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FMD-outbreak scenario presented at Expo
(Iowa Farmer Today) DES MOINES — Thinking about the consequences of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United States is not pleasant, says Dermot Hayes. But, the Iowa State University ag economist says it is something that has to be considered as other nations deal with the disease. Hayes worked Read More »
- June 25, 2012
- | Filed under North America and Agriculture
Debate over H5N1 fatality rate flares again
(CIDRAP News) In the latest chapter in an ongoing debate over the true case-fatality ratio (CFR) for human H5N1 influenza infections, a group of leading flu experts has written a Science article rejecting the idea that millions of H5N1 infections have gone undetected. The debate was sparked by the controversy over Read More »
- June 25, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
H5N1: What kind of oversight is best for bird flu research?
(Los Angeles Times) The upshot of months of controversy over whether to publish research that used the H5N1 avian flu virus — experiments in which scientists engineered forms of the bug that could spread through the air to infect mammals — was that scientists got to publish their work in full Read More »
- June 25, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Ahmedabad hospital on alert as doctor dies of Congo Fever
(Zee News) Ahmedabad: A local hospital is on alert as a resident doctor died of the dreaded Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (Congo fever) here today. Dr Smiral Patel of V S Hospital, who contracted the virus while treating a patient with unknown hemorrhagic viral fever, today died at a private hospital. “We Read More »
- June 25, 2012
- | Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
Long-Awaited Bird-Flu Study Shows It’s Still a Threat
(Global Security Newswire) WASHINGTON – Researchers published a batch of controversial studies on bird flu on Thursday, demonstrating that H5N1 is still dangerous to humanity and closing a chapter in a still-evolving debate over censoring scientific research. Commentaries questioned the wisdom of an unprecedented U.S. government request to delay the research, Read More »
- June 22, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, 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 »
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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 »