The world’s biggest food and beverage companies on average sell products in low-income countries that are less healthy than what they sell in high-income countries, according to a new report. Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever were assessed as part of a global index published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), its first since 2021.
Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report
Bird flu strain in US cows shows minimal air spread in ferret study
The bird flu strain found in cows in the United States is not easily transmitted through the air among ferrets, a new study shows, although the scientist who led the work said it had shown some ability to spread this way.
Flu experts gather with avian influenza risk on agenda
Mammal deaths have underlined the dangers of ignoring the disease
Reuters – The world’s leading experts on influenza met the last week of February to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu that has caused record numbers of bird deaths around the world in recent months. The group of scientists, regulators and vaccine manufacturers meets twice a year to
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