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Mosquito Wars: Secret Bioweapons Development In Nazi Germany

(Science 2.0) The Nazis studied everything to gain an advantage. Those stories about mysticism and artifacts aren’t wrong, and the advanced weapons projects are well known, that is why US President Harry Truman authorized “Operation Paperclip” to recruit their scientists and engineers, rather than just kidnapping them the way Communist leaders in the USSR did. Read More »

February 14, 2014
| Filed under Europe, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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H5N1 death of Alberta nurse may have been from illegal Chinese poultry market

(Calgary Sun) An illegal poultry market may be to blame for the H5N1 death of an Alberta woman. That’s according to a letter to the editor to the Journal of Infection by Chinese researchers in Beijing. The researchers drew parallels between the Jan. 8, 2014, case and a Jan. 6, 2009, case where a 19-year-old Read More »

February 14, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, and International
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Dengue Fever on the Rise in Southeast Asia

(The Diplomat) In Malaysia, the signs are ominous. The coming wet season is already shaping up as potentially the worst on record for dengue fever with regional governments stepping up efforts to limit the spread of the potentially deadly disease. Twenty-two people have already died in Malaysia this year from dengue, almost triple the number Read More »

February 14, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health
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allAfrica.com: Uganda: CDC Health Projects Improve Disease Detection and Control

February 12, 2014
| Filed under International
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CDC Grand Rounds: Discovering New Diseases via Enhanced Partnership Between Public Health and Pathology Experts

February 12, 2014
| Filed under International
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