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By Region: North America

How safe is our food supply from bioterrorism?

(Examiner) With Louisiana added on Friday to the growing list of states with cyclosporiasis cases, the FDA is reporting that over 400 people have been infected with the intestinal parasite. The Bayou State joins Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, Florida, Wisconsin, New York City, Georgia, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio.  Read More »

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approves bill for NBAF

(HighPlainsJournal) U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS, along with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the fiscal year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill was approved with bipartisan support by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill includes $404 million for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, an amount  Read More »

Trapped in a Killing Field: MIT Study Suggests Travel Restrictions in the Event of an Epidemic

(ThePeoplesVoice) A study published in The Royal Society Interface by researchers at MIT may influence policy as to potential travel restrictions in an epidemic. The study suggests that such restrictions will slow the progress of a pandemic. What is implicit in the paper’s recommendations is that people may be confined—quarantined in fact—to a heavily affected  Read More »

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update

(WHO) WHO has been informed of an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Saudi Arabia. The first patient is a 67-year-old woman from Riyadh with underlying medical conditions. She became ill on 25 July 2013. She has no known exposure to animals or to a case confirmed with  Read More »

Dengue Fever Outbreak Kills 16, Causes State of Emergency in Honduras

(MedicalDaily) Honduras declared a state of emergency after a dengue fever outbreak left 16 people dead. To this point, 12,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease. Officials said that the mosquito-borne illness has also caused more than 1,800 patients to be at risk of internal bleeding and death, according to the BBC. Health Minister  Read More »

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