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A new map of “the other” malaria

The malarial parasite, Plasmodium vivax, is something of a forgotten step sister to the more prevalent, more deadly Plasmodium falciparum. Global and local programmes looking to eradicate malaria may need to pay it more attention say several health experts presenting at this year’s annual meeting for the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Read More »

December 8, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, North America, South America, South Asia, and Public Health
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Defensive measures: Toward a vaccine for Ebola

(Arizona State University) Charles Arntzen, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, along with colleagues from ASU, the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, have made progress toward a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus.

December 8, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
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Ban urges greater cooperation to ensure peaceful use of biological sciences

(UN News Centre) Ban urges greater cooperation to ensure peaceful use of biological sciencesUN News CentreThe Biological Weapons Convention opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975. It prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, retention, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons and is a key element, …

December 7, 2011
| Filed under North America, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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System to track hogs in case of disease

(Calgary Herald) Alberta hogs will be tracked from the farm to the slaughterhouse under a new swine regulation intended to help quickly locate animals and contain any future disease outbreaks. Alberta becomes the first province in the country to have a regulated traceability system, according to the association that represents the province’s hog farmers. The Read More »

December 7, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Fact Sheet on the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

“We must come together to prevent, detect, and fight every kind of biological danger – whether it is a pandemic like H1N1, a terrorist threat, or a treatable disease.” – President Obama, United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2011 Today, the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) are meeting in Geneva Read More »