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NAMRU-3 Researchers Collaborate on Dengue Prevention

(Global Biodefense) The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) initiated a new project for efficient and sustained control of dengue vectors in Lahore, Pakistan. The emergence of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is considered a major public health threat there.

Predicting infectious influenza

(EurekAlert) A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a report to be published in the International Journal Data Mining and Bioinformatics.

Novel coronavirus infection – update

(WHO) The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV). The patient is an 81-year-old woman with multiple coexisting medical conditions. She became ill on 28 April 2013 and is currently in critical but stable condition.The patient was  Read More »

U.S. gov’t anthrax adviser was on drugmaker’s board – CBS News

Bioterrorism drills in Ore., Wash. next week

(KGW) Fire crews, police and health officials in the Portland Metro area next week will simulate a terrorist attack involving a biological weapon. “The incident is simulated, the sickness and death imagined, yet all involved will take it very seriously,” said Port of Portland spokeswoman Kama Simonds.