Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
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Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health

Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics “Everything Was on the Down Low”The US Department of Agriculture’s headquarters are situated on a tony stretch of DC real estate, a world away from the nation’s farms. So when something goes seriously wrong on America’s plains and pastures, something that could threaten animal safety or food production, USDA officials rely on rural veterinarians to sound the alarm.Those vets report findings to state veterinarians, whose doors and inboxes are always open. They even post their cell phone numbers online. The state veterinarians, in turn, utilize a network of diagnostic laboratories approved by the USDA, chief among them the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa.This close-knit network, with built-in redundancies, is primed to tackle the awful and unexpected, whether it’s foot-and-mouth disease, swine fever, or an act of agroterrorism. There’s...
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Nigeria supplies 24-hour electricity to Benin, Niger, Togo – TCN
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Nigeria supplies 24-hour electricity to Benin, Niger, Togo – TCN

Politics tamfitronics Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the countrysupplies 24-hour electricity to neighbouring countries Togo, Benin Republic,and Niger.In an interview with Channels TV’s ‘Sunday Politics’ onSunday, Sule Abdulaziz, chief executive officer of TCN, said some Nigeriansalso get 24-hour power supply.“We supply Togo, we supply Benin and Niger. Yes, they getpower from Nigeria on a 24-hour basis and they are paying,” he said.“Nigerians are getting 24-hour supply; it’s not everybody.Those people that are in band A, you will see that they get 20 to 22 hours.”Abdulaziz said every electricity distribution company(DisCo) has Band A and it is their priority to supply their customers withabout 22 or 24 hours.However, he said the DisCos are mandated by regulators toprovide “between 18 hours and 22 hours” of electricity.Abdulaziz also said TCN is not to blame for all nationalgrid...
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