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Polio virus strain in Syria confirmed as being from Pakistan, WHO said

(FoxNews) Polio that has crippled at least 13 children in Syria has been confirmed as being caused by a strain of the virus that originated in Pakistan and is spreading across the Middle East, the World Health Organization said. Genetic sequencing shows the strain found in Syrian children in Deir al-Zor, where an outbreak was  Read More »

Typhoon Corpses Horrifying But Not a Disease Threat

(ABCNews) Corpses are lying where they died in areas devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, bloating and decomposing because no one is available to remove them. The sight may be horrifying, but for years people have assumed that they cause disease – a fact doctors say is simply not true. Although infectious diseases like smallpox used to  Read More »

U.S. Sees Progress in Central Asian Biosecurity

(NuclearThreatInitiative) Developing countries in Central Asia are making notable strides in their attempts to increase their governmental capacity to guard against biological-weapon threats, according to the U.S. State Department. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Simon Limage on Friday noted how countries in the region — which stretches from the Caspian Sea in the  Read More »

One of 2 remaining types of polio may be wiped out

(TheCanadianPress) The effort to rid the world of polio is too often a journey of one step forward and two steps back, with the heartbreaking news that polio is crippling toddlers in war-ravaged Syria the most recent evidence of that stuttering progress. Still, there is some good news on the polio front. Sunday marks one  Read More »

Cambodian Ministry of Health reports 23rd case of avian influenza H5N1

(VaccineNewsDaily) The Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the 23rd case of avian influenza H5N1 in Cambodia this year, and asked that Cambodians take precautions against contracting the virus. The 23rd victim was a two-year-old girl from the Svay Chrum village, Borng Bort Kandal commune, Bakane district, Pursat province. The girl developed  Read More »

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