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U.S. Sees Progress in Central Asian Biosecurity

(NuclearThreatInitiative) Developing countries in Central Asia are making notable strides in their attempts to increase their governmental capacity to guard against biological-weapon threats, according to the U.S. State Department. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Simon Limage on Friday noted how countries in the region — which stretches from the Caspian Sea in the Read More »

November 12, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Biosafety, and International
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NIH Scientists Develop Candidate Vaccine for RSV

(GlobalBiodefense) An experimental vaccine to protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of illness and hospitalization among very young children, elicited high levels of RSV-specific antibodies when tested in animals, according to a recent report in the published in the journal Science. Early-stage human clinical trials of the candidate vaccine are planned.

November 11, 2013
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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One of 2 remaining types of polio may be wiped out

(TheCanadianPress) The effort to rid the world of polio is too often a journey of one step forward and two steps back, with the heartbreaking news that polio is crippling toddlers in war-ravaged Syria the most recent evidence of that stuttering progress. Still, there is some good news on the polio front. Sunday marks one Read More »

November 11, 2013
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, International, and Public Health
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Cambodian Ministry of Health reports 23rd case of avian influenza H5N1

(VaccineNewsDaily) The Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the 23rd case of avian influenza H5N1 in Cambodia this year, and asked that Cambodians take precautions against contracting the virus. The 23rd victim was a two-year-old girl from the Svay Chrum village, Borng Bort Kandal commune, Bakane district, Pursat province. The girl developed Read More »

November 8, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, and Public Health
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Japanese fund to invest in promising technology against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease

(EurekaAlert) The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), a new public health partnership that is bringing Japanese know-how and investment to the global fight against infectious diseases, announced today grants of US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on innovative drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease.