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Gold dust in fight against pandemics

(BusinessWeekly) UK scientists have devised a rapid new flu test using gold particles that could help prevent pandemics erupting across the globe. They have already developed a similar sensor for detecting cholera in contaminated water supplies.

December 2, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update

(WorldHealthOrganization) On 27 November, 2013, the National IHR Focal Point of Qatar notified WHO that the Supreme Council for Health and the Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM) of the Ministry of Health and the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, have detected Middle East Respiratory Read More »

November 29, 2013
| Filed under Middle East, North America, and Public Health
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Public health data to help fight deadly contagious diseases

(ScienceDaily) In an unprecedented windfall for public access to health data, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers have collected and digitized all weekly surveillance reports for reportable diseases in the United States going back more than 125 years.

November 29, 2013
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Bioterrorism Surveillance and Reconnaissance – RFI

(GlobalBiodefense) The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking innovative approaches to enhance the capability to detect and localize bioterrorism threats posed by rogue production of biological agents under a newly issued Request for Information (RFI) for “Biological Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (BIO-ISR).”

November 27, 2013
| Filed under North America and Research
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Frederick, Md., watchdog urges state registration, licensing of biocontainment labs

(DailyJournal) A watchdog group in Frederick is urging state licensing and registration of laboratories that handle certain deadly pathogens.

November 27, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Biosafety
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