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Danish initiative strengthens biosecurity and improves health in East Africa

(Bio Prep Watch) The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that they will work together on a pilot project to improve biosecurity and health in East Africa. The Danish Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness at Statens Serum Institute under the Ministry of Health will Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Europe, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Influenza virus H7N9 now detected in southern China increasing risk of cross-border spread

(FAO) The spread of the H7N9 virus among poultry in live bird markets (LBM) in China’s Guangxi Province has significantly increased the risk that it will progressively spread to other neighbouring countries of China, posing an increased human health risk, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. The virus, which produces no Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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H5N1 avian influenza: First human case reported in Cambodia in 2014

(The Global Dispatch) After reporting 26 human H5N1 avian influenza cases in 2013, by far the most of any country, the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced their first case of the lethal bird flu on 2014, according to a Ministry of Health press release Feb. 4. The case is a 5-year-old boy from Chongda village, Read More »

February 4, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health
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Bacterial Toxin a Potential Trigger for Multiple Sclerosis |

(Global Biodefense) Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have added to the growing body of evidence that multiple sclerosis may be triggered by a toxin produced by common foodborne bacteria, in research presented recently at the 2014 ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting.

February 4, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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US Safer When CDC Works With Other Countries to Fight Infectious Diseases

(Infection Control Today) According to an article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pilot projects between CDC and Uganda and CDC and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in disease detection and response that may serve as a model for increasing global Read More »