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Business owners standby for power to be restored after train derails in Queensgate – WLWT Cincinnati
Madison Trustees still at odds over demo contract payment – Mansfield News Journal
Madison Trustees still at odds over demo contract payment Mansfield News Journal
Daily Record, Jan. 28, 2021 | News, Sports, Jobs – Marshalltown Times Republican
Daily Record, Jan. 28, 2021 | News, Sports, Jobs Marshalltown Times Republican
Home sales surge 32.1% in November, cottage country leads in price gains – CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
Home sales surge 32.1% in November, cottage country leads in price gains CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News
Google Maps rolls out more features to help limit the spread of COVID-19 – CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
Google Maps rolls out more features to help limit the spread of COVID-19 CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News
Updated Presto app lets you tap your card on your phone to instantly reload funds – CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
Updated Presto app lets you tap your card on your phone to instantly reload funds CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News
23 Americans aboard cruise ship in Japan contract novel coronavirus, as global death toll rises to 910 – KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com
23 Americans aboard cruise ship in Japan contract novel coronavirus, as global death toll rises to 910 KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (24): Germany (BB) poultry, HPAI H5N8, spread
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- GermanyAn outbreak of bird flu [avian influenza] on a farm in the eastern German state of Brandenburg has forced authorities to begin slaughtering about 14 000 turkeys, the state government said on Wednesday [3 Feb 2021], reporting the 3rd outbreak there in recent weeks. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm in the Uckermark area, the Brandenburg state government said.A series of outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in Germany and elsewhere in Europe in past months Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Chikungunya (01): Americas, Africa
Chikungunya — Brazil
PRO/PL> Undiagnosed disease, capsicum – Bhutan: (GE)
Undiagnosed -- BhutanFarmers in Sarpang [Geylegphug] are losing chilli plants to a new disease, which is turning the plants yellow. This is an addition to pests like mites, aphids, and whitefly they have observed for the past 2 years. GS Rai, Agriculture Research and Development Centre (ARDC), said the yellowing disease is new in the region. "We isolated the pathogen from the infected plant for laboratory observation. We would be able to confirm the disease within 14 days."The centre does not have Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – USA (01): O157, fatal
E. coli -- United StatesCDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are collecting different types of data to identify the food source of a multistate outbreak of _E. coli_ O157:H7 infections.Epidemiologic data------------------As of 1 Feb 2021, a total of 16 people infected with the outbreak strain have been reported from 5 states.State / Number of sick Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (47): Poland (PM) animal, mink, OIE
COVID-19 -- PolandPoland has found its 1st case of COVID-19 in mink, the agriculture ministry said, raising fears of costly culls in an industry that counts over 350 farms in the country. With new variants of the coronavirus threatening global efforts to get the pandemic under control, authorities in several countries have begun mass culls of the animals due to fears of a mutated strain of the illness being transmitted to humans.Late on Sunday [31 Jan 2021] the ministry said it had been informed Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Acidovorax citrulli blotch, tomato – Greece: (MH)
Other Plant Disease -- Greece_Acidovorax citrulli_ (EPPO A1 List) is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch disease of cucurbits. In Greece, it was first detected causing fruit blotch in watermelon (_Citrullus lanatus_) in 2005, and further outbreaks were then detected in 2006 and 2008 (EPPO RS 2009/216).The detection of _A. citrulli_ in symptomatic tomato seedlings (_Solanum lycopersicum_) in 2 transplant houses [was reported] in June 2019 and April 2020. Tomato leaves presented necrotic black Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (03): Americas, 2020, PAHO
Measles -- Worldwide/UnknownSeveral factors have contributed to the outbreaks of measles and diphtheria in the region of the Americas, including lack of compliance of vaccination coverage. Moreover, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased the demand for vaccination services, followed by the impact on the vaccination coverages and the postponement of vaccination campaigns.The following is a summary of the epidemiological situation of measles in 2020, as of epidemiological week (EW) 53.In Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (46): vaccine, mAb, diabetes, age, WHO
COVID-19 -- RussiaSummary-------BackgroundA heterologous recombinant adenovirus (rAd)-based vaccine, Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), showed a good safety profile and induced strong humoral and cellular immune responses in participants in phase 1/2 clinical trials. Here, we report preliminary results on the efficacy and safety of Gam-COVID-Vac from the interim analysis of this phase 3 trial.MethodsWe did a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial at 25 hospitals and polyclinics in Read more [...]
Groups Challenge Reopening of Controversial Limetree Bay Oil Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands – Natural Resources Defense Council
Groups Challenge Reopening of Controversial Limetree Bay Oil Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands Natural Resources Defense Council
Legal Action Contests Reopening of Controversial Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands – Center for Biological Diversity
Legal Action Contests Reopening of Controversial Refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands Center for Biological Diversity
PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis – USA: (AK) caribou
Brucellosis -- United StatesState biologists have found an unusual disease among caribou in Southwest Alaska. The disease is called brucellosis, and the Department of Fish and Game recently detected cases in the Mulchatna Caribou herd; they discovered the 1st potential case about a year ago.Biologists typically find the bacteria brucella, which cause brucellosis, in caribou herds to the north, not in in the southwestern part of the state. The disease is caused by the bacteria brucella; it can be Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (04): Africa (S Africa, Egypt) human, dog; Asia (Israel) jackal
Rabies -- South AfricaAs reported by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in January [2021], a 10 year old boy was bitten by a dog in Umbumbulu in November 2020. No medical consultation was sought until the child experienced nausea, vomiting, confusion, and restlessness, and died on 7 Jan 2021. Rabies virus antigen was detected in a postmortem brain specimen, collected on 12 Jan 2021."In 2020, a total of 7 cases of human rabies were laboratory-confirmed in South Africa, 6 of which Read more [...]
Envisioning the Future of Construction: Challenges and Opportunities for Occupational Safety and Health
Introduction Today’s construction industry is quite different than what existed just a few decades ago. These days, it is much less common to see workers hauling around rolls of hand drawn blueprints, punching numbers into printing calculators, or fiddling with slide rules. Records and plans are now created and stored digitally; workers use new, more efficient tools; and many on the construction site are equipped with various types of smart devices and handheld technologies. The workforce demographic Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (23): India, Nepal, Germany, poultry, wild bird, HPAI H5N1, H5N8, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- IndiaInformation received on 1 Feb 2021 from Dr Atul Chaturvedi, secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, New Delhi, IndiaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 14 Jan 2021Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Jan 2021Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous recurrence: 30 Sep 2020Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: highly Read more [...]
Gas leak discovered at Fayetteville State University student center – The Fayetteville Observer
Gas leak discovered at Fayetteville State University student center The Fayetteville Observer
Hazardous materials accepted 2nd, 4th Saturdays at landfill – Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Hazardous materials accepted 2nd, 4th Saturdays at landfill Ridgecrest Daily Independent
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (45): fake test result & vaccine, meat plant variant, WHO
COVID-19 -- United KingdomAs long as travel restrictions remain in place due to the pandemic, it is very likely that criminals will seize the opportunity of producing and selling fake COVID-19 test certificates, warns a Europol Early Warning Notification published today [1 Feb 2021].Several cases have already emerged of fraudulent COVID-19 test certificates being sold to travellers:- a forgery ring selling negative test results to passengers was dismantled at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Read more [...]
