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U.S. races to contain deadly screwworm threatening cattle supply

The flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed on in a 3-week-old calf in south Texas, marking the first detection in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Ebola burial team attacked and 11 patients flee care in widening outbreak in Congo

The developments underscore the challenges facing responders as the outbreak takes on a growing international dimension while work to contain it inside the country remains fragile.

Ueda Says BOJ Needs to Keep Raising Rates to Contain Inflation

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda's remarks Wednesday at a forum in Tokyo indicate there's a good chance of a rate hike this month.

Bring your own plastic: Japan's takeout shops face container, bag shortages

Bring your own container: Japan's takeout shops cope with plastic shortage

Australian researchers teach brain cells to play ’Doom’ video game

Each so-called "biological computer" contains around 200,000 living human brain cells, grown from stem cells that were harvested from blood donations.

Congo seeks experimental Ebola antibody as cases surpass 1,000

The outbreak is straining health systems in eastern Congo, where violence, displacement and distrust of authorities have hit efforts to contain the Bundibugyo strain's spread.

As bee population collapses, U.S. apiarists fear research cuts

America's beekeepers are losing colonies at record rates, and many fear the shutdown of a key USDA bee lab will make the crisis even harder to contain.

Shares tied to US-alleged China shipping container 'cartel' sink

U.S. indicts seven Chinese over shipping container conspiracy

The indicted companies manufacture about 95% of the world's standard dry shipping containers, and the alleged scheme impacted some $35 billion in commerce, officials said.