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Controversy Continues After Engineered-Bird Flu-Study Published

(Wired News) After months of controversy, an experiment describing how H5N1 avian influenza can be modified into potentially human-contagious forms was published today. The study was originally submitted to the journal Nature in 2011. Concern that its details, along with those in a similar, as-yet-unpublished experiment, could be turned to malevolent ends delayed its publication.

Controversial Bird-Flu Research Published: How Worried Should We Be?

(Scientific American) A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu,  Read More »

Nation Sells FMD Vaccine to Egypt

(AllAfrica.com) Botswana Vaccine Institute has for the first time sold Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine to Egypt where an outbreak of the disease has been reported. BVI General Manager Onkabetse Matlho told a media briefing yesterday that they were sending the first batch next Monday. He said they have received an order of 2 million  Read More »

After epic debate, avian flu research sees light of day

(ScienceDaily) After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published on May 3, 2012.

Foot-and-mouth disease reported in Gaza Strip

(FAO news) The detection in the Gaza Strip of a new case of a novel strain of foot-and-mouth disease underscores the importance of maintaining – and intensifying – international efforts to stop the virus from spreading further in the Middle East and North Africa. With vaccines against the SAT2 virus still in short supply, the  Read More »

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