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Outbreak of Rare Hepatitis Continues to Grow in Western States

(FoodSafetyNews) The Hepatitis A outbreak continues in eight western states with the case count as of June 14 rising to 106. The illnesses are blamed on an organic blend of frozen berries and pomegranate seeds from multiple countries. Produced by Oregon-based Townsend Farms and sold at Costco and Harris Teeter stores, the frozen berry blend  Read More »

Yellow Fever Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

(GlobalBiodefense) An emergency mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever is being launched next week in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following laboratory confirmation of six cases in the country to date. The campaign aims to cover at least 503,426 people in three affected health zones. The six laboratory-confirmed cases included four patients in Lubao  Read More »

BioWatch faces congressional hearing this week

(LATimes) WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to detect airborne releases of anthrax or other biological weapons. In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush had announced that BioWatch would “protect our people and our homeland.”Ridge’s expectations were  Read More »

NBAF funding survives House vote

(AgProfessional) The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including $404 million for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kan. Prior to the vote, members opposed to the NBAF plan tried to remove those funds from the bill. According to an article from  Read More »

Boosting Biosecurity Crucial to Protecting Your Farm from PED Virus

(Farms) Pig producers are encouraged to ramp up their on-farm biosecurity measures to help prevent the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus entering Canada. The first PED virus case was discovered in the United States in May, which has spread to over 100 herd spanning 11 states. Officials confirm that the virus hasn’t spread across the  Read More »

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