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Woman dies after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with ANTHRAX

(Mail Online) A woman has died after injecting herself with heroin contaminated with anthrax. An inquest has been opened after Claire Skelton, 42, from Rochester, Kent, died at King’s College Hospital in London on December 9. The cause of death was given as anthrax and intravenous drug abuse. Her death is the third in Britain Read More »

December 20, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Most virulent form of dengue outbreak alarms national capital

(Times of India) Delhi is seeing an outbreak of the most dangerous and virulent form of dengue virus this season. Genetic analysis of the virus strains in circulation in India has shown that the national Capital is seeing a massive circulation of dengue virus serotype 2 that causes hemorrhagic fever, triggering a high mortality rate. Read More »

December 19, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Experts to Vet Proposed U.S. Rules on Bird Flu Studies

(Global Security Newswire) An Obama administration proposal to conduct special evaluations of federal grant requests for weapon-sensitive avian influenza research is set to go under the microscope this week at a gathering of public health officials and experts from around the world. The two-day event — scheduled to begin on Monday at the main campus Read More »

December 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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New report signals slowdown in the fight against malaria

(WHO news) During the past decade, a concerted effort by endemic countries, donors and global malaria partners led to strengthened malaria control around the world. The scale-up of malaria prevention and control interventions had the greatest impact in countries with high malaria transmission; 58% of the 1.1 million lives saved during this period were in Read More »

December 18, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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How Ebola sneaks past immune system

(Futurity) Ebola virus is the causative agent of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF), a disease with up to 90 percent mortality. While human outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have been confined to Africa, Ebola virus infections in bats, the presumed natural reservoir of the virus, have also been detected in Europe and Asia. Ebola virus infection Read More »