Swine & Bird Flu
Swine and Bird Flu Resource Center
Emerging infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to humanity. The domestication of animals exposed humans to new and deadly diseases. Recently, drugged-up livestock animals on intensive confinement factory farms incubated a highly infectious HINI virus that set off a global pandemic.
It is important to know how to protect your children and yourself with homeopathic and natural alternatives to vaccines to build your natural immunity to the swine flu.
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May 12, 2014
A mystery virus known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) has claimed an increasing number of lives in Saudi Arabia, where it has spread to at least five cities. There is no known cure and fear of the condition is growing, as the BBC's... Read more
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April 11, 2011
Last year, while touring a fairly small, pasture-based farmstead cheese company, I found myself in a giant feed barn with a group of curious foodies. It was one of the last stops before the cheese tasting, so no one wanted to linger. But I have a... Read more
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March 20, 2012
Goats are being genetically engineered to become "pharm animals" that carry vaccines in their milk. Read more
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February 6, 2012
A few weeks back, we reported on a study out of the University of Iowa that tested supermarket pork for antibiotic-resistant Staph bacteria (aka MRSA). The researchers found MRSA at the same rate for conventionally raised meat and for meat raised... Read more
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January 30, 2012
Antibiotics were once the wonder drug. Now, however, an increasing number of highly resistant -- and deadly -- bacteria are spreading around the world. The killer bugs often originate in factory farms, where animals are treated whether they are... Read more
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December 23, 2011
Antibiotics, one of the world's greatest medical discoveries, are slowly losing their effectiveness in fighting bacterial infections and the massive use of the drugs in food animals may be the biggest culprit. The growing threat of antibiotic... Read more
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December 29, 2011
Environmental and consumer groups have condemned the US Food and Drug Administration's move to renege on its long-held policy to regulate the use of human antibiotics in animal feed. Read more
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June 4, 2011
A new form of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been found in dairy cows and humans in the U.K. and Denmark, providing more evidence that animals could be passing this superbug on to people-not just the other way around. Read more
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May 25, 2011
Several environmental and public health groups filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to try to force the government to stop farmers from routinely adding antibiotics to livestock feed to help animals grow faster. Read more
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May 13, 2011
WASHINGTON-The vast majority of antibiotics given to livestock in the U.S. is mixed into the feed that animals eat, according to the Food and Drug Administration, raising concerns that mass dosing increases risks to human health. Read more
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