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He assured Nigerians that nobody would use the outbreak of the disease as an avenue to make money, disclosing that funds for the containment effort was from the budget of the ministry of health.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

For a century and a half, epidemiology has been an effective strategy for tracing the root causes of infectious disease outbreaks — as John Snow demonstrated in 1854, when he painstakingly mapped cases of cholera in London and eventually traced them to a single contaminated well and water pump in the Soho district of the city.

The difference can not be explained by an outbreak of Dutch Disease in Canada, as the Australian dollar has appreciated faster than the Canadian dollar over the last decade.

JOHANNESBURG, March 19 - Tiger Brands has closed its factory in Pretoria after listeria was detected at the plant as South Africa faces the worst global outbreak of the disease that has killed 180 people since January 2017.

The outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa in 2014, and the worldwide panic it caused, served as a wake - up call: We as a human race are still extremely vulnerable to fast - spreading, infectious diseases.

The world economy has been subject to a series of «one - off» events over recent years, the latest of which has been the outbreak of the respiratory disease known as SARS in mid March.

He described the process of tracking the outbreak to Jindi as «an important piece of investigative work» that involved obtaining detailed food histories from victims, multi-jurisdictional intelligence from the federal government's food - borne diseases surveillance unit, OzFoodNet, and bacterial DNA «fingerprinting» to determine the exact strain of listeria.

The Government has finalised compensation for just three farm businesses out of 31 claims for destroyed cattle affected by the Mycoplasma bovis disease outbreak as Federated Farmers says farmers are feeling financial stress.

«At the end of the day we do need traceability to be prepared for exotic disease outbreaks such as FMD but any system has to be cost - effective and practical,» Mr Feldtmann said.

Meanwhile, a growing body of scientific evidence links sugar with an epidemic of childhood obesity as well as a host of related health problems: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and even an unprecedented outbreak of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children.

The mayor's initiative, known as «New York City Safe» and funded with $ 22 million, comes as the administration is working to contain an outbreak of Legionnaires» Disease in the Bronx.

The UN said it was evaluating humanitarian needs in the country and that «contingency plans are being put in place to mitigate any potential outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea», according to spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

The ongoing feud between de Blasio and Cuomo has not abated as the city deals with the deadliest outbreak of Legionnaires» disease in its history.

As a result of the shockingly poor response, thousands of Nigerians are currently exposed to hunger and the outbreak of disease.

In addition, the honourable minister of health has directed Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to include Zika virus diagnosis as part of ongoing effort to manage Lassa Fever outbreak in the country.

He cited homelessness, the criminal justice system and mental health care as issues that The Bronx continues to struggle with, and although he criticized the city for its handling of the homelessness issue, his overall tone was milder than in his 2016 speech, when he hinted at a run for mayor and said the city had «failed» the borough during its outbreak of Legionnaires» disease.

The Federal Government shifted the resumption dates for all private and public schools in the country till Monday as a result of the recent outbreak of the Ebola Disease Virus in some southern states.

As the number of people sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires» disease in the South Bronx climbed to 71 yesterday, health officials were still piecing together where the illness, a form of pneumonia spread through airborne water droplets, might have originated.

CHICKENPOX COMMON AMONG CHILDREN DESPITE VACCINE The highly contagious varicella - zoster virus (VZV), commonly known as chickenpox, often affects children under age 12 and sometimes even after they have been vaccinated against the disease, Oneida County Health Department officials warned today following reports of an outbreak in Herkimer County.

Cooling Towers in Oneida County Must Register with NYS DOH by September 16, 2015 The NYS Department of Health has adopted emergency regulations to prevent the spread of Legionella bacteria as a result of an outbreak of Legionnaires» disease in NYC.

But as Mr. de Blasio suffers criticism on a host of fronts — the city's ballooning homeless population, his recent handling of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak, every single dig from Gov. Andrew Cuomo — there have been relatively few Democrats who he can consistently count on to preach the gospel of de Blasio.

The city's response to the deadly outbreak of Legionnaires» disease in the South Bronx became the subject of the latest clash between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer, as Mr. Stringer accused the city of having had a «laid - back attitude» toward the disease when the first fatalities began to appear late last month.

Two more Bronx residents have died from Legionnaires» disease, increasing the total to 10 in what city health commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett described as the worst outbreak of the illness in city history.

As of Monday afternoon, the outbreak of Legionnaires» Disease has taken the lives of a dozen people, and sent 113 people to the hospital, making it the worst outbreak in the city's history.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is bringing in a team of federal experts to help battle Legionnaires» disease — as the city's death toll from the outbreak reached 10 on Thursday.

As the South Bronx reels in what the city is calling the worst outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York history, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration today announced that state and federal agencies were getting involved in the fight — which up until now has been in the hands of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Health Commissioner Mary Bassett.

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm as his agency was working hard to control the outbreak of monkeypox in Bayelsa State.

Delaware County Public Health is holding a «Medical Countermeasures» drill today to practice and test the ability to dispense large amounts of medicine in the event of a public health threat such as a disease outbreak or bioterrorism threat to the community.

As well as monitoring the health of individual patients, these systems also watch out for outbreaks of infectious diseasAs well as monitoring the health of individual patients, these systems also watch out for outbreaks of infectious diseasas monitoring the health of individual patients, these systems also watch out for outbreaks of infectious disease.

But occasionally, such as during isolated outbreaks in a refugee crisis, the world receives a vivid reminder of how the disease still affects people.

As a result of the backlash against vaccines, cases of the virtually eliminated measles are on the rise, as are outbreaks of other vaccine - preventable diseaseAs a result of the backlash against vaccines, cases of the virtually eliminated measles are on the rise, as are outbreaks of other vaccine - preventable diseaseas are outbreaks of other vaccine - preventable diseases.

Her findings, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology on June 5, could help wildlife managers target their efforts to prevent outbreaks and potentially help public health officials prevent disease in human populations as well.

For much of the past century, they have evaluated disease outbreaks with a comparatively simple set of equations that divide people into a few categories — such as susceptible, contagious, and immune — and that assume perfect mixing, meaning that everybody in the affected region is in contact with everyone else.

Built by Precision Hawk of Indianapolis, the craft's thermal camera is meant to find outbreaks of insects and crop disease, which show up as hotspots when stressed plants lose their ability to regulate heat.

Daniel Jolley said: «This research is timely in the face of declining vaccination rates and recent outbreaks of vaccinated - against diseases in the UK, such as measles.

The Missing Maps initiative aims to chart slums around the world as a way of fighting disease outbreaks and hastening development

In the United States, some of the most alarming outbreaks are occurring in the suburbs, where rising temperatures may help explain the spike in such tick - borne illnesses as babesiosis; hga (human granulocytic anaplasmosis), a potentially lethal flulike infection; and Lyme disease, the most common vector - borne disease in this country.

The review calls for improved global surveillance strategies to combat the emergence of infectious diseases such as the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa that has claimed the lives of 122 people in the countries of Guinea and Liberia.

«Social media data have been suggested as a way to track the spread of a disease in a population, but there is a problem that in an emerging outbreak people also use social media to express concern about the situation,» explains study team leader Sherry Towers of ASU's Simon A. Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center.

Spending on cholera goes mostly to contain outbreaks in new places, leaving hotspots as continued sources of disease.

This in turn caused outbreaks of diseases such as measles.

Said Dr. Martin Gilbert, Wildlife Health Cornell Carnivore Specialist with Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine: «As carnivore numbers decline, they face a greater risk from chance events like outbreaks of disease.

The latest outbreak of the Ebola family was discovered in July 2008 as the Philippine Department of Agriculture was investigating «blue ear disease» in pigs, a respiratory condition that causes their ears to turn blue from lack of oxygen.

For the study, Dorevitch and colleagues estimated the number of recreational waterborne illnesses using data from two large epidemiological studies as well as reports of water - borne disease outbreaks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, disease outbreaks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC.

Infectious disease experts say the outbreak underscores one lesson of the Ebola epidemic of 2 years ago: As cities burgeon and populations become more mobile, once - isolated diseases are increasingly likely to reach cities, where they can race out of control.

Zika is not new to the U.S. Even as early as 2007, when the mosquito - borne disease had its first large outbreak in the Pacific island nation of Micronesia, the virus directly touched the U.S. — sickening one American traveler.

People often think of E. Coli poisoning as a beef - eater's disease, but the outbreak linked to raw spinach is a tragic reminder that the bacteria often spread through animal droppings into produce growers» water, soil or fertilizer.

Wencui Han of the Department of Management Science and Systems at the University at Buffalo, New York and colleagues, explain how in the last two decades criminal incidents such as shootings on campus, assaults and robberies, natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes and snow storms and disease outbreaks have put students and staff at risk.

This extreme «hygienic behavior,» as it's technically called, is an effective way of containing disease outbreaks in crowded insect colonies.