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Scripps Florida scientist awarded $2.3 million to study dengue fever and related viruses

(EurekAlert) The outbreak of dengue fever that infected some 20 people in Florida’s Martin County late last year unnerved many who feared the tropical disease had once again established a foothold in Florida. The last outbreaks occurred in 2009 and 2010 in Key West—before that, the disease hadn’t struck Florida in more than 70 years. Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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Foot-and-Mouth Continues to Spread

(DailyNK) Foot-and-mouth disease appears to have spread throughout North Korea, with reports of infected cattle as far south as Kangwon Province. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced during a press conference on the 28th that at least four cattle with the highly contagious disease had been discovered at a cooperative farm near the Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and International
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Ebola: Guinea outbreak reaches capital Conakry

(Citifmonline) Guinea’s government has for the first time confirmed cases of the deadly Ebola virus in the capital Conakry. Until now, the 66 confirmed deaths have only been in rural areas, although there have been suspected cases, which have since proved negative, in the capital. There have also been suspected cases in neighbouring West African Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update

(WHO) On 27 March 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. A 55 year-old woman from Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. She became ill on 16 March and was admitted to hospital on 23 March. She is Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Judge orders ricin suspect released, stays decision 24 hours

(WTOP.com) A judge ordered the 19-year-old accused of making a deadly ricin toxin be released to home confinement for immediate admittance to a psychiatric hospital on Tuesday, then agreed to stay the ruling for 24 hours upon prosecutors’ request. Daniel Milzman, a sophomore at Georgetown University, has been held at a D.C. jail since March Read More »