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Cambodia reports 4th and 5th H5N1 avian influenza cases in two female pre-teens

(The Global Dispatch) The Kingdom of Cambodia appears to be showing a continuation of the increased numbers of human H5N1 avian influenza from 2013, where they reported 26 cases. The Cambodian Ministry of Health reported Thursday two additional cases of the dangerous virus in two girls, ages 10 and 11.

March 2, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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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 »

February 26, 2014
| Filed under Europe, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, and Research
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Biosafety Bill Holds Key For Agric Transformation

(Leadership) The Biosafety Bill currently before the National Assembly is the only instrument that can improve agriculture and change the nation’s fortunes, several federal lawmakers have asserted. They made this point at the Monsanto/National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) dinner in Abuja. The Senate committee chairman on science and technology, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, in his speech, Read More »

February 25, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Biosafety, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Saudi Arabian Camels Carry MERS Coronavirus

(Global Biodefense) An estimated three-quarters of camels recently surveyed in Saudi Arabia have evidence of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the virus responsible for human cases of MERS. Results of the new study establish for the first time that direct camel-to-human transmission is possible and provide a pathway to control the Read More »

February 25, 2014
| Filed under Middle East, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Biosafety, International, and Public Health
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South Korea in rare offer of aid to North for foot-and-mouth outbreak

(Reuters) South Korea has offered North Korea help with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, which would be the first government-level humanitarian help since 2010 and comes as ties between the rivals have been warming. North Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture said in state news agency report on Saturday at least 3,200 pigs had been Read More »