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Establishment of an avian influenza surveillance program in Australia's largest river basin

To-date Australia has had mostly coastal occurrences in a small but growing number of species of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b. The potential impacts of expected spread are the focus of significant preparation activities. Here we report on early surveillance undertaken in 2025-26 in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia's largest river system, which contains…

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Manitoba gains doctors for third straight year, but loses at pandemic-level rate: report

Manitoba is adding doctors at a record clip — but it’s also losing them at a rate not seen since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, a physicians advocacy organization cautioned Wednesday.

  • Manitoba added 196 doctors in 2023, highest since 2008
  • 158 physicians left the province, record high of 165 in 2022-23
  • Family physicians grew 15% over two years, shortage persists in some specialties

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