Experts warn outbreaks could occur in places were public health systems are unprepared.
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the riseThe plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s...
Harris County Public Health’s Mosquito Control division is expecting a higher number of cases involving mosquito-borne diseases over the next few months.
More than 80,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2020, a statistic activists say reflects a lack of political will to fix a broken medical systemDespite having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria also loses more women to death in childbirth than most other countries in the world. In 2020, about 82,000 Nigerian women died due to pregnancy-related complications, a slight improvement on the previous year, but an increase on previous decades.The causes of death...
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The visitors who flock to the hyacinth and tulip fields of the Netherlands every spring may encounter a new type of farmer this year. Tulpenselectierobots [literally “tulip selection robots”] have become an increasingly common site in the country’s bulb fields. Their job is to spot sick plants and terminate them before they infect their neighbours. A field full of weak (or dead) tulips is a major potential setback for farmers in an industry that remains one of the biggest in
The tree all but vanished in the 1970s. Now, thanks to two amateur nature lovers, it may soon grace our landscapes againConstable painted them. Shakespeare wrote of them. And Francis Drake sailed the world in a ship made from them. English elms were a mainstay of England’s landscape and culture – until they all but disappeared to Dutch elm disease in the 1970s.Since that devastation, when 25m elms were felled, enthusiasts and academics have searched for varieties resistant to the fungus spread...
Officials from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife sent the gosling to receive an animal autopsy, necropsy, to find out if toxoplasmosis was the reason for its death.
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Global warming has made mosquito-borne diseases possible in more countries with unprepared public health systems.
(WDHN) — A Wiregrass teen, who for the past year has been battling cancer and a rare kidney disease, has passed away. Anna Oyler is a recent graduate of Harvest Christian School and last year was diagnosed with C3G or Complement 3 Glomerulopathy, an autoimmune disease that attacks the kidneys. and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. This []
During last week alone, eight clusters with 195 patients were documented in Hanoi, the HCDC reported, warning that the city is entering a peak of the HFMD epidemic