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Dengue raises alarm in Central America

(MedicalExpress) Authorities have issued dengue alerts in four nations across Central America, where alarm is rising as the mosquito-borne disease has infected 30,000 people and killed 17 this year alone. Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and El Salvador have issued formal alerts. In Guatemala and Panama, officials say they are monitoring the disease, which normally spreads  Read More »

New studies fine-tune H7N9 severity estimates

(CIDRAP) A lull in the number of H7N9 cases in China has given experts a chance to sift the data to fine-tune the clinical picture of the disease, which now suggests that it is less serious than earlier assessments, with more mild infections than previously thought. Some of the obstacles to gauging H7N9’s true severity  Read More »

HHS grants to bolster disaster preparedness for health care, public health

(HHS) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $916 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats within every state, eight U.S. territories, and four of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. “Recent events underscore the critical role these preparedness programs play in  Read More »

AVMA Op-Ed in The Hill highlights need for Farm Bill

(BovineVeterinarian) The Hill, a congressional newspaper based in Washington, D.C., published an op-ed on Friday by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, highlighting the need for Congress to pass a Farm Bill so that veterinarians and scientists can continue ensuring the safety of the nation’s  Read More »

Antibiotic from the Sea is Effective Against Anthrax

(LaboratoryEquipment) A new potential drug from a marine microorganism is effective against anthrax and various other Gram-positive bacteria, as reported by American scientists in the journal Angewandte Chemie. A chlorinated analogue kills off Gram-negative bacteria. Anthrax is a dangerous infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis and transmitted by infected farm animals. For  Read More »

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