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West Africa Ebola outbreak total tops 1,000

(University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) As 67 new Ebola virus disease (EVD) illnesses in Sierra Leone and Liberia pushed the outbreak total to 1,048 cases, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned about the risk of virus transmission from wildlife, especially fruit bats. Along with new infections, 19 Read More »

July 23, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, and Public Health
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Experts see flaws in promising dengue fever vaccine candidate

(Deutsche Welle) The most advanced vaccine candidate against dengue fever could prevent many deaths, its developers say. But some experts warn that the substance could even make things worse rather than effectively treat it.

July 21, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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New vaccine against five livestock diseases in progress

(Sci Dev Net) Scientists in South Africa are developing a combination vaccine with the potential to offer protection against five major livestock diseases. The first stage of the vaccine project was funded by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) through the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with 3.1 million Canadian dollars (almost Read More »

July 14, 2014
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agriculture, Countermeasures, International, and Research
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Soligenix Announces Combination Vaccine for Ricin and Anthrax Achieves Simultaneous Protection

(PR Newswire) Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat serious inflammatory diseases where there remains an unmet medical need, as well as developing several biodefense vaccines and therapeutics, announced today that the combination of RiVax™ and VeloThrax™ induces protective immunity to both ricin Read More »

July 14, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
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CDC Closes Labs After Anthrax, Bird Flu and Small Pox Scares

(The Wire) Days after the discovery of small pox vials in a NIH medical laboratory in Bethesda, the Center For Disease Control announced Friday that labs connected to anthrax and bird flu scares would be temporarily closed. “These events should never have happened,” CDC Director Tom Frieden said in a call with reporters Friday. The Read More »