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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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The Deadliest Virus

(HarvardMagazine) Bird flu (H5N1) has receded from international headlines for the moment, as few human cases of the deadly virus have been reported this year. But when Dutch researchers recently created an even more deadly strain of the virus in a laboratory for research purposes, they stirred grave concerns about what would happen if it Read More »

February 15, 2013
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CDC Reports More Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Chicken

(FoodSafetyNews) At least 124 people are now known to have been sickened in the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to chicken, reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday. The announcement was made after Oregon and Washington’s state health departments announced early that day that they had recorded 56 and 43 illnesses linked Read More »

February 15, 2013
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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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Bird Flu Reported In German Poultry Farm – Medical News Today

International Business TimesBird Flu Reported In German Poultry FarmMedical News TodayInitial tests confirm H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) infection in a duck farm in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, authorities announced today. Environment Ministry officials say that H5N1 was initially suspected when the poultry farm, which was carrying …Bird Flu Death In China Sparks Fear Of Human-Transmitted Read More »