P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. slaughterhouse workers, truckers fuel deadly piglet virus spread

August 24, 2021 at 6:49 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Questionable hygiene practices among meat processing plant employees, freight truck drivers and others who work at hog slaughter houses are aiding in the spread of porcine epidemic...

GSK taps UK firm for ‘beyond antibodies’ drug technology

August 24, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline plans to exploit new technology from private British biotech company Immunocore to develop next-generation drugs against cancer that fight tumors in ways antibody-based drugs cannot. Britain's...

GSK taps UK firm for ‘beyond antibodies’ drug technology

May 14, 2019 at 4:56 a.m.

Insight: How a train ran away and devastated a Canadian town

August 24, 2021 at 5:59 p.m.

CHICAGO/LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - The short length of track, nestled in a dark pine and birch forest in Quebec, is a regular overnight stop for freight trains hauling crude oil...

Train in Canadian derailment headed by Chicago rail veteran

August 24, 2021 at 5:49 p.m.

(Reuters) - The railroad whose train of tanker cars derailed and burst into an oil-fueled fire in a Canadian town on Saturday is headed by a Chicago-area railroad veteran whose...

Virus deadly to piglets spreads to North Carolina’s hog farms

May 14, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to piglets has been discovered on two hog farms in North Carolina, an official in the No. 2 hog-producing U.S. state said on...

Missouri vetoes raise questions for Smithfield-China deal

May 23, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed two bills on Tuesday that would have cleared the way for foreign ownership of farmland and potentially eliminated obstacles to the planned $4.7...

New Jersey governor vetoes ban on gestation crate use

August 24, 2021 at 5:36 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill Thursday that would have barred hog farmers in the Garden State from using gestation crates to house pregnant pigs...

Mexico restricts U.S. live hog imports due to piglet virus

August 24, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

MEXICO CITY/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mexico said on Tuesday it has restricted imports of live hogs from the United States because of the deadly piglet virus that has spread north of...

Mexico restricts U.S. live hog imports due to piglet virus

May 14, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

MEXICO CITY/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mexico said on Tuesday it has restricted imports of live hogs from the United States because of the deadly piglet virus that has spread north of...

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