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New Video: Researchers Tracking Ebola in the Congo

(Global Biodefense) A new video highlights National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) scientists and their collaborators as they search for Ebola and other emerging viruses in a remote jungle in the Republic of the Congo. Researchers hope to learn how to prevent these viruses from causing infection and death in animals and humans.

October 5, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, International, and Public Health
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Another patient from Choa Saidan Shah confirmed for CCHF

(The International News) A 45-year-old male patient, undergoing treatment at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) since September 27 after being suspected as a patient of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), has been confirmed positive for the infection by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad. The hospital administration, however, claimed that the patient is out of danger Read More »

October 5, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Researchers Identify Deadly Congo Virus

(All Africa) An international research team has identified a previously unknown virus that caused two deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009. The unusual characteristics of the virus and its deadly consequences still puzzle the team, however, and research continues to better understand how the virus is transmitted and what might stop Read More »

October 3, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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NATO Pursues Unified Biothreat Alert Mechanism

(Global Security Newswire) NATO could use a French-controlled disease monitoring technology as part of a planned system for detecting potential biological strikes against its military assets, the alliance said on Monday. To date, the “ASTER” equipment has served to warn of spikes in natural infections among French and German armed personnel in Djibouti, enabling the Read More »

October 3, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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India takes the chair, to guide world on biosafety

(Deccan Chronicle) ndia formally took over the reins of conserving the world’s biological diversity on Monday, with a call to nations to speed up the process of ratifying the Cartagena Protocol on bio-safety and sustainable use of biological resources. The change in guard took place at the start of the three-week Conference of Parties (COP-11) Read More »