Rabbit Disease Alert for Tennessee Apr 05, 2021 at 06:15 am by WGNS
(NASHVILLE) Tennessee’s State Veterinarian wants to make citizens aware that an outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (RHDV2) has been detected near the Tennessee border in Arkansas. There have been no cases found in Tennessee, but rabbit owners should be mindful of the heightened risk.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease does not affect humans or other animals. However, it is highly contagious and fatal to domestic rabbits, wild hares, and pika. RHDV2 can be transmitted through direct contact with infected rabbits or carcasses, meat or fur, feces, bodily fluids, bedding material, feed and water bowls, and hay.
When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy league merchandise, or watch games on TV.
It took several years for the NFL to win fans back and some like me broke the habit and never returned, in person, or on TV.
Last season, some Major League Baseball (MLB) players also took a knee, but it did not appear to me to be as regular an occurrence as with the NFL. Perhaps it had something to do with the difference in the number of games each sport plays? Apparently, though, MLB is now trying to play catch-up.
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Lebanon and Iraq plan to exchange about $200 million worth of heavy fuel for in-kind services, including medical expertise, caretaker energy minister Raymond Ghajar told
The National on Sunday.
The deal, which has been in discussion for “two to three years”, involves Lebanon buying 500,000 tonnes of heavy fuel from Iraq, currently worth roughly $200m, Mr Ghajar said.
The Lebanese government will deposit the money in a special account at Lebanon’s central bank for Iraq to spend locally on “any type of service, like health services”, said Mr Ghajjar.
“It’s not up to us, it’s up to them to decide what to do with the money,” he added.
SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia hit four million vaccines administered over the weekend, doubling the total number of shots reported between Dec. 14 and March 5 in 31 days.
Although 1 in 3 Virginians have received at least one dose â indicating the stateâs vaccine rollout has found its stride â 1 in 3 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are in an intensive care unit and 1 in 8 patients are on a ventilator, a rough gauge of severe illness.
Since last month, ventilator use has remained the same while the number of residents in an ICU on any given day has increased.
These figures mean even as vaccinations slow the virusâ impact, and there are fewer restrictions for the 1.5 million residents fully vaccinated, the pandemic is not over.