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New methodology to predict pandemics

(EurekAlert) EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid identification of disease outbreaks in the peer reviewed publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface. The article, authored by leading scientists in the fields of emerging disease ecology, biomathematics, computational biology and bioinformatics, Read More »

February 15, 2013
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Working together for better health estimates

(WHO) Global leaders in health statistics gathered in Geneva this week to discuss future possibilities of collaboration to improve current practices in health estimates. At a meeting hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), representatives from WHO, the United Nations Population Division and other UN agencies, the World Bank, development foundations, academic institutions and scientific Read More »

February 15, 2013
| Filed under International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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With Sequester, USDA Would Have “No Choice” But to Furlough Food Safety Inspectors

(FoodSafetyNews) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House have caused quite a stir in food and agriculture circles by warning that budget sequestration could lead to a two-week furlough of federal meat inspectors, which would effectively halt American meat and poultry processing.

February 14, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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NIAID Establishing New Genomic Centers for Infectious Diseases

(GlobalBiodefense) The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced a new initiative to establish Genomic Centers for Infectious Diseases as a collaborative program that will utilize a combination of next generation sequencing and related genomic technologies, bioinformatics capabilities and computational analyses to understand infectious diseases, with a focus on the pathogen and Read More »

February 13, 2013
| Filed under International and Policy & Initiatives
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FDA Report Supports Botulinum Antidote

(NTI) A new report by U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff indicates an antidote to the lethal botulinum toxin could be safely and effectively used in humans, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Canada-based biopharmaceutical firm Cangene in 2006 received a U.S. contract now worth $476 million for final preparation and production of 200,000 doses of the Read More »