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Laying a global cattle killer to rest – BBC News

After centuries during which it wiped out hundreds of millions of cattle around the world, scientists are preparing to declare rinderpest – otherwise known as cattle plague – formally eradicated. Untreated, it can kill infected animals within days, …

Smallpox: Why do USA and Russia hang on to stockpiles? – BBC News

The World Health Organisation is debating whether to preserve or destroy the last known stockpiles of smallpox, which are held by Russia and the USA. Giles Dilnot explains the background before Professor Gareth Williams from Bristol University claims…

FAO acts to cut foot-and-mouth disease in S. America – Xinhua

SANTIAGO, May 19 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday it has launched a program aimed at eradicating foot-and-mouth disease in South America by 2020. Under the initiative, owners of about 70 percent of …

‘Bizarre Bits’ Exhibition Took a Strange Turn When Feds Arrived

A 135-Year-Old Piece of Skin Launches a Smallpox Scare at a Virginia Museum. An outbreak of smallpox was the farthest thing from Paul Levengood’s mind when his staff at the Virginia Historical Society put together an exhibit of “bizarre bits” in the society’s collection since its founding in 1831. here was Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s  Read More »

Ebola Case Spurs Concern in Uganda

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — (KAMPALA, Uganda) – Health officials in Uganda are rushing to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that killed a 12-year old girl, and say signs point to it being an isolated case. None of the more than 30 people who had close contact with the girl have tested  Read More »

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