December 3, 2024

Second shed at Otago poultry farm exposed to bird flu

Ministry for Primary Industries confirmed the H7N6 strain, with Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard calling it a “sad situation.” Wild waterfowl are suspected carriers. Officials imposed a 10-kilometre buffer zone, halted poultry exports, and began testing nearby farms to contain the outbreak. “There’s no risk to human health,” said MPI Director General Ray Smith.

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“It is not the ancestors, the fates or the capricious gods which control us.”

Florida grand jury slams vaccine oversight, exposes systemic failures

A “blueprint for systemic change.”

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