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Public health
fromenglish.elpais.com
21 hours ago

When things get out of hand at the lab: Hundreds of accidents expose the catastrophic' risk of dangerous pathogen leaks

A suspected African swine fever leak near CReSA prompted a police search, underscoring that laboratory escapes are unlikely but remain possible.
Agriculture
fromEuro Weekly News
1 day ago

Cataluna labs under investigation after African swine fever outbreak

A court-ordered search of the IRTA-CReSA lab followed a nearby African swine fever outbreak whose virus strain resembles experimental research strains.
Agriculture
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Catalonia lab was experimenting with African swine fever virus when the first infected boar was found nearby

A biosafety laboratory near Barcelona conducted African swine fever experiments on the same days infected wild boar carcasses were found nearby, triggering a lab-leak investigation.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

African swine fever outbreak in Spain may have leaked from research lab, officials say

Spanish authorities are investigating whether the African swine fever outbreak in Catalonia leaked from nearby research facilities and are auditing five labs within 20 km.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago
Public health

Helpless in the face of the worst animal pandemic in history: African swine fever breaks out in Spain with no vaccine in sight

fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago
Public health

Helpless in the face of the worst animal pandemic in history: African swine fever breaks out in Spain with no vaccine in sight

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Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Spanish swine fever outbreak may be linked to food eaten by boar, say officials

Spain has mobilized police, rangers and military to contain an African swine fever outbreak near Barcelona to protect the country's pork export industry.
Agriculture
fromwww.thelocal.es
2 weeks ago

Spain scrambles to limit damage from African swine fever

An outbreak of African swine fever in Catalonia threatens Spain's pork industry, prompting restrictions and export suspensions to prevent spread and economic damage.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

UK to block imports of pork from Spain due to outbreak of swine fever

The UK will ban fresh pork and other affected products from Spain after an African swine fever outbreak near Barcelona.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The tigers are hungry': endangered but deadly, the world's largest big cat is sowing fear in Siberia's villages

The attacks seemed to come from nowhere. At first, the tigers snatched guard dogs on the edge of villages in Russia's far east, emerging from the forest at night to prey. Others went for livestock, going after horses and cattle. Then the attacks on people began. In January, an ice fisher was mauled at night and dragged away by a big cat, just weeks after a forester had been killed. In March, another man was attacked and partly eaten by a tiger.
Environment
Public health
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Haul of 'mystery meat' that posed virus risk seized in London's China Town

300kg of untraceable meat and banned pork-containing noodles were seized in London's Chinatown to prevent African Swine Fever risk.
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