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Cameroon Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(Global Security Newswire) Cameroon as of last week has become the 167th member nation to the Biological Weapons Convention, the United Nations announced. “The United States, as depository government, confirmed the accession of Cameroon to the convention” on Jan. 18, according to a statement from the U.N. Office at Geneva. The Biological Weapons Convention prohibits  Read More »

UK Sees Spike in Norovirus Cases

(Food Safety News) There have been 3,538 laboratory confirmed Norovirus infections in the United Kingdom this fall and winter, according to new figures from the Health Protection Agency. This number marks an 83 percent increase from the number of cases recorded over the same time period last year, says the group. Almost 500 of this  Read More »

Sudan’s yellow fever outbreak ‘worst for 20 years’

(BBC) Experts say the outbreak of yellow fever gripping Sudan is the worst the world has seen in at least 20 years. More than 800 suspected cases of the mosquito-spread disease have been reported across the Darfur region since the outbreak began in October. The virus, which can cause jaundice and kidney failure, has killed  Read More »

Woman dies after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with ANTHRAX

(Mail Online) A woman has died after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with anthrax. An inquest has been opened after Claire Skelton, 42, from Rochester, Kent, died at King’s College Hospital in London on December 9. The cause of death was given as anthrax and intravenous drug abuse. Her death is the third in Britain  Read More »

New report signals slowdown in the fight against malaria

(WHO news) During the past decade, a concerted effort by endemic countries, donors and global malaria partners led to strengthened malaria control around the world. The scale-up of malaria prevention and control interventions had the greatest impact in countries with high malaria transmission; 58% of the 1.1 million lives saved during this period were in  Read More »

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