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Illustration - Honey

Illustration - Honey

FRANCE. ALPES-MARITIMES (06) VALBONNE. THE AFSSA LABORATORIES IN THE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS BUSINESS PARK. THE OIE AND FAO LABORATORIES FOR BEE DISEASES PROVIDES DIAGNOSIS FOR THE MAIN DISEASES IN BEES AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF PRODUCE FROM THE HIVES. ITS ACTIONS: FIGHTING VARROA; STUDIES OF BEE VIRUSES; RELATION OF THE BEE WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT ACUTE OR CHRONIC INTOXICATION OF BEES BY PESTICIDES QUALITY OF THE PRODUCE OF THE HIVES AND RESEARCH INTO THE RESIDUES (ANTIBIOTICS; PESTICIDES; HEAVY METALS) IN HONEY AND BEES Photo by Christophe Lepetit/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Rare in pharmacies since this fall, amoxicillin is a very common antibiotic in pediatrics (bronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchiolitis, otitis, etc.). Today, Saturday June 8, 2024, this antibiotic is out of stock in the most pharmacies. Some, however, offer imported amoxicillin to compensate for the “context of supply tensions…” Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Rare in pharmacies since this fall, amoxicillin is a very common antibiotic in pediatrics (bronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchiolitis, otitis, etc.). Today, Saturday June 8, 2024, this antibiotic is out of stock in the most pharmacies. Some, however, offer imported amoxicillin to compensate for the “context of supply tensions…” Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Rare in pharmacies since this fall, amoxicillin is a very common antibiotic in pediatrics (bronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchiolitis, otitis, etc.). Today, Saturday June 8, 2024, this antibiotic is out of stock in the most pharmacies. Some, however, offer imported amoxicillin to compensate for the “context of supply tensions…” Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Illustration - Shortage Of Antibiotics - France

Rare in pharmacies since this fall, amoxicillin is a very common antibiotic in pediatrics (bronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchiolitis, otitis, etc.). Today, Saturday June 8, 2024, this antibiotic is out of stock in the most pharmacies. Some, however, offer imported amoxicillin to compensate for the “context of supply tensions…” Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Report calls on Australia to reduce antibiotic use amid rise in drug-resistant infections

STORY: Report calls on Australia to reduce antibiotic use amid rise in drug-resistant infections SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of pharmacies in Canberra STORYLINE: Australia is losing the war against drug-resistant infections, a government report has warned. The report, published on Thursday by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, found that bacteria that cause golden staph infections, gastroenteritis and gonorrhea are growing increasingly resistant to the antibiotic drugs that treat them - a phenomenon known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR). According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 19 percent drop in antibiotic use in Australia between 2019 and 2022, but the country still has one of the highest consumption rates in the developed world. In 2022, one-third of Australians were given a prescription for at least one round of antibiotics, the report said The

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Vaccination In Pharmacy - Briancon

Vaccination In Pharmacy - Briancon

The antibiotic drawer is empty, as France is experiencing a shortage of antibiotics, illustration of a pharmacy, France on October 20, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vaccination In Pharmacy - Briancon

Vaccination In Pharmacy - Briancon

There is only one box of Amoxillin left, as there is a shortage of antibiotics in France, illustration of a pharmacy, France on October 20, 2023. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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A glimpse of TCM treatment for pets in China's Nanning

STORY: A glimpse of TCM treatment for pets in China's Nanning DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the pet hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIANG WENNISHA, Trainee pet doctor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XUEJUN, Pet doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MS CHEN, Dog's owner 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN XUEJUN, Pet doctor STORYLINE: Liang Wennisha is an intern working at a pet hospital in Nanning City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. She is helping a doctor to perform a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment on a cat. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIANG WENNISHA, Trainee pet doctor "The doctor is performing heating therapy right now. This is traditional Chinese medicine. This cat was on antibiotics for a long time, so that made his intestinal and gastrointestinal health really weak. So right now we're trying to improve his internal health with this heat." In China, the application of traditional Chinese medicine in tre

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Chinese medical team provides free services to residents in Kiribati's North Tarawa

STORY: Chinese medical team provides free services to residents in Kiribati's North Tarawa DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kiribati CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese medical workers helping local residents in North Tarawa of Kiribati 2. two photos of the Chinese medical workers STORYLINE: Chinese medical staff have provided free medical services to about 150 residents in North Tarawa of the Pacific island country of Kiribati. The second Chinese medical team stationed in Kiribati visited two locations in North Tarawa on Friday. It first arrived in Buariki, a village located at the northern tip of North Tarawa, where the prevalence of asthma, diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, stroke, and skin infections is high. After donating desperately needed medical supplies, such as oral antibiotics, antifungal cream, and blood pressure monitors, to local clinics, Chinese doctors and nurses provided free medical services to villagers, including disease diagnosis and treat

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Egypt encourages pharmaceutical investment

STORY: Egypt encourages pharmaceutical investment DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of pharmaceutical factories STORYLINE: Egyptian Minister of Public Enterprises Sector Mahmoud Esmat said on Wednesday that his ministry plans to encourage local and foreign pharmaceutical companies to launch joint projects to localize modern technology. Esmat made the remarks at the celebration of the global healthcare company Viatris, which marked 60 years of manufacturing in Egypt. The minister explained that the plan will be implemented by the Holding Company for Medicines, Chemicals and Medical Supplies affiliated with the ministry. He added that the ministry, through the holding company, is cooperating with the private sector to manufacture raw materials of medicines for antibiotics and chronic diseases. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed.

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Türkiye increases euro exchange rate for medicine prices by 36.77 pct

STORY: Türkiye increases euro exchange rate for medicine prices by 36.77 pct DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the medicines in a drugstore in Turkey (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of Turkish lira and euro STORYLINE: Türkiye on Wednesday raised the euro-lira exchange rate for medicine prices by 36.77 percent, the country's Official Gazette said on Wednesday, following a supply problem in pharmaceutical products. The euro fixed rate will be applied as 10.75 Turkish lira for medicine prices, according to the new calculation, which is still below the market rate of 19.85 lira per euro. As the gap between the pharmaceutical euro exchange rate and the real euro exchange rate widened, there were problems in the supply of medicines. Turkish citizens were hardly reaching many drugs such as antibiotics, painkillers and fever reducers in the past few months. Most of the drugs that cause supply problems are imported or productions that ar

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U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the U.S. Embassy in Japan checks mail in an isolated tent in the embassy compound in Tokyo on Dec. 27. Embassy mail personnel, most of them Japanese nationals, have been checking mail in the tent since the anthrax scare began in the United States and taking antibiotics as a precaution, several sources close to the embassy said.

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WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance

STORY: WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: BALI, Indonesia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HANAN BALKHY, Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DANTE HARBUWONO, Indonesian Vice Health Minister STORYLINE: The World Health Organization and the Group of 20 members warned on Wednesday at a meeting in Indonesia's Bali of a potential "silent pandemic" of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) triggered by overdosage of drugs and antibiotics. This meeting is a side event of the third G20 Health Working Group, which was held from Monday to Tuesday. The Lancet journal published in January said that drug-resistant infections killed 1.27 million people in 2019, more than HIV/AIDS (864,000 deaths) or malaria (643,000 deaths). Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO Hanan Balkhy said a stronger health system is import

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Yes", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Yes", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Yes", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Yes", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows a field ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

Voters To Cast Ballots On Pesticide-Free Farming - Switzerland

A picture taken on May 22, 2021 in Switzerland, shows an electoral poster reading in German: "Two times No to the extreme phytosanitary initiatives", ahead of a vote on two agriculture-related peoples initiatives. Swiss voters will go to the polls on June 13, 2021 on two initiatives which have already sparked heated debates. The first wants to stop subsidies to farmers who use pesticides or prophylactic antibiotics, or who import livestock feed. The second calls for a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides as well as an import ban on products which were manufactured with or which contain such pesticides. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the U.S. Embassy in Japan checks mail in an isolated tent in the embassy compound in Tokyo on Dec. 27. Embassy mail personnel, most of them Japanese nationals, have been checking mail in the tent since the anthrax scare began in the United States and taking antibiotics as a precaution, several sources close to the embassy said.

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Singapore former leader Lee's health condition worsens: gov't

Singapore former leader Lee's health condition worsens: gov't

Photo taken in May 2010 shows Singapore's former leader Lee Kuan Yew. The 91-year-old Lee's "condition has worsened due to an infection. He is on antibiotics. The doctors are monitoring his condition," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on March 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed. (Kyodo)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed. (Kyodo)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Epidemic Prevention In China

Epidemic Prevention In China

A citizen buys medicine at a pharmacy in Huai 'an, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2021. Citizens need to register with real names to buy medicines such as antipyretics, cough suppressants, antivirals and antibiotics.

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Epidemic Prevention In China

Epidemic Prevention In China

A citizen buys medicine at a pharmacy in Huai 'an, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2021. Citizens need to register with real names to buy medicines such as antipyretics, cough suppressants, antivirals and antibiotics.

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Epidemic Prevention In China

Epidemic Prevention In China

A citizen buys medicine at a pharmacy in Huai 'an, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2021. Citizens need to register with real names to buy medicines such as antipyretics, cough suppressants, antivirals and antibiotics.

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