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Cambodia reports 4th and 5th H5N1 avian influenza cases in two female pre-teens

(The Global Dispatch) The Kingdom of Cambodia appears to be showing a continuation of the increased numbers of human H5N1 avian influenza from 2013, where they reported 26 cases. The Cambodian Ministry of Health reported Thursday two additional cases of the dangerous virus in two girls, ages 10 and 11.

South Korea in rare offer of aid to North for foot-and-mouth outbreak

(Reuters) South Korea has offered North Korea help with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, which would be the first government-level humanitarian help since 2010 and comes as ties between the rivals have been warming. North Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture said in state news agency report on Saturday at least 3,200 pigs had been  Read More »

Dengue fever cases in Fiji continues to rise, 4,600 cases reported

(The Global Dispatch) The dengue fever outbreak on the island of Fiji continues to grow with the latest numbers from the Ministry of Health reporting 4,600 cases, according to a Fiji Times report Saturday. In addition, they report that there may be another 3000 to 4000 suspected cases that are not reported and the World  Read More »

North Korea officially confirms foot and mouth outbreak

(Global Post) North Korea on Friday confirmed an outbreak of food-and-mouth disease (FMD), which led to the culling of thousands of pigs, for the first time this year. The animal disease broke out at a pig farm in a suburb of Pyongyang on January 8 and spread to 17 areas of Pyongyang and Junghwa County  Read More »

China confirms H5N1, goat plague cases

(Global Times) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Tuesday confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in poultry in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and goat plague in northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. On Feb. 13, a farm in a village of Xixiu District in Anshun City of Guizhou reported 3,629 chickens had showed symptoms of suspected  Read More »

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