion | Oranges just the latest food hit by climate change. They won’t be the last
Of course, pests and inclement weather have waged a steady battle against farmers for centuries, attacking staples such as wheat, cassava, maize and cotton. As far back as the 1800s, …
Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?
Stanford University infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan has seen a lot of patients with runny noses, fevers, and irritated eyes lately. Such symptoms could signal allergies, covid, or a cold. …
King Charles portrait vandalized with Wallace and Gromit cartoon
Animal rights activists have defaced the first official portrait of King Charles with a cut-out face of a cartoon character at a gallery in London. Two activists with Animal Rising stuck …
Can a diet that’s good for the planet reduce your risk of dying from disease?
A diet promoting plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more human argument: It may lower your risk of dying from several major diseases. “It wasn’t just one …
Girl, 4, lost half her body weight after catching ‘horrendous’ parasitic infection at kids’ petting farm
A MUM claims her four-year-old daughter dropped to ‘the weight of a baby’ after a nasty parasitic infection caught at a kid’s petting farm left her horribly ill. Little Georgia …
Girl, 4, lost half her body weight after catching ‘horrendous’ parasitic infection at kids’ petting farm
A MUM claims her four-year-old daughter dropped to ‘the weight of a baby’ after a nasty parasitic infection caught at a kid’s petting farm left her horribly ill. Little Georgia …
Clues from bird flu’s ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News (TNS) In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle. The buzz soon reached Darren Turley, executive director of …