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Farmers fighting plague of pests – Times LIVE

Red Meat Producers' Organisation chairman Gerhard Schutte said the government had been warned of a possible foot-and-mouth scourge several months before the February outbreak in northern KwaZulu-Natal. "It is a capacity problem at this stage – it is …

Row at WHO meeting over smallpox – News24

Geneva – The World Health Organisation on Monday held a stormy discussion over the future of smallpox virus samples, which Russia and the US are seeking to preserve while others want them destroyed. The question surrounding the destruction of the last …

Fate of last smallpox virus samples to be determined today

The World Health Organization officially declared in 1979 that smallpox has been eradicated; in the three decades since the WHO declaration, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Russian government laboratory near Novosibirsk have been the last two places to keep samples of the smallpox virus; during this time,  Read More »

Ebola Case Spurs Concern in Uganda

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — (KAMPALA, Uganda) – Health officials in Uganda are rushing to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that killed a 12-year old girl, and say signs point to it being an isolated case. None of the more than 30 people who had close contact with the girl have tested  Read More »

World Health Assembly opens 64th session in Geneva

CIDRAP — Delegates from 193 countries met today in Geneva at the start of the World Health Assembly (WHA), which will address several infectious disease topics, including a report from an independent pandemic review committee, a virus-sharing agreement, and the fate of the world’s remaining smallpox virus stocks. The WHA is the decision-making body of  Read More »

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