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Gold dust in fight against pandemics

(BusinessWeekly) UK scientists have devised a rapid new flu test using gold particles that could help prevent pandemics erupting across the globe. They have already developed a similar sensor for detecting cholera in contaminated water supplies.

December 2, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – update

(WorldHealthOrganization) On 27 November, 2013, the National IHR Focal Point of Qatar notified WHO that the Supreme Council for Health and the Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM) of the Ministry of Health and the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, have detected Middle East Respiratory Read More »

November 29, 2013
| Filed under Middle East, North America, and Public Health
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Public health data to help fight deadly contagious diseases

(ScienceDaily) In an unprecedented windfall for public access to health data, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers have collected and digitized all weekly surveillance reports for reportable diseases in the United States going back more than 125 years.

November 29, 2013
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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2009 pandemic flu death toll much higher than official worldwide estimates

(Eurekalert) A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization’s count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. The study, which appears online in PLOS Medicine, Read More »

November 27, 2013
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Public Health
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FDA approves first adjuvanted vaccine for prevention of H5N1 avian influenza

(MedicalNewsToday) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first adjuvanted vaccine for the prevention of H5N1 influenza, commonly known as avian or bird flu. The vaccine, Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Monovalent Vaccine, Adjuvanted, is for use in people 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to the Read More »