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Disease is always a problem when fish are raised in close quarters. After a 1999 outbreak of infectious salmon anemia in fish farms in Scotland, all the farm-grown fish within 25 miles were slaughtered. A similar anemia outbreak in Maine two years ago led to the destruction of more than 2.5 million fish--and to federal insurance payouts totaling $16 million. "The more aquaculture there is," warns Callum Roberts, senior lecturer in marine conservation at the University of York in England, "the more disease there will...
Glickman said he is particularly concerned about the recent outbreak of listeria in deli meat—which has led to hospitalizations, miscarriages and deaths—because the bacteria is not removed by proper cooking, as most consumers do not cook the ready-to-eat products being recalled...
Although it is unclear exactly what caused the listeria outbreak, Glickman said listeria can be caused by improper cooking or unsanitary conditions...
...vampires, the Aedes aegypti only bites during the day. Keep your home free of potential mosquito-breeding grounds by clearing out any stagnant-water containers such as used tires. Once confined to the tropics, dengue looks to be spreading to new areas in Asia, as the recent Hong Kong outbreak shows. The best we can do is not put out the welcome...
RELEASED. WAN YANHAI, 38, AIDS activist; by the Chinese government. One of the few voices publicizing China's aidsepidemic, Dr. Wan was imprisoned for posting on the Internet a classified government report about a rural AIDS outbreak...