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Global Health as a Bridge to Security

Our understanding of global health and its relationship to national security, the safety of our citizens, and the well-being of the wider global community has grown and evolved over time. It is now widely accepted that nations with healthy populations are more likely to be productive, prosperous, and peaceful. read more

Novel Coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom

(World Health Organization) On 22 September 2012, the United Kingdom (UK) informed WHO of a case of acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure with travel history to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Qatar. The case is a previously healthy, 49 year old male Qatari national that presented with symptoms on 3 September 2012  Read More »

Sarepta Therapeutics’ Ebola and Marburg drugs granted ‘Fast Track’ status

(Examiner) Cambridge, Massachusetts biotechnology company, Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. announced Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted Fast Track status for the development of two of its drug candidates. According to a Sept. 18 Sarepta press release, the infectious disease drug candidates, AVI-7288 and AVI-7537, for the treatment of Marburg virus and  Read More »

FDA Spends $17 Million to Go After Pathogens Faster

(Food Safety News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is spending $17 million on technology it hopes will be fast enough to catch fresh produce with pathogen contamination. FDA has awarded a five-year contract to Illumina Inc, a San Diego-based technology company involved in accelerating genetic research. Illumina will provide FDA with its MiSeq  Read More »

Ebola Victim Delivers Child Prior to Death

(Global Biodefense) An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, including that of a woman who had just given birth, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. On Saturday, a baby born prematurely in the isolation centre in Isiro — the epicenter of  Read More »

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