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There is currently an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Indonesia. FMD is a highly contagious disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals (cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs). FMD virus is carried by live animals, as well as in meat and...

The most significant outbreak of Ebola virus in history occurred during 2014-16 in the West African countries of Guinea (3,814 cases), Liberia (10,678 coases) and Sierra Leone (14,124 cases). In total there were 28,600 cases and 11,325 deaths over a 2.5...

At first, the connection between overfishing in the ocean off the coast of Western Africa, one of the worlds most productive marine ecosystems, and cases of Ebola might seem trivial. However, there is increasing evidence that there is a direct relationship...

Monkeypox virus was first discovered in 1958, in a group of captive cynomologous monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) that were being used for polio vaccine research in Copenhagen. Twelve years later, the first human cases were detected in Western Africa, with...

Microplastic are now found in many species intended for human consumption. Plastic particles in the ocean are consumed by wildlife, including fish and shellfish. These animals then enter the human food chain and are consumed by billions of people globally...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus has been detected in piggeries across Australia. It is an exotic and notifiable disease in both animals and humans in Australia. There have been cases confirmed in humans in multiple states. Geographic spread of mosquito-borne...

Industrial and agricultural pollutants in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada, are being blamed for the increased incidence of cancer in the local population of beluga whales