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US DOD Partners with Cities, Countries on Biosurveillance

(Defence Professionals) In line with the first National Biosurveillance Strategy released last month, the Defense Department is working with U.S. cities and countries around the world to enhance capabilities needed to detect and track a range of natural or intentional global disease outbreaks. Biosurveillance involves using experts and a range of technologies to systematically gather,  Read More »

Swine Flu Kills 61-Year-Old Ohio Woman

Not transmissible to people through eating properly cooked pork The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Friday announced the nation's first known H3N2v-associated (swine flu) death. Testing involving a 61-year-old Madison County woman at the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory confirmed that the individual had been infected with the H3N2v influenza virus. The patient had multiple other underlying  Read More »

Soligenix reports positive results from Phase 1B trial of RiVax

(PBR) Soligenix has announced that the Phase 1B clinical trial demonstrated that the Aluminum hydroxide adjuvanted RiVax has induced immune responses in human volunteers. The adjuvanted RiVax was found to be safe and well tolerated in the study, conducted in healthy volunteers, and induced better ricin neutralising antibody levels in humans compared to adjuvant-free RiVax.  Read More »

What is hantavirus? A short(ish) explainer

(Los Angeles Times) During the Korean War, several thousand United Nations troops were stricken with a severe, mysterious disease called Korean hemorrhagic fever. It was characterized by high fever, internal bleeding, kidney failure and, frequently, death. The source of the illness remained a mystery for a quarter of a century until 1978, when South Korean  Read More »

Cantaloupe-Caused Salmonella Outbreak Not Over Yet

(Food Safety News) The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupes is continuing to grow. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Thursday added 26 confirmed cases in 12 states to the outbreak, which brings the total sickened to 204 from 22 states. Since the last CDC update on Aug. 23,  Read More »

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