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Study: Optimal treatment duration for MRSA-related pneumonia

(EurekAlert) The national practice guideline for treating MRSA-related pneumonia is seven to 21 days. A Henry Ford Hospital study found that effective treatment can be done in half the time. Researchers found that 40 percent of patients were treated for eight to 13 days on a therapy of the antibiotics vancomycin or linezolid, and had Read More »

October 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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Health Ministry Warns on Marburg Fever

(All Africa) The Ministry of Health (MoH) has called on the public to immediately report any signs or suspected cases of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, as steps are taken to prevent the deadly virus. The warning comes at a time when an outbreak of the deadly virus has been confirmed in neighbouring Uganda. On Friday, Uganda’s Read More »

October 22, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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DHS Releases Guide on Guarding Emergency Crews From Anthrax

(Global Security Newswire) Ensuring the safety of emergency response personnel in the seven days after a release of anthrax into the air of a major urban area is the focus of a paper published last month by the U.S. Homeland Security Department, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Thursday. The document Read More »

October 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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HHS seeks comments on risks of H5N1 research

(CIDRAP) Federal health officials are inviting the public to weigh in on whether research on H5N1 avian influenza viruses, including strains modified in the lab to make them more transmissible, is risky enough to require new safety regulations and precautions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wants to know if people think H5N1 Read More »

October 19, 2012
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Biodiversity Is Key In The Road Map To Food Security With No Role For GM Crops

(Counter Currents) There has been much talk around biological diversity and biosafety in the country as India was host to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (COP-11) and the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Read More »