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Global Update: Japan Is on High Alert as a Virus Infiltrates Bird-Heavy Regions

Several species of migratory birds have been found dead of what appeared to be H5N1 avian influenza.

January 6, 2011
| Filed under Public Health
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CDC Reports 1 in 6 Get Sick from Foodborne Illnesses Each Year

About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

December 15, 2010
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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TFAH Releases Ready or Not? 2010

The eighth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report was released today by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ready or Not? provides the public and policymakers with an independent analysis of the progress and vulnerabilities in the nation’s public health preparedness. 14 Read More »

December 14, 2010
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Uganda Scrambling To ID New Deadly Disease

KAMPALA — Uganda is working “around the clock” with international health experts to identify an unprecedented illness that has killed 38 people in the north of the country, an official told AFP on Wednesday.

December 9, 2010
| Filed under Africa and Public Health
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Food Safety Bill Hits Trouble

Senator and House leaders expect to spend the weekend looking for a way around a technical snafu that could scuttle a broadly supported food-safety bill over two years in the making. But it may not matter, as some representatives from agricultural states may vote against it because of an amendment they fear will hurt the Read More »