The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has moved quickly and decisively to quarantine a farm in Saskatchewan and has confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI). The Agency has a great deal of expertise and experience in handling situations like this and I have every confidence in their ability to take the necessary measures to appropriately resolve this situation as expeditiously as possible.
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergy."It has long been debated whether people who develop asthma have a genetic propensity to develop allergies, or atopy," said Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., a senior investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
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The Football Association together with England Footballer, Michael Carrick, have teamed up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for World Heart Day 2007 with a common goal: to get the nation to up the tempo of their heart.
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Environmental psychology looks at the relationships between people and the natural and man-made environment, and can play a vital role in helping to tackle climate change and its impacts, according to an industry expert."Environmental psychologists have practical and valuable expertise and knowledge about the interactions of people with their environment.
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Pharmacy Self Care has launched a new health promotion campaign covering the topic of Allergies - Hayfever (allergic rhinitis).
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European industry representatives welcome the decision taken by the Codex ad hoc Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology to advance a proposal addressing the risk assessment of low-level presence of biotech plant materials, found in food or feed, which have been authorised in one or more countries but not yet in the importing country. The decision follows negotiations by members of the Codex ad hoc Task Force meeting this week in Chiba, Japan.
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After five animals were confirmed to be infected with the Bluetongue virus the UK government has declared an outbreak. This is the first time bluetongue has appeared in the United Kingdom. An official from Defra (Department for the Environment, Foods and Rural Affairs) said the disease is now circulating among the local animal and midge population. The five confirmed infected animals were in Suffolk, eastern England. Authorities say that the animals have been culled.
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The American Red Cross is supporting three relief workers who are joining the international response to flooding in Africa. Extremely heavy rains and flooding have affected more than 1.5 million people in at least 18 countries, driving thousands from their homes, destroying crops and displacing livestock.
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A promising method of decontaminating water developed by Vishal Shah, Assistant Professor of Biology at Dowling College, proposes to develop an easy and novel technology that would ease the problem of drinking water supply in the society. This progressive project has gained recognition and support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Histogenics' NeoCart® neocartilage implant is safe and shows promise, according to Dennis Crawford, MD, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in a presentation at the International Cartilage Repair Society Annual Meeting (ICRS) in Warsaw, Poland on September 30, 2007.
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