Food safety
Indian expert advises soaking rice before cooking rice: Unexpected benefits and 4 steps to soak rice properly
Is soaking rice necessary during the cooking process? See also what experts have to say about this controversial issue.
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Food safety
Should eating mushrooms be washed?
If you still wash mushrooms in a flooded tub like other vegetables, you are 'killing' your mushrooms.
Food safety
Be careful with toxins generated from vacuum-sealed food
Experts warn that food stored in an anaerobic environment such as vacuum can produce extremely dangerous botulinum toxin.
Food safety
Mistakes when soaking vegetables in salt water
Washing vegetables needs to go through certain steps to ensure that they are clean of dirt and chemicals, but do not lose vitamins that are good for health.
Food safety
Not only do they look terrible, but coconut worms also cause severe poisoning for people who eat them
Palm weevils, coconut weevils... are one of the common weevil species in our country.
Food safety
Tips for storing each type of food in the refrigerator
Each type of food has its own storage method that you should know to keep the ingredients freshest when refrigerated, especially during the holiday season.
Food safety
Should you use foil in an air fryer?
Using foil on the bottom of the oil-free fryer helps to cook evenly, better taste, especially, easier to clean the pot after baking.
Food safety
How long does it take for seafood to be discarded? The doctor's answer will surprise you!
After buying seafood, many people still do not know how long they should be used to get all the nutrients from them and avoid harm. Here is the doctor's answer.
Flu epidemic
Korea confirms new H5N8 bird flu outbreak
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on November 30 that South Korea had confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N8 at a duck…
Flu epidemic
Japan discovered dangerous strain of bird flu
The outbreak of the disease in Japan has shown signs of spreading, prompting the country's authorities to order the disinfection of all poultry farms across the country.
Flu epidemic
Russia discovered a new type of H5N8 flu that spread from animals to humans
Seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia are the first confirmed patients with the new type of influenza H5N8.
Flu epidemic
Chinese scientists warn another virus could cause a pandemic
Chinese scientists Weifeng Shi and George Gao, affiliated with a number of Chinese scientific institutions, think that the H5N8 strain of avian influenza virus could lea…
Flu epidemic
China detected the first person infected with avian influenza virus H10N3
A 41-year-old man from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, Eastern China was confirmed to be infected with the H10N3 avian influenza virus.
Flu epidemic
Variants of the virus that cause pandemic flu are increasingly dangerous
The evolution of the virus that caused the 1918 flu pandemic has similarities to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as successive outbreaks with many different strains, and the…
Flu epidemic
2 deadly influenza viruses in humans are almost extinct
According to the reports collected, there are very few cases of flu occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. This leads scientists to ask 'whether some influenza viruses…