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Woman dies after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with ANTHRAX

(Mail Online) A woman has died after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with anthrax. An inquest has been opened after Claire Skelton, 42, from Rochester, Kent, died at King’s College Hospital in London on December 9. The cause of death was given as anthrax and intravenous drug abuse. Her death is the third in Britain  Read More »

Most virulent form of dengue outbreak alarms national capital

(Times of India) Delhi is seeing an outbreak of the most dangerous and virulent form of dengue virus this season. Genetic analysis of the virus strains in circulation in India has shown that the national Capital is seeing a massive circulation of dengue virus serotype 2 that causes hemorrhagic fever, triggering a high mortality rate.  Read More »

FDA Offers First License to Drug Produced by Bioshield Program

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued a license for a new anthrax treatment, marking the first time the agency has approved a drug developed through the federal government’s controversial Project Bioshield program. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has since 2005 acquired an unspecified amount of Raxibacumab through  Read More »

Experts to Vet Proposed U.S. Rules on Bird Flu Studies

(Global Security Newswire) An Obama administration proposal to conduct special evaluations of federal grant requests for weapon-sensitive avian influenza research is set to go under the microscope this week at a gathering of public health officials and experts from around the world. The two-day event — scheduled to begin on Monday at the main campus  Read More »

New report signals slowdown in the fight against malaria

(WHO news) During the past decade, a concerted effort by endemic countries, donors and global malaria partners led to strengthened malaria control around the world. The scale-up of malaria prevention and control interventions had the greatest impact in countries with high malaria transmission; 58% of the 1.1 million lives saved during this period were in  Read More »

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