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Bill Gates Says Expect Polio Eradication by 2018, Measles and Malaria, You’re Next

(GOOD) Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft turned global health pioneer through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, did a Reddit AMA on Monday, and discussed everything from polio vaccination to how he used to jump over chairs to train for what he called his “hard core” skiing habit. We’ve pulled together his best Read More »

February 12, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Takeo Girl Fifth to Die From H5N1

(CambodiaDaily )A 5-year-old girl died of avian influenza on Thursday, the fifth person to die from the highly contagious virus in Cambodia since January 21, the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health said in a joint statement on Friday. The girl, from Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district, had been in regular contact with Read More »

February 11, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Egypt

(WHO) In Egypt, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was isolated from sewage samples collected on 2 and 6 December 2012 in two areas of greater Cairo. Virus has been detected in sewage only; no case of paralytic polio has been reported. Genetic sequencing shows that the virus strains are closely related to virus from northern Read More »

February 11, 2013
| Filed under Africa, Biosafety, and Public Health
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Two test positive for bird flu H5N1 virus in China, health ministry reports – GlobalPost

China DailyTwo test positive for bird flu H5N1 virus in China, health ministry reportsGlobalPostTwo people in Guiyang, southwest China, had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus and were critically ill, the Chinese health ministry said via state media. Xinhua reported that a woman, 21, and man, 31, tested positive for the H5N1 bird Read More »

February 10, 2013
| Filed under Public Health
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Farmers, Traders Count Losses As Foot-and-Mouth Disease Persists

(AllAfrica) Livestock farmers and traders in Nyagatare and Gatsibo districts are counting losses as foot and mouth disease that infected livestock in area some three months ago continues. The disease attacks the feet of livestock, paralysing their limbs. Musheri and Rwimiyaga (Nyagatare), Rwembogo, Kabarore (Gatsibo) sectors are the most affected areas. Proprietors of butcheries, dairies Read More »