An outbreak of coral eating Crown of Thorns starfish (COTs) on the Great Barrier Reef could become the worst on record with conservationists fearing numbers could soar from 4 million to 60 million by 2020.
A joint mission by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Health on Wednesday began its work in Seoul to review the situation regarding the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, also known as MERS CoV, currently ongoing in the Republic of Korea.
Around 1,600 workers at the WANEK Woodcraft Co., Ltd. in Vietnam's southern Binh Duong province had been given free rubella vaccines following an outbreak of the disease at the company that started early this month, local Vietnam News daily reported Thursday.
The Nigerian government on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states.
Botswana on Monday said that the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is a public health catastrophe and "a serious setback to the achievement" of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), calling on the international community to do its best to save the West African region from this crisis.
The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is "racing ahead" of efforts to control it and at least 600 million U.S. dollars is needed to get the unprecedented epidemic under control, UN health officials said Wednesday.
Nigerian tests negative for Ebola in Hong Kong
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to collaborate in the event of an outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease (FMA), which could devastate their livestock industries.
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