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Superbug MRSA identified in US wastewater treatment plants
(University of Maryland) A team led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health has found that the “superbug” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent at several U.S. wastewater treatment plants. MRSA is well known for causing difficult-to-treat and potentially fatal bacterial infections in hospital patients, but is Read More »
- November 5, 2012
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New DNA vaccine technology poised to deliver safe and cost-effective disease protection
(Arizona State University) A research team led by Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, and Wei Kong, a research assistant professor, at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute have taken a dramatic step forward in vaccine research, revealing the design of a universal platform for delivering highly Read More »
- November 5, 2012
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CPDO comes to 3-m standstill as Rapid Response Teams cull poultry birds – fnbnews.com
CPDO comes to 3-m standstill as Rapid Response Teams cull poultry birdsfnbnews.comFollowing the avian or bird flu or H5N1 which affected the poultry birds at the 90 acre campus of CPDO located on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the Union government sent in Rapid Response Teams to dispose off the birds. The Read More »
- November 2, 2012
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USAID increases funding for emerging disease threats
(Vaccine News) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announced on Monday that the United States Agency for International Development contributed more than $20 million in new funding to fight emerging disease threats. The funds will support the partnership between the U.S. and the FAO against H5N1 highly pathogenic Read More »
- November 2, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
CDC releases report on worldwide influenza projects
(Vaccine News) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an annual report on Monday profiling a variety of CDC influenza-related projects from around the world, including epidemiology training, vaccine effectiveness studies and flu surveillance. The CDC began its international flu efforts in 1997 when the agency investigated the first Read More »
- November 2, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Research
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BAA – Medical Countermeasures for Priority Pathogens
(Global Biodefense) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has released Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
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FDA Accepts BLA for Inhalational Anthrax Countermeasure
(Global Biodefense) Anthim (obiltoxaximab) is for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax, Read More »
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South Korea MERS death toll rises to 20
(CNN) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of new cases Read More »
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What you should know about MERS, the mystery disease that has South Korea on edge
(Washington Post) The spread of MERS, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last Read More »
Research More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Scientists find new variant of streptococcal bacteria causing severe infections
(Imperial College London) Scientists have discovered a new variant of streptococcal bacteria that Read More »
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VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Read More »
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Researcher who spiked rabbit blood to fake HIV vaccine results slapped with rare prison sentence
(Washington Post) Dong Pyou Han, a former Iowa State University researcher charged with Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
Public Health More »
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How Yelp Can Be Used to Track Outbreaks of Food Poisoning
When a Shigella outbreak at a San Jose, California, seafood restaurant sickened dozens Read More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Legionnaires’ Bacteria Regrew in Bronx Cooling Towers That Were Disinfected
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The 15 water-cooling towers that were found to be contaminated this week Read More »
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Millions More Need H.I.V. Treatment, W.H.O. Says
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put Read More »
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Sentencing scheduled for peanut executive in salmonella case
(Washington Post)- ALBANY, Ga. — A former peanut executive convicted of shipping tainted Read More »