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TB, HIV and malaria vaccine research gets major boost

(EurekAlert) Aeras, a nonprofit biotech advancing TB vaccines for the world, the University of Oxford and Okairos, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in T-cell vaccines, today announced a $2.9 million grant to Aeras in support of a collaboration among the three parties to support the development of vaccines against tuberculosis, HIV and malaria.

May 7, 2013
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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GE Crop Risk Assessment Challenges: An Overview

(FoodSafetyNews) There have been dramatic changes in the transgenic composition of GE corn and soybeans over the last five years, coupled with a substantial increase in reliance on pesticides and Bt toxins.

May 6, 2013
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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The Changing Landscape of Global Health Diplomacy

(CSIS) In late 2012, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center organized a working group to analyze the opportunities for global health diplomacy in Barack Obama’s second term. This volume presents those analyses. Taken together, the studies show that the world of global health diplomacy is quite dynamic at the moment, with new partners setting trends Read More »

May 3, 2013
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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The risks of H7N9 infection mapped

(EurekAlert) A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is presented in Biomed Central’s open access journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty today. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to infer future risk and to advise on ways to prevent infection. As of Read More »

May 3, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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Aus-NZ action plan targets foot and mouth threat

(NewZealandHerald) A new action plan between Australia and New Zealand will see defences strengthened against the threat of foot and mouth disease. Australia and New Zealand will work together to develop a trans-Tasman foot and mouth action plan. Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy and Australian Minister for Agriculture Senator Joe Ludwig announced the two Read More »