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Resistant Malaria Spreads to Critical Border Regions

August 7, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, and Research
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Ebola Outbreak ‘Not in the Cards’ for U.S., CDC Director Says – NBC News.com

August 7, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins and International
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Water Safe To Drink in Ohio’s Fourth Largest City

(Associated Press) Two days after warning some 400,000 people in Ohio and Michigan not to drink their tap water, the mayor of Ohio’s fourth-largest city declared on Monday that the water was now safe and took a sip.The city lifted the advisory after dozens of tests over the weekend showed an algae-induced toxin contaminating Lake Read More »

August 4, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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U.S. CDC lab inspectors may have risked public safety: documents

(Reuters) U.S. laboratory inspectors charged with protecting the public from the release of deadly pathogens were repeatedly criticized by a federal watchdog for overlooking biosafety lapses long before this year’s anthrax scare at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Newly released federal documents show that oversight gaps at the CDC Division of Select Read More »

August 4, 2014
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Nigeria Confirms Doctor as 2nd Ebola Case

(Associated Press) Authorities in Nigeria on Monday announced a second case of Ebola in Africa’s most populous country, an alarming setback as the total death toll from the disease in several West Africa countries shot up by more than 150 to 887.

August 4, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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