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H7N9 bird flu less deadly than H5N1: researchers

(BusinessStandard) The H7N9 avian influenza, which was first reported in humans in China this year causing 37 deaths, has a lower fatality risk than H5N1-type bird flu that emerged in 2003, researchers said today. A study by researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing and the University of Hong Kong  Read More »

Potential Hot Spot For Avian Flu Transmission Found In Western Alaska

(RTTNews) Low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses with Eurasian genes have been found among birds in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of western Alaska, supporting the theory that the area is a potential point of entry for foreign animal diseases such as the more highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey scientists.  Read More »

Responding to International Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Incidents

(NationalAcademies) On June 20, the National Academy of Sciences hosted a workshop to discuss ways to improve the U.S. government’s assistance in responding to a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident that might occur elsewhere in the world. Among the speakers was Major General Julie Bentz, director of Strategic Capabilities Policy at the White House,  Read More »

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

(WHO) The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Saudi Arabia has announced seven additional laboratory-confirmed cases and a death in a previously confirmed case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Four cases have been detected among contacts of confirmed cases in Riyadh and the Eastern Region. They range in age from seven to 15 years,  Read More »

Antibiotics: Change route of delivery to mitigate resistance

(EurekAlert) New research suggests that the rapid rise of antibiotic resistance correlates with oral ingestion of antibiotics, raising the possibility that other routes of administration could reduce the spread of resistance. The manuscript appears online ahead of print in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. “For more than 40 years, a few doses of penicillin  Read More »

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