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More parents say they won’t vaccinate daughters against HPV, researchers find

(EurekAlert) A rising percentage of parents say they won’t have their teen daughters vaccinated to protect against the human papilloma virus, even though physicians are increasingly recommending adolescent vaccinations, a study by Mayo Clinic and others shows. More than 2 in 5 parents surveyed believe the HPV vaccine is unnecessary, and a growing number worry Read More »

March 18, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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More Than 13,000 Dead Pigs Turn Up in Shanghai Waters

(FoodSafetyNews) More than 13,000 dead pigs have been fished out of rivers in and near Shanghai, renewing concerns about animal disease and water safety in China, according to the South China Morning Post. The paper reported that among those carcasses found, 9,500 of them were retrieved from the Huangpu River, which is a major source Read More »

March 18, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in NW China – Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in NW ChinaShanghai Daily (subscription)BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) — China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Monday that foot-and-mouth disease infections were confirmed in cows in northwest China's Qinghai Province. A cow farm in Ershilipu Township of Xining reported that two cows …and more »

March 18, 2013
| Filed under Public Health
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Pigs and pollution: China can’t keep ignoring the environment – The Conversation

Pigs and pollution: China can't keep ignoring the environmentThe ConversationThey don't have the capacity to do biosafety disposal of sick animals, nor can they get compensation from the government for such losses from disease due to a lack of insurance and compensation mechanisms in the industry. Traces of some common pig …

March 17, 2013
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Predicting hotspots for future flu outbreaks

(EurekAlert) This year’s unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues are creating new ways to predict where an outbreak could emerge. “Using surveillance of influenza cases in humans and birds, Read More »