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

(WHO) The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Saudi Arabia has announced one additional laboratory-confirmed case and two deaths in previously confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Saudi Arabia. The new case is a 56 year-old female from Hafr Al- Batin city, North-eastern region. She is a health care worker with Read More »

July 8, 2013
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, and International
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WHO To Convene MERS Virus Panel

(TheScientist) The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency committee on Tuesday (July 9) to determine whether a new coronavirus that is responsible for 42 deaths, mostly in Saudi Arabia, constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern,” according to Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s assistant director-general for Health and Environment, who announced the plan Read More »

July 8, 2013
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, and International
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K-State research institute studies airborne pathogens

(CJOnline) Stephen Higgs, an infectious disease expert with international research experience, came to Manhattan two years ago to be the research director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University. Higgs moved from England to the United States in 1991 and worked at Colorado State University and the University of Texas-Medical Branch in Galveston Read More »

July 8, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
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Immunotherapy Is Beginning To Have A Major Impact For Patients With Cancer And Infectious Diseases

(MedicalNewsToday) The idea of fighting infections and even cancers by inducing protective immune responses may now be a step closer to clinical practice. Researchers have removed a major obstacle to widespread use of so-called adoptive transfer therapy, in which a patient receives “killer” immune cells targeting a disease agent. Existing technologies can easily provide T Read More »

July 5, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biotechnology, and Research
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update

(WHO) The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Saudi Arabia has announced two additional laboratory-confirmed cases and two deaths in previously confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Saudi Arabia. The new cases are a 69 year-old male and a 66 year-old male from Riyadh. Both were admitted to hospital on the Read More »