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California suspends the distribution of raw milk from its largest producer due to avian flu
California government authorities ordered the largest producer and retailer of raw milk in the state to suspend the distribution of their dairy products after the H5N1 avian flu virus was detected in several samples sold to the public.
The California Department of Agriculture issued the order against the Raw Farm, which was forced to remove several of its raw milk products from the shelves and ask consumers to discard the product, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.
Last Sunday, the California Department of Health (CDPH) asked the public not to consume a batch of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, after tests of a sample detected the virus.
In a statement, the CDPH said that so far there are no reports of diseases associated with contaminated milk.
Raw Farm, California’s largest producer and retailer of raw milk, has sampled its dairy products as a control after avian influenza was detected in cows on several farms across the country.
Distribution paralyzed
It is not clear until when the farm should suspend the distribution of its product and how this will affect the price of the product.
Last Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a case of avian flu in a child in the state of California, which was the first infection of a minor recorded in the country.
The child, whose age was not informed, is recovering from the disease, the government reported.
The CDPH has been investigating the possible source of the child’s exposure to H5N, but so far it has not been identified.
All members of the minor’s household reported having symptoms, so samples were collected from each one, which tested negative for avian flu.
“Contact tracing continues, but there is currently no evidence of human-to-person spread of H5N1 bird flu from this child to others,” CDC said in a statement.
In California, at least 29 people have tested positive for the virus and all of them, except the child, are workers who have had contact with infected cows.
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Thirteen cuban military members missing after explosion at arms warehouse
Thirteen members of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have been reported “missing” following an explosion at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the eastern part of the island, the military institution announced.
“As a result of the explosions at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Melones community… in the province of Holguín, 730 km east of Havana,” two officers, two non-commissioned officers, and nine soldiers are reported as “missing,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Armed Forces released by Cuban state television.
The statement specified that “investigations are still ongoing at the site,” which led to the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents from areas near the warehouse of a military unit where “aged ammunition was being classified.”
Neither the official press nor Cuban state television have provided images of the explosions at the military unit, but independent media outlets published photos online showing a massive column of smoke and police officers deployed in the streets of the Melones community.
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Trump considers declaring National Economic Emergency to justify universal tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may be considering declaring a national economic emergency in order to justify implementing a package of universal tariffs on both allied and adversary countries, according to CNN.
The proclamation of these measures would grant the incoming U.S. president the freedom to create a new tariff program using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
This move would give the president the authority to manage imports during a national emergency.
According to the report, Trump has a penchant for this law as it provides broad jurisdiction on how tariffs are implemented without strict requirements to prove they are necessary for national security reasons.
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Venezuelan opposition candidate Enrique Márquez detained ahead of Maduro’s inauguration
Enrique Márquez, a minority opposition candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 elections, was “arbitrarily detained,” denounced a political coalition he is part of and his wife, who described the action as “kidnapping.”
Since Tuesday night, there has been a wave of reports of detentions, with at least a dozen arrests just over 48 hours before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third six-year term, following a controversial reelection.
“We inform that yesterday, 07.01.25, Enrique Márquez was arbitrarily detained,” stated the Popular Democratic Front (FDP).
“He was kidnapped by paramilitary groups who, using force as their law, aim to silence and intimidate those of us who want a better country and have a different vision,” said his wife, Sonia Lugo de Márquez, on the leader’s X account.
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