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Ebola Clinic Is Looted In Liberian Capital’s Largest Slum

(The World Post) Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including blood-stained sheets and mattresses. The violence in the West Point slum occurred late Saturday and was led by residents angry that patients were brought from other parts  Read More »

In CDC bird flu mix-up, U.S. agency cites sloppy science, failed reporting

(Reuters) A U.S. government scientist working with bird flu rushed through lab procedures in order to get to a staff meeting, setting off what could have been a fatal mishap, health officials said on Friday. They said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lab worker, who was not identified, allotted only about  Read More »

Contaminated sausages ‘kill 12 people’ in Denmark listeria outbreak

(The Independent) A listeria outbreak caused by contaminated sausages is believed to have caused the deaths of at least 12 people in Denmark. Officials traced the deadly bacteria back to a meat producer in Hedehusene, near Copenhagen.

Biological Weapons Convention Experts Meeting Concludes

(United Nations Office at Geneva) The 2014 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 August 2014.  Formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, the Convention was  Read More »

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 »

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