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Drug-resistant bacteria and lack of new antibiotics pose catastrophic threat

(Nature) The danger of antibiotic-resistant bacteria should be placed alongside pandemic influenza and terrorism on the UK government’s list of threats to national security, the country’s most senior medic has advised.

March 11, 2013
| Filed under Europe and Public Health
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Dengue and Fogging in Southeast Asia – Tips from the T-List

Dengue and Fogging in Southeast AsiaTips from the T-ListThere is no treatment for Dengue and a complication called Dengue hemorrhagic fever can be very serious or ( like all flu) even fatal. Dengue is common in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and the Caribbean. According to WHO reports, dengue has …

March 11, 2013
| Filed under Public Health
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CDC: Nightmare Resistant Bacteria Strain

(GlobalBiodefense) Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are urging hospitals to take preventative action against the spread of a deadly, antibiotic-resistant “nightmare” strain of bacteria. Enterobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria that commonly cause infections in health-care settings. Among Enterobacteriaceae, resistance to broad-spectrum carbapenem antimicrobials had been uncommon. However, a dramatic Read More »

March 8, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Bioterrorism and the Pandemic Potential

(WallStreetPit) Periodic media reports of bird flu, a new SARS-like virus and a case of drug-resistant tuberculosis have kept the world informed, but they have also contributed to a distorted perception of the true threat such contagions pose. Perhaps the greatest value of the media coverage is the opportunity it provides to discuss the uncertainties Read More »

March 8, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Bio attack/pandemic preparedness bill approved by Congress

(GovernmentSecurityNews) A bill that improves the ability of U.S. infrastructure to respond to a bio terror or pandemic has been approved by both the House and Senate and now awaits the president’s signature to become law. The bill, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 307), was passed by the House on March Read More »