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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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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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Faster anthrax detection could speed bioterror response

(R&D) Shortly following the 9/11 terror attack in 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to news outlets and government buildings killing five people and infecting 17 others. According to a 2012 report, the bioterrorism event cost $3.2 million in cleanup and decontamination. At the time, no testing system was in place that officials could Read More »

February 27, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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Faster Anthrax Detection Could Speed Bioterror Response and Save Millions in Decontamination Costs, MU Study Finds

(Health News) According to a 2012 report, the bioterrorism event cost $3.2 million in cleanup and decontamination. At the time, no testing system was in place that officials could use to screen the letters. Currently, first responders have tests that can provide a screen for dangerous materials in about 24-48 hours. Now, researchers at the Read More »

February 26, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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European Gram-Negative Antibacterial Engine

(Global Biodefense) Over 30 European universities, research institutes, and companies, led by GlaxoSmithKline and Uppsala University, are joining forces in a 6-year programme supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) to develop novel antibiotics against Gram-negative pathogens in a project called ENABLE. Despite the growing epidemic of antibiotic resistance, only two new classes of antibiotics Read More »