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At least 1 in 5 were infected in flu pandemic, international study suggests

(EurekAlert) The highest rates of infection were in children, with 47 per cent of those aged five to 19 showing signs of having caught the virus. Older people were affected less, with only 11 per cent of people aged 65 or older becoming infected. The findings come from an international collaboration led by the World Read More »

January 28, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Cameroon Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(Global Security Newswire) Cameroon as of last week has become the 167th member nation to the Biological Weapons Convention, the United Nations announced. “The United States, as depository government, confirmed the accession of Cameroon to the convention” on Jan. 18, according to a statement from the U.N. Office at Geneva. The Biological Weapons Convention prohibits Read More »

January 25, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, and International
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Integrated neglected tropical disease control and elimination programs: A global health ‘best buy’

(EurekaAlert) A recently released report, entitled “Social and Economic Impact Review on Neglected Tropical Diseases,” highlights links between neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and socio-economic prosperity. Published by Hudson Institute’s Center for Science in Public Policy, in partnership with the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the paper found Read More »

January 17, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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UK Sees Spike in Norovirus Cases

(Food Safety News) There have been 3,538 laboratory confirmed Norovirus infections in the United Kingdom this fall and winter, according to new figures from the Health Protection Agency. This number marks an 83 percent increase from the number of cases recorded over the same time period last year, says the group. Almost 500 of this Read More »

December 31, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Iraqis suffer from effects of US biological weapons

(Press TV) An Iranian lawmaker says biological weapons used by the United States in Iraq have caused cancer among the people and defects in newborn babies. “Water and soil in Iraq have been contaminated by the American biological weapons which have caused various diseases among the Iraqi people,” Abed Fattahi said on Wednesday. The Iranian Read More »