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The COVID-19 Cash Crisis: Will the UN Cease to Exist?
Credit: United NationsBy James A. PaulNEW YORK, Apr 15 2020 (IPS) The coronavirus pandemic has set off an unprecedented institutional crisis at the United Nations – funds are drying up, key meetings are cancelled and the world body is fighting for its future.
The chief management officer of the world body, Catherine Pollard, wrote a dire memo on 1 April, setting out the breadth of the crisis, the depth of the financial shortfall, and the emergency steps to be taken immediately to head off ruin.
This UN emergency comes as no surprise, since the pandemic has brought so many governments and institutions to the brink of co...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: James A. Paul Tags: Featured Global Global Geopolitics Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations OPINION/NGO Source Type: news
We Need to Rethink Our Food System to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Once a dangerous new pathogen is out, as we are seeing, it can be difficult if not impossible to prevent it going global. One as contagious as SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to infect the whole of humanity. Eighty per cent of cases may be benign, but with such a large pool of susceptible hosts, the numbers who experience severe illness and die can still be shockingly high. So the only sensible answer to the question, how do we stop this from happening again, is: by doing all we can to prevent such pathogens infecting humans in the first place. And that means taking a long, hard look at our relationship with the natural world...
Source: TIME: Health - April 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laura Spinney Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
‘It Tortures Me That I’m Not There Helping.’ Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on the Fight Against COVID-19
In certain circles, Dr. Scott Gottlieb is famous for keeping a flock of seven chickens in his backyard–and for once retweeting a (fake) cover of the (real) magazine Backyard Poultry bearing his likeness. Under nearly any other circumstances, I would have begged to see said chickens the moment I started talking to the former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner.
But in these coronavirus-dictated circumstances, I settled for talking with Gottlieb, 47, from Brooklyn, a socially distant 55 miles from his home in Connecticut–where, save occasional trips to Washington, D.C., he’s hunkered down w...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Magazine Source Type: news
Cats, Ferrets Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2: Study
Researchers report that dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks did not easily become infected.
Source: The Scientist - April 2, 2020 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Cats can infect each other with coronavirus, Chinese study finds
Feline transmission to humans not shown but infected pet owners warned to be carefulCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCat owners may wish to be more cautious about contact with their pets, as a study from China has revealed Covid-19 can be transmitted between cats.The team, at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China, found that cats are highly susceptible to Covid-19 and appear to be able to transmit the virus through respiratory droplets to other cats. Dogs, chickens, pigs and ducks were found to be unlikely to catch the infection, however.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 1, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Cats Medical research China UK news World news Infectious diseases Animals Asia Pacific Pets Dogs Science Health Source Type: news
The US keeps millions of chickens in secret farms to make flu vaccines. But their eggs won't work for coronavirus
Across the United States, prized chickens are laying life-saving eggs at secret farms.
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of chickens are used to make vaccines each year. But that won't work for coronavirus
To prepare for annual flu seasons, as well as possible pandemics, the US government has invested tens -- if not hundreds -- of millions of dollars over the past 15 years to ensure there are enough eggs for vaccines.
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Egg prices triple in three weeks amid panic shopping
"There are only a certain amount of chickens laying a certain amount of eggs each day," a commodity analyst warns.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACA Enrollment May Reopen In The Wake Of The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
It seems the Trump administration ’s chickens have come home to roost regarding their December attempts to deter ACA enrollment in November and December of last year.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 22, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Clary Estes, Contributor Source Type: news
Image of the Day: Wonderchicken
A newly discovered fossilized skull is between 66.8 million and 66.7 million years old and bears similarities to modern-day chickens and ducks.
Source: The Scientist - March 20, 2020 Category: Science Tags: Image of the Day Source Type: news
Don ’t Blame China. The Next Pandemic Could Come from Anywhere
The northern side of Chatuchak Weekend Market feels a bit like Noah has hit hard times and decided to offload the entire contents of his Ark. In wooden cages, bright-plumed fighting cocks squawk and peck. Around the corner are snakes in plastic takeout containers, prices scrawled on them in sharpie. Hairless squirrel kits snooze in a pile as a meerkat and giant iguana gaze on. A pygmy monkey leaps about with a furious scowl, perhaps indignant at the 30,000 baht ($950) price tag fixed to his enclosure. Across the narrow alleyway, a lynx prowls restlessly within its cage. “He’s 250,000 baht [$7,900],” says ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Campbell / Bangkok Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk overnight Source Type: news
New tiny 44 million year old bird fossil links Africa and Asia to Utah
(Midwestern University) A new species of quail-sized fossil bird from 44 million year old sediments in Utah fills in a gap in the fossil record of the early extinct relatives of chickens and turkeys, and it shows strong links with other extinct species from Namibia in Southern Africa and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 3, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Nigeria: No Coronavirus in Broiler Chickens - NCDC
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has debunked a rumour being shared on social media that the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) can be spread through broiler chickens.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 19, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Czech authorities to cull nearly 140,000 birds at poultry farm where bird flu was detected
Czech authorities will cull nearly 140,000 turkey and chickens at a poultry farm where bird flu was detected, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said on Monday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
A Bigger Impact in a Smaller World: The China Situation
People wear face masks in the waiting area at China's Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. Credit: UN News/Jing ZhangBy Fairuz AhmedNEW YORK, Feb 3 2020 (IPS) We are now living in a hyper communicative world where news does travel faster than lightning. Boundaries, borders, geographical and time differences have become next to obsolete in today’s speed driven world. At any point in time people, news and local occurrences can influence internationally without much local isolation. Along with the advantages of technology, communications and connections world is also facing new challenges that are proportionally evolving ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fairuz Ahmed Tags: Asia-Pacific Economy & Trade Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Population TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
