Pork in the News

These are articles I find in the news regarding pork and diseases:

Click here and it will take you to articles regarding the Swine Flu and Bird Flu
Posted on May 5, 2009

Flu outbreak mutated from pigs, transmitted to humans...
Posted on April 24, 2009

Manila to slaughter 6,000 pigs to stop Ebola spread
Posted on February 23, 2009

Check out the video from the article.
It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead
Posted on January 25, 2009

Note the quote from this article: "The development is worrying because pigs are mixing vessels in which other viruses from humans and animals exchange genetic material, possibly creating strains that are more lethal or more infectious."
Ebola may have passed from a pig to a human
Posted on January 24, 2009

RP 'persuaded' to announce Ebola-Reston virus discovery - report
Posted on December 22, 2008

Manila reports Ebola virus in pigs
Posted on December 11, 2008

Uganda Health News: Official warns people on pork
Posted on October 18, 2008

Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination
This is the same melamine that has been found in baby formula in China.
Posted on October 4, 2008

Are There Deadly Superbugs in your Pork?
Posted on September 13, 2008

Potentially fatal bacteria found in pigs, farmworkers
Posted on June 22, 2008

Study: Pigs raised without antibiotics carry more bacteria and parasites
Posted on June 22, 2008

Superbug found in Canadian pork products
Posted on April 13, 2008

Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) is killing people, swine
Mercola's comments about this disease is here.
Posted on April 3, 2008

Inhaling Pig Brains May Be Cause of New Illness
Posted on February 4, 2008

Mad Pig Industry
This article is about the "possibility” that pigs may harbor a variant of mad cow disease.
Posted on November 9, 2007

Is the way we raise our food giving us MRSA?
The antibiotics fed to the farm animals we eat may have helped to create superbugs like the drug-resistant staph bacteria known as MRSA. Focuses on the role of pigs.
Posted on November 9, 2007

Hold the bacon? Cancer risk from some meats
Posted on October 13, 2006

'Hot dogs may raise risk of pancreatic cancer'
Posted on October 13, 2006

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