Tag: "crises" at biology news

Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu

...rmed, multidisciplinary decisions on global health crises that intersect human, wildlife, and livestock health. WCS experts are warning that to contain this potential epidemic, prevention activities must include better management practices in farms, especially those that are small and open-air, where domest...

Wild birds help to create human flu vaccine

...rmed, multidisciplinary decisions on global health crises that intersect human, wildlife, and livestock health. Wildlife and health experts, including F.A.O. and the World Organization for Animal Health, maintain that indiscriminate culling of wild migratory bird populations would be ineffective in preventi...

New HIV study identifies high-risk subgroups of adolescents

...terns of risks like unprotected sex, mental health crises and substance abuse exist at the same time, and al...but high levels of substance use and mental health crises were less likely to identify themselves as heterosexual (57 percent identified themselves as heteros...

Living with water scarcity -- world must act now

...d production and environmental trends will lead to crises in many parts of the world" says David Molden Deputy Director General of the International Water Management Institute. This is the opening prognosis given in the Earthscan publication Water for Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Wa...

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