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Iranian general warns of bio-warfare

(WND) Viruses can be turned into easily concealed weapons with high epidemic powers that could contaminate food, water and animals, Iran has warned. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, in a recent event discussing defensive and offensive measures for cyber-attacks and viruses, talked about the strategic importance of using viruses as weapons Read More »

June 4, 2013
| Filed under Middle East, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Public Health Ministry warns Thais of 17 monsoon diseases

(PattayaMail) The Public Health Ministry has expressed its concerns on people catching diseases during the wet season, while disclosing that nearly 900,000 people were found sick during the rainy season of 2012, with 764 fatalities. As Thailand has now entered the monsoon season, Dr. Pradit Sintavanarong, Minister of Public Health, has warned people to be Read More »

June 4, 2013
| Filed under North America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Bavarian Nordic’s IMVANEX(r) Smallpox Vaccine Receives Positive Opinion From European Regulatory Authorities

(TheWallStreetJournal) Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for IMVANEX(r) for active immunization against smallpox disease for the general adult population, including people with immunodeficiencies (people diagnosed with Read More »

June 3, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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China confirms foot-and-mouth disease cases

(ThePeninsula) Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Thursday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in west China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. The ministry said eight cattle started showing signs of the disease on May 24 in a village near the regional capital of Lhasa, according to Xinhua news agency. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Read More »

May 31, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and International
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Possible Pandemic: Is MERS the New SARS?

(NationalGeographic) A 65-year-old man infected with a new SARS-like virus died of multiple organ failure on Monday in France. He was the first French patient to die from the condition, which is known as Middle East Respiratory Symptom Coronavirus, or MERS-CoV. As of Wednesday, 49 people have been infected with the virus since September; of Read More »