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The Next Horrible Virus Outbreak Might Be Our Fault

(Gizmodo) SARS feels like as much a distant memory of the 2000s as Sean Paul songs, but it’s very much alive. In fact, it’s breeding in labs around the world—and our own research could trigger the next epidemic. According to a recent, chilling report published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, we might be  Read More »

CDC: U.S. is at greater risk than ever from West Nile Virus

(Examiner) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says this last year’s mild winter and wet spring are contributing factors for the worst West Nile Virus outbreak since the disease was first detected in the United States in 1999. As of August 14, at least 693 cases reported across the nation, including 28 deaths, more cases  Read More »

WINDMILL COUNTRY: Anthrax deaths rising, but few cases in Texas

(Go San Angelo) Already several cases of anthrax have been confirmed in the Lone Star State this year by the Texas Animal Health Commission. But more than 60 animals on ranches in Colorado have died from anthrax within the past several weeks. About 40 sheep were diagnosed with anthrax in Irion County in late July,  Read More »

Burning Question: Do Germs Spread on Airport Security Lines?

(The Wall Street Journal) We live in a germy world, says William Schaffner, infectious-disease specialist and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. “If we went down to Times Square and began culturing people’s noses, something like 10% to 20% of them carry the antibiotic-resistant  Read More »

New book tells story of 10-year-old malaria project

(EurekAlert) Few infectious diseases can rival malaria’s ability to kill and cripple. Each year the disease causes hundreds of millions of people to be sickened and more than a million — mostly African children under the age of five — die. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of  Read More »

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