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Malaria’s deadly grip revealed: Severe malaria breakthrough
(ScienceDaily) Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of blood vessels in severe cases of malaria. The discovery may advance the development of vaccines or drugs Read More »
- June 6, 2013
- | Filed under Africa, Europe, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
World Health Agency Gets a Grip on Its Budget
(ScientificAmerican) Just three years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) was in deep financial trouble, with a US$300-million deficit. Today the agency’s future looks healthier. Last week, the World Health Assembly — the annual gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, of health ministers of the WHO’s 194 governing member states — voted in favor of major budgetary Read More »
- June 5, 2013
- | Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
(WHO) The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The patient is a 14-year-old girl with underlying medical conditions who became ill on 29 May 2013. She is reported from the Eastern region, but not from Al-Ahsa where an outbreak began Read More »
- June 5, 2013
- | Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, International, and Public Health
Of Mosquitoes And Men: Scientists Discover How Disease-carrying Vectors Are Attracted To Humans
(Science2.0) Female mosquitoes are predators of mammalian blood, relying on blood proteins to lay their eggs. While certain mosquito species are attracted to mammals by their emission of body heat and carbon dioxide, other species, such as Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti, have evolved a strong lust for the smell of humans. Such mosquitoes are Read More »
- June 5, 2013
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
Bavarian Nordic’s IMVANEX(r) Smallpox Vaccine Receives Positive Opinion From European Regulatory Authorities
(TheWallStreetJournal) Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for IMVANEX(r) for active immunization against smallpox disease for the general adult population, including people with immunodeficiencies (people diagnosed with Read More »
- June 3, 2013
- | Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research