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Dying cattle costly for Egyptian farmers

(The National) Al Shawaye Al Malaq, Egypt – Freshly covered graves mask the carcasses of cattle felled by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreading across Egypt, but farmers’ frustration in the Nile Delta over the financial devastation is out in the open.

‘Dr. Death’ hearing stirs up painful apartheid memories in South Africa

(Globe and Mail) Dr. Basson, the former commander of South Africa’s notorious 7th Medical Battalion and head of its secret biological and chemical weapons program, is now a successful cardiologist in an affluent suburb of Cape Town with 9000 heart patients.

Flu surveillance lacking

(Nature.com) When researchers created strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that could spread easily between mammals, they argued that their work would aid in surveillance, by identifying mutations to watch for in the wild. But an analysis by Nature paints a dire picture of how animal flu viruses are being monitored. In 2010, the  Read More »

UN: Egypt’s foot-and-mouth outbreak could spread

(VIDEO) (AP) A U.N. agency is warning that an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Egypt could spread and threaten livestock in North Africa and the Middle East, leading to possible food shortages. The disease is not a direct threat to humans but meat and milk from sick animals are unsafe for consumption.

Ex-South African Bio-Chem Head Says Work Was Defensive

(Global Security Newswire) The former head of South Africa’s biological and chemical weapons initiatives on Monday defended those efforts as primarily aimed at protecting the people of his country, the South African Press Association reported. Cardiologist Wouter Basson, also known as  “Dr. Death” told the Health Professions Council of South Africa that the then-head of  Read More »

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