U.S. Centers for Disease Control issues travel alert for Manitoba over hepatitis A outbreak

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Manitoba’s ongoing hepatitis A outbreak, which has claimed the lives of four people, has prompted a travel alert by the national…

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Risks of conflict, disease rise when homeless encampments encroach on urban coyote habitat, study cautions

Potential risks to human and animal health rise when people experiencing homelessness are forced to seek shelter in the same secluded, inner-city landscapes as urban coyotes, a new study cautions. The research, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, is the first study to examine the relationship between homeless encampments…

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New Brunswick steps in to help oyster industry amid disease outbreak – New Brunswick

New Brunswick’s provincial government has announced programs to help oyster producers as the industry deals with disease affecting the the animals. MSX (multinucleate sphere unknown) and dermo diseases do not affect human health or food safety, the province notes, but they do kill oysters. The diseases have been increasing mortalities in the oyster population and Agriculture…

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