Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Two very late major quakes rattled Russia and Chile last night bringing the total of major quakes, (magnitude 6 or higher) to 9 in November and 113 major quakes, have been recorded so far this year

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All 113 major quakes recorded this year so far, credit, USGS Two very late major quakes rattled Russia and Chile last night bringing the tot...

Another 400,000 chickens and ducks culled, this time it's South Korea who is reporting a bird flu outbreak bringing growing concerns of a new pandemic of a highly pathogenic avian influenza following new outbreaks in China and Japan

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The interior of a barn showing infected birds who have been killed by suffocation with foam. Credit Roee Shpernik, Wikipedia. South Korea ha...

Concerns growing: Two million chickens culled as a fourth Japanese prefecture detects avian flu in the county's worst outbreak in four years: A highly contagious strain of the H5 variant is on the rise in Asia and Europe

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Google Maps Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as a wave of infections at...
Monday, 30 November 2020

H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza reaches China: The highly contagious strain of the H5 variant is on a rapid rise in Asia and Europe: Millions of birds are being killed as bird flu explodes across Europe and Asia

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China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced Friday of an outbreak of H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza in w...

First case of SARS-CoV-2 in mink confirmed in Oregon: Ten mink samples submitted all came back positive for coronavirus according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA): Earlier this month almost 20 million mink were culled in Denmark

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  An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of coronavirus among mink and farmworkers. Ten mink samples submitted all came back positive ...