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Bio-terrorism: Call for safety measures to avoid risks

(The Express Tribune) The workshop on “Raising Awareness on Dual Use Concerns in Biotechnology” was organised by Department of Biotechnology in collaboration with School of Politics and International Relations Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU). Speakers in their presentations highlighted the great risks associated with the misuse of knowledge and emerging techniques, such as creation of pathogens with Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Foot-and-Mouth Continues to Spread

(DailyNK) Foot-and-mouth disease appears to have spread throughout North Korea, with reports of infected cattle as far south as Kangwon Province. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced during a press conference on the 28th that at least four cattle with the highly contagious disease had been discovered at a cooperative farm near the Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and International
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Ebola: Guinea outbreak reaches capital Conakry

(Citifmonline) Guinea’s government has for the first time confirmed cases of the deadly Ebola virus in the capital Conakry. Until now, the 66 confirmed deaths have only been in rural areas, although there have been suspected cases, which have since proved negative, in the capital. There have also been suspected cases in neighbouring West African Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update

(WHO) On 27 March 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. A 55 year-old woman from Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. She became ill on 16 March and was admitted to hospital on 23 March. She is Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Rising number of bird flu cases in Cambodia under scrutiny

(ABC Australia) It was the highest number of human cases in the world and more than the total that Cambodia had recorded, since H5N1 was first detected there a decade ago. So far this year, another four Cambodians have died from avian influenza. This week, officials from Cambodia, Vietnam and international agencies have been meeting Read More »