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New H7N9 bird flu virus easily develops drug resistance

(CBC News) Resistance to the main flu drug Tamiflu seems to develop with some ease in infections with the new H7N9 bird flu, a concerning new study says. The work, published in the journal The Lancet, suggests that if this virus were to become easily transmitted among people, there might be minimal tools with which  Read More »

Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly closes with concern over new global health threat

(WHO) After seven days of intense discussions, the 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) concluded with agreement on a range of new public health measures and recommendations aimed at securing greater health benefits for all people, everywhere. In all, 24 resolutions and 5 decisions were adopted by the nearly 2000 delegates representing the World Health Organization’s  Read More »

Unique US-Chinese lab to head off H7N9 outbreak and future threats

New Tools to Hunt New Viruses

(TheNewYorkTimes) A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the SARS family has killed 22 people since it was found on the Arabian Peninsula last summer. In past years, this might have been occasion for panic. Yet chicken and pork sales  Read More »

Chapel Hill drug firm Cempra lands bioterror antibiotic contract worth up to $58M

(WRAL) Cempra (Nasdaq: CEMP) has won a contract worth as much as $58 million over five years from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for development of an antibiotic that could be used by young people and to counter bioterror threats. The company has secured a two-year deal worth $17 million to work  Read More »

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