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Anthrax scare in Durban, 15 treated

(Independent Online) Fifteen people, including five police officers, were treated in hospital on Wednesday for possible anthrax contamination after coming into contact with an envelope containing suspicious white powder. The envelope, received by an unidentified business on Che Guevara (Moore) Road around midday, contained an ominous warning, according to a source: “You think you are  Read More »

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 »

U.S. Completes Destruction of Sarin Precursors from Syria on the Cape Ray

(Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) All 581 metric tonnes of a precursor chemical for sarin gas that were removed from the Syrian Arab Republic and trans-loaded onto the U.S. Maritime Vessel Cape Ray in early July, have been destroyed with neutralisation technology aboard the ship while sailing in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea.  Read More »

WHO OKs use of experimental drugs for Ebola patients in West Africa

(Los Angeles Times) A World Health Organization panel advised Tuesday that it was ethical to use experimental, non-approved drugs to combat the Ebola virus in West Africa, and that five such treatments were being considered for “compassionate use”. “There was unanimous agreement among the experts,” said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general of health systems  Read More »

Limited Ebola Drugs Raise Ethical Questions

(Newsmax) A panel of ethicists convened by the World Health Organization Monday will begin weighing whether drugs that haven’t been widely tested for safety should be used in an outbreak where about 40 percent of infected people survive with just supportive care. If so, the panel members must address who gets the medicines, which so far  Read More »

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