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By Region: Asia/Pacific

Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in Xinjiang

(ChinaOrg) China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Tuesday that foot-and-mouth disease infections were confirmed in cows in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. On April 8, a farm in Lop County in Xinjiang’s Hotan Prefecture reported that 12 cows showed suspected signs of the disease, according to the MOA.

April 18, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans

(EurekAlert) A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic. The collaborative study, conducted by a group led by Masato Tashiro of the Influenza Virus Research Read More »

April 15, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Briefing on H7N9 Avian Flu – China – Los Alamos Daily Post

(LosAlamosDailyPost) As of April 9, there are 24 cases of humans infected with H7N9 avian influenza in China, seven proved fatal. All 24 cases have occurred in eastern China, within four neighboring provinces: Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Currently, there are more than 530 contacts of those confirmed cases under investigation. An epidemiological link has Read More »

April 12, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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War With North Korea Smallpox and Bioweapons Are the Real Threat Not Nukes

(PolicyMic) The good news is, despite threats last week that American targets would be “reduced to ashes and flames the moment the first attack is unleashed,” it is doubtful that North Korea can strike the United States with a missile. We should be safe from their nukes, at least as long as they don’t atomize Read More »

April 11, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Research
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DNDi welcomes the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT)

(EurekAlert) The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), based in Geneva, Switzerland, and DNDi Japan, based in Tokyo, welcome the launch of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT), an initiative supported by the Japanese government, several Japanese pharmaceutical companies, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.