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Early warning system for epidemics

(EurekAlert) Cholera has been all but eradicated in Europe, but this bacterial, primarily waterborne disease still claims thousands of lives in Africa every year. Scientists are examining the effects various environmental factors have on cholera epidemics in Uganda. As part of this work, the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB in Read More »

February 22, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Health security effort to boost global disease response

(The Dolphin) Top administration officials joined representatives from federal agencies and 26 nations to launch an international effort that will help to boost the global capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks, Feb. 13. At the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Lisa Monaco, assistant to the Read More »

February 20, 2014
| Filed under Agriculture, Biosafety, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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Vaccination decisions and the spread of disease strongly influenced by social norms

(Medical News Today) Our response to societal pressures about vaccination has a direct effect on the spread of pediatric infectious diseases in areas where inoculation is not mandatory, says new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. By incorporating social norms into predictive mathematical modelling, a research team from the University of Guelph Read More »

February 18, 2014
| Filed under Europe, International, Public Health, and Research
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Hours to save the world: New software program aims to stop deadly pandemic spread

(Fox News) It’s a terrifying doomsday scenario: A novel infectious disease is sweeping through the world’s population, and health officials have only a day or two to stop its deadly spread. While this may sound like the plot of a movie thriller, health officials argue that an event of this kind could become a reality Read More »

February 17, 2014
| Filed under Biosafety, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Powerful Bacterial Immune Response Defined by New Study

(Global Biodefense) T-cells, the elite guard of the immune system in humans and other mammals, ignore normal biologic protocol and swing into high gear when attacked by certain fast-moving bacteria, reports a team of researchers led by a UC Davis immunologist. The description of this immune pathway provides new information vital for designing vaccines and Read More »