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Compound Discovered at Sea Shows Potency Against Anthrax, MRSA

(InfectionControlToday) A team led by William Fenical at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered a new chemical compound from an ocean microbe in a preliminary research finding that could one day set the stage for new treatments for anthrax and other infections such as those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Read More »

July 18, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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H7N9 influenza strain resistant to antivirals, but tests fail to identify resistance

(EurekAlert)Some strains of the avian H7N9 influenza that emerged in China this year have developed resistance to the only antiviral drugs available to treat the infection, but testing for antiviral resistance can give misleading results, helping hasten the spread of resistant strains. The authors of a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of Read More »

July 16, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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Cambodia bird flu outbreak continues with 14th case

(GlobalPost) Cambodia’s outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza continues apace as the summer wears on, with a 3-year-old boy becoming the 14th victim this year and the 35th case confirmed in the Southeast Asian nation since records began to be kept. The Cambodian Ministry of Health has deployed a rapid response team to Prey Veng’s Kampong Read More »

July 16, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, International, and Public Health
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UW-Madison study: New bird flu in China could cause global outbreak

(TheJournalTimes) A new kind of bird flu that has killed 43 people in China shows potential in the lab for sparking a global outbreak, according to a study by UW-Madison researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka. “We don’t know how many more changes are needed for this virus to cause a pandemic,” said Kawaoka, a flu expert whose Read More »

July 11, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Public Health, and Research
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New Infectious Diseases like MERS Remains a Major Threat

(Time) About a week and a half ago, I was lucky enough to be walking through San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on a purely perfect northern California summer day. I was thinking what I usually think whenever I visit the Bay Area: “Why don’t I live here?” (The BART transit strike that began the next Read More »