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Georgia hospitals struggle with COVID-19 surge as ICU beds near capacity article Nurses Penny Mumford, left, and Lisa Lynn prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside of the Chatham County Health Department on December 15, 2020 (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) ATLANTA - Behind Georgia's unprecedented post-holiday surge in coronavirus infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, the Kouns' family's story is particularly heartbreaking. Chris Kouns, a veteran college soccer coach from Lawrenceville, Georgia, says his family had been careful to wear masks and social distanc...

Georgia ICU bed space usage is highest its ever been during the pandemic Currently, more than 2,600 ICU beds are being used up in Georgia. That's nearly 89% of all ICU beds in the state. Author: Paola Suro (WXIA) Updated: 6:34 PM EST December 30, 2020 ATLANTA — The holidays brought exactly what health experts feared: another surge of COVID-19 cases. With those also came another increase in hospitalizations. Now, intensive care unit bed space usage is at an all-time high. Credit: WXIA Chief Medical Officers for both WellStar and Grady say they fear it will ju...

PoultryWorld AI outbreak could hit Ukraine’s poultry export The recent HPAI outbreak could hurt Ukraine’s poultry exports, Ukraine’s biggest poultry producer MHP said in a statement on 10 December. Ukraine has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu among backyard birds in Mykolaiv Oblast in the southern part of the country. The follow-up laboratory tests revealed AI RNK of the A1 type H5 subtype, which is contagious to humans. Migrating birds could have been the causative agent source. “We are anxious about the avian influenza outbreak in the Mykola...

PigProgress Sow numbers in the Netherlands drop by 70,000 In the first 10 months of 2020, the number of sows in the Netherlands came down by roughly 70,000 animals. The reason for that is a so-called ‘remediation’ policy, where producers are invited to be bought out, using subsidies. The reduction, an estimate by at least 2 artificial insemination companies, mostly took place in July and August, when 50,000 sows were taken out of production. Sows were also taken out of production in November. This brings the total to 75,000 less sows than in January, or an 8% reduc...