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UN puts off destroying last smallpox viruses
GENEVA (AP) — Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay. After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health Assembly agreed to Read More »
- May 24, 2011
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Smallpox-Destruction Deadline Delayed for 3 Years
WSJ – Global health officials agreed Tuesday to delay setting a deadline for destroying the last known stocks of smallpox for at least three years, in a compromise through which scientists will continue research to develop medicines to combat a potential bioterror attack. The consensus reached in Geneva by the World Health Assembly, the decision-making Read More »
- May 24, 2011
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Global vet shortage threatens food security
PARIS – Low numbers of veterinarians in both the private and public sectors of many countries pose a threat to world food security and safety since they play a pivotal role in all stages of the food chain. One-hundred-eight member countries of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) participated in a study titled “The Read More »
- May 24, 2011
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Farming breakthrough: Cattle plague bites the dust – AsiaOne
PARIS, FRANCE – In a moment that is being compared to the eradication of smallpox among humans, farming monitors on Wednesday will declare an ancient, devastating cattle disease has been stamped out after a nearly nine-decade effort. Rinderpest, a highly contagious and usually fatal viral disease also known as cattle plague, has been a curse Read More »
- May 24, 2011
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Iran at odds with US, Russia on smallpox stocks
GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) – Iran spearheaded opposition on Monday to a U.S. and Russian-backed plan to postpone fixing a date to destroy the world’s last known stocks of live smallpox virus. A debate over when to destroy stocks held in the United States and Russia has rumbled on for 25 years and resurfaced late Read More »
- May 24, 2011
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