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By Region: Asia/Pacific

A novel coronavirus

(The Economist) MOST of the time, for most people, respiratory diseases such as influenza and the common cold are little more than a snotty inconvenience. Occasionally, though, the viruses that cause them mutate into something truly nasty. The Spanish flu of 1918 may have killed more people than the first world war. More recently, there  Read More »

Hoya Citings: Student contributes to foot-and-mouth disease research in Shanghai laboratory

(Vox Populi) Until this summer, Georgetown student David Schaffer (COL ’14) never thought he’d need to know how to say “flask” in Chinese. And no, this is was not his way to get to know Shanghai’s nightlife. Schaffer spent the summer in China at Shanghai’s State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering in Fudan University, scrambling  Read More »

Bird Flu Outbreaks Reported Around China

(TheEpochTimes) Outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza, better known as bird flu, have occurred across China this year. Information on bird flu’s spread in China was made public in January in a Hong Kong health report to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying that China was one of the 15 affected countries in the world with  Read More »

Veterinary expert questions panel’s findings

(The Business Recorder) A veterinary expert and another member of the same team objected to the findings of the medical team constituted under the directive of Sindh High Court. The team, led by a Dow Medical University expert, submitted its report, alleging anthrax infection in the imported sheep without actually testing for the fatal disease.  Read More »

The threat of bio-terrorism

(Alarabiya) This is not an article about a revolutionary weapon, which if it lands in the wrong hands would kill only a few people. This is a much bigger issue that must be taken seriously. In an unstable world where technology is advancing rapidly in both military and medical fields, it is important that the  Read More »