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Discovery may lead to vaccine for all 4 types of dengue

(Futurity) Researchers have discovered a new target for human antibodies that may lead to a vaccine for all four types of dengue virus—and may also have potential for vaccine development for other diseases, including SARS and HIV. Creating a vaccine that protects people from the four types of dengue virus has frustrated scientists for decades. Read More »

March 11, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
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Dengue dangers

(Fiji Times Online) THE Health Ministry’s dengue taskforce has placed particular emphasis on the importance of — once diagnosed with dengue — ways to restore yourself to better health. And with numbers looking to surpass 10,000, self-help at home has become too important to ignore, particularly for the population currently suffering from the infection. Last Read More »

March 11, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, and Public Health
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Two addition human H5N1 avian influenza cases reported, awaiting WHO confirmation

(The Global Dispatch) The Phnom Penh Post says two children, an 11-year-old boy from Kampong Chhnang province and an 8-year-old boy from Kandal province, were admitted last week to Phnom Penh’s Kantha Bopha Hospital with H5N1 avian flu. Unfortunately, the elder boy died from the infection, while the eight year old is in stable condition. Read More »

March 11, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Vinegar Kills Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacteria

(Global Biodefense) The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers from Venezuela, France, and the US reports in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Acetic acid might be used as an inexpensive and non-toxic disinfectant against drug-resistant Read More »

March 11, 2014
| Filed under Europe, North America, South America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, and Research
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Cambodia Ministry of Health releases details on new H5N1 avian influenza cases

(The Global Dispatch) In a follow-up to a story yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the World Health Organization (WHO) put out a joint press release confirming and providing more details on the two human H5N1 avian influenza cases. The 7th case, an 8-year-old boy from Spean-Dek village, Prek-TunLoab Read More »