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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Precautionary Quarantine Lifted In Saratoga's Barn 28
Precautionary Quarantine Lifted In Saratoga's Barn 28 originally appeared on Paulick Report. The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that the precautionary quarantine of Barn 28 at Saratoga Race Course has been lifted by the New York State Department of Agriculture (NYSDA) effective a result, all horses stabled in Barns 28 are once again permitted to enter races, as of today, Wednesday, July 23, and to train with the general horse population beginning 28, which contains horses under the care of trainer Mike Maker and Mark Casse, was placed under a precautionary quarantine on Saturday, July 19, when the Maker-trained 4-year-old filly [Surprenant Cocca] presented symptoms of strangles and was transferred offsite to be tested for a number of potential subsequent PCR tests and a subsequent culture all returned negative for strangles. Furthermore, no additional symptomatic horses were identified during the precautionary quarantine period. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Day care measles exposure forces Iowa family to take weeks off work for baby: 'It only takes one'
Martha Martin has to use up all of her remaining vacation days for the year to stay home with her infant son, and it still won't be enough. Nine-month-old Hal was recently exposed to measles at day care and can't go back for almost a full month. He's not had the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, which isn't recommended until age 1. When Martin has to return to work, her husband will need to take several unpaid days off to stay home with the boy. 'It just makes me so mad that this is happening,' said Martin, 26, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 'It's scary because my son is not protected, and I'm having to worry about child care and my job and my husband's job.' In these situations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends quarantine for 28 days. Because he's too young for the measles vaccine, Hal needed emergency shots of immunoglobulin, or IG, an antibody that helps the immune system fight off infections. At this point, Martin said, 'it's just a waiting game.' Her family's worry and frustration are playing out in households nationwide as the number of measles cases has surpassed a level not seen since the highly contagious virus was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. On Wednesday, the CDC reported 1,309 cases of measles in 39 states. The vast majority of patients are children. Each of those cases has had the opportunity to expose hundreds or even thousands of other people, especially kids, either too young to be vaccinated, like Hal, or children with weak immune systems, experts said. Dr. Ana Montanez, a pediatrician at Texas Tech Physicians in Lubbock, Texas, cared for many families during the recent measles outbreak in West Texas. "A lot of our families, hard-working families, typically don't have a month's savings of salary to stay home, yet they have to," Montanez said. "Oftentimes it's not just one job, but two, maybe three." Cedar Rapids isn't experiencing an outbreak of measles. Just seven cases have been confirmed across Iowa in 2025, according to the latest data in the state. They are the first reported measles cases in Iowa since 2019. Still, the Martin family's situation illustrates the ripple effects of a single exposure. 'What's happening in our town is a perfect example of why vaccination is important,' said Dr. Dustin Arnold, chief medical officer at UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids. 'It just takes one' measles case, he said, to set off waves of impact. On Saturday, Arnold ran a command center giving out immunoglobulin, or IG shots for eight babies who were exposed to measles at the same day care as Hal. Three others were sent to a nearby medical facility for the same treatment. IG injections can be given up to six days after exposure to measles. A 2021 study found that the therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns from getting sick. IG treatments aren't a permanent fix, said Dr. Tina Tan, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Children 'develop much higher levels of immunity from vaccination than from immunoglobulin,' she said. The Cedar Rapids IG clinics, led by Arnold, were pulled together at the very last minute. The babies who got the injections had been exposed six days earlier, on Monday, July 7. Families were notified late Friday, July 11, and the treatments started the next morning. 'There are infants out there who have no protection, and we don't want them to get sick,' Arnold said. 'Measles can be mild, but it can also be life-threatening.' The majority of measles patients have fared well despite their illness. Still, 13%, or 164 patients, needed to be hospitalized because of the infection. Three people — including two young girls in Texas — have died of measles this year. This past week, a child in England died of the virus. This article was originally published on Solve the daily Crossword
National Post
16-07-2025
- Health
- National Post
Federal Court of Appeal reserves decision in B.C. ostrich farm's avian flu case
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after an outbreak of avian flu. Article content After hearing arguments on Tuesday in Ottawa, Justice Mary Gleason told the court that the panel of three judges will try to make a decision quickly, noting that the case dates back to December. Article content Article content Article content The CFIA ordered Universal Ostrich Farms to cull about 400 birds after 69 ostriches died in December and January. Article content Article content The agency tested two of the dead birds in January and found a 'novel reassortment' of the highly contagious avian flu virus, which had not been seen anywhere else in Canada. Article content It also fined the farm's owners, Karen Espersen and Dave Bilinski, for failing to report the outbreak and for failing to adhere to quarantine measures. Article content The Federal Court denied the farm's application for a judicial review of the CFIA's order, ruling that the agency's decision was reasonable and procedurally fair, and that it is not up to the courts to resolve scientific disputes. Article content The courts granted a stay of the CFIA's order to destroy the herd while the case was appealed. Article content The farm's lawyer, Umar Sheikh, told the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday that the agency ordered all the ostriches to be culled just 41 minutes after receiving the positive test results. Article content Sheikh said in his arguments that there is evidence ostriches fare better than other birds in the case of an outbreak, with a lower mortality rate than chickens, for example. Article content Article content At issue in the appeal is the CFIA's application of the 'stamping out' policy, which is defined by the World Organization of Animal Health. Article content Article content The policy states that if highly pathogenic avian flu is discovered, steps must be taken to destroy any animals or things on the property that were infected or exposed, and the environment must be decontaminated. Article content Sheikh said the CFIA is applying the policy in a one-size-fits-all manner and argued that is not appropriate, pointing out that no ostriches have died on the farm since January and the farmers believe all the birds have recovered. Article content The court heard Tuesday that the virus can live in water and soil for months at a time, and that even seemingly healthy ostriches may spread the virus to other animals, including mammals. Article content Universal Ostrich Farms has said the loss of the herd would put their three-decade operation out of business. Article content The CFIA says the stamping out policy is a critical part of maintaining not only animal and human health, but also Canada's status as a reliable international trading partner.
BBC News
14-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Hong Kong housing woes: Quarantine site turned into youth hostel
Once designated a quarantine facility during the Covid pandemic, a sprawling site in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong, is now home to a youth hostel for thousands of young people, as the city deals with a housing project in Kai Tak, named Runway 1331 - after a former airport on the site - opened on Sunday for trial operations, offering 250 rooms for rent starting at HK$200 ($25; £19) a night. It's part of Hong Kong's Youth Hostel Scheme, which aims to house young people at affordable rates while they save up to rent or buy their own in Hong Kong are among the most expensive in the world - and notoriously small. With waits for public rental flats lasting five years on average, many opt to rent subdivided flats where dozens of tenants are packed into a single apartment unit, also known as "coffin homes".In 2020, the first facility under Hong Kong's Youth Hostel Scheme started operations. The scheme supports non-governmental organisations to build and operate youth hostels where people can live for up to five are currently two facilities in operation - both in the northwestern New Territories - which offer rooms to people aged 30 or hostel unveiled in Kai Tak on Sunday offers rooms for people aged 40 or below. It also aims to be a cultural hub, with some rent-free rooms set aside for tenants with creative tenants are expected to give back to the community by organising workshops and other events to share their skills, according to local media."We hope Runway 1331 ultimately will develop into the world's biggest incubator for the youth," said entrepreneur Winnie Chiu Wing-kwan, who is developing the project with a state-owned enterprise, the South China Morning Post Home and Youth Affairs Bureau said it hoped the community would also promote exchanges among Hong Kong tenants and youth from mainland China and 11.5-hectare (28.4 acres) site, which consists of 3,000 unused quarantine rooms with private toilets, is expected to be fully operational later this had been calls for such Covid quarantine facilities to be repurposed to fill the intense housing facility in Kai Tak is one of several quarantine sites that were built during the pandemic, and which could collectively house hundreds of thousands of people. As Covid restrictions lifted and these facilities emptied, calls mounted for them to be repurposed into residences to combat the city's yearslong housing shortage.
NHK
11-07-2025
- General
- NHK
China releases new video of giant pandas back from Japan
A Chinese research center has released new video images of the four giant pandas that were returned to the country from Japan last month. The giant panda research base in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, released video footage on Thursday of Rauhin and her three daughters, Yuihin, Saihin and Fuhin. The animals were born and raised at a theme park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. They arrived in Chengdu on June 28, and have since been kept at a quarantine facility. The new video shows Rauhin and Yuihin walking slowly, and Saihin and Fuhin sitting down and eating bamboo. The four pandas are expected to remain at the research facility in Chengdu after their quarantine is over. The return of the four pandas has left Japan with only two of the animals, at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo. Japan is asking China to continue its practice of lending it pandas.
