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The person infected with swine flu did not exhibit flu-like respiratory symptoms, it said, and tests on direct contacts showed the virus had not retransmitted. Photo: dusanpetkovic/Getty Images Plus

Spain alerts WHO of swine flu virus believed to have been transmitted between people

By Reuters February 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spain has alerted the World Health Organization of what it believes to be a person-to-person transmission of the swine flu virus in its A(H1N1)v variant, a spokesperson for health authorities in the Catalonia region confirmed to Reuters on Friday.

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WHO says communication with US authorities on H5N1 bird flu a ‘challenge’

By Reuters February 11, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that communication on bird flu had become challenging since President Donald Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations health agency.

A quarantine area sign is attached to a tree at a quarantine zone after an outbreak of Bird flu in Victoria, Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action via Reuters

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WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals

By Emma Farge, Mariam Sunny, Reuters November 28, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread.

The China Meat Association is raising concerns that food packaging contaminated with COVID-19 could lead to increased human infection. Photo: E+/Getty Images

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China meat assoc calls for exporters to disinfect shipments to prevent COVID-19

By Hallie Gu, Shivani Singh December 29, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters – Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world’s biggest market, the country’s top industry group said. “China has been importing a large quantity of meats this year, and has detected virus on […] Read more

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France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller

By Sybille De La Hamaide December 7, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters – France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to ban use of the weedkiller by 2021. Glyphosate, first developed by Bayer’s Monsanto under the Roundup brand, has generated intense global […] Read more

File photo of a farmed mink. (Konstantin Sokolov/iStock/Getty Images)

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Denmark to cull entire farmed mink population

Coronavirus mutation spreads to people

By Reuters November 4, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Copenhagen | Reuters — Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Health authorities found virus strains in humans and in mink which showed decreased sensitivity against antibodies, potentially lowering the efficacy of […] Read more

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G4 swine flu virus not new, China says

Ag ministry says virus does not infect or sicken humans, animals easily

By Reuters July 7, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Shanghai/Beijing | Reuters — China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said Saturday that the so-called “G4” strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily, rebuffing a study published last week. That study, by a team of Chinese scientists and published by the U.S. journal […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By Tom Polansek May 1, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting decisions by U.S. juries that found it caused cancer in people. The EPA’s announcement reaffirms its earlier findings about the safety of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers

By Kate Kelland November 7, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters – The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par with “a sudden and deadly […] Read more

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EU delays decision on glyphosate

By Philip Blenkinsop October 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters — EU countries failed on Wednesday to vote on a licence extension for glyphosate, delaying again a decision on the widely used herbicide that critics say could cause cancer. The European Commission said in a statement the relevant committee did not hold a vote at a meeting and that it would announce […] Read more

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U.S., China discuss farm goods, managed trade in ‘remarkably stable’ Paris talks, sources say

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