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Boosting Biosecurity Crucial to Protecting Your Farm from PED Virus

(Farms) Pig producers are encouraged to ramp up their on-farm biosecurity measures to help prevent the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus entering Canada. The first PED virus case was discovered in the United States in May, which has spread to over 100 herd spanning 11 states. Officials confirm that the virus hasn’t spread across the Read More »

June 17, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Agriculture
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Update to Interim Guidance for Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for the Prevention of HIV Infection: PrEP for Injecting Drug Users

(CDC) On June 12, 2013, the Thailand Ministry of Health and CDC published results from a randomized controlled trial of a daily oral dose of 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) that showed efficacy in reducing the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among injecting drug users (IDUs) (1). Based on these findings, Read More »

June 14, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

(WHO) The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has announced an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The first patient is a 63-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions from the Eastern region, the second patient is a 75-year-old man with underlying medical conditions from Al-Ahsa governorate and Read More »

June 14, 2013
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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No anthrax found on ‘suspicious’ letter received by Napa business Tuesday

(KTVU) A “suspicious” letter that caused a scare at a medical malpractice insurance company in Napa on Tuesday contained no anthrax, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI said Thursday. An employee at The Doctors Company at 185 Greenwood Road who opened a package around 7:50 a.m. saw the word “anthrax” and a substance Read More »

June 14, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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3 Severe E. coli Illnesses in MA Town

(FoodSafteyNews) Since May 20, three women have been admitted to Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., suffering from severe E. coli infections in an apparent outbreak now under investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. A spokeswoman for the state health department confirmed the investigation to Food Safety News after our reporters received a forwarded Read More »