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Hospital Bioterrorism Unit Serves as a Tuberculosis Ward

(Security Management) A hi-tech renovation at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center was added to the emergency room to help respond to biological attacks. The $53-million containment unit can hold up to 30 patients. A pressure controlled air circulation system reduces the spread of airborne disease. A UV light eradicates germs in air leaving the ward. In  Read More »

Sanctuary chimps show high rates of drug-resistant staph

(EurekAlert) Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant, human-associated strains of the bacteria Staphlyococcus aureus, a pathogen that the infected chimpanzees could spread to endangered wild ape populations if they were reintroduced to their natural habitat, a new study shows. The study by veterinarians, microbiologists and ecologists was the first to apply the same modern sequencing  Read More »

CDC: U.S. is at greater risk than ever from West Nile Virus

(Examiner) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says this last year’s mild winter and wet spring are contributing factors for the worst West Nile Virus outbreak since the disease was first detected in the United States in 1999. As of August 14, at least 693 cases reported across the nation, including 28 deaths, more cases  Read More »

WINDMILL COUNTRY: Anthrax deaths rising, but few cases in Texas

(Go San Angelo) Already several cases of anthrax have been confirmed in the Lone Star State this year by the Texas Animal Health Commission. But more than 60 animals on ranches in Colorado have died from anthrax within the past several weeks. About 40 sheep were diagnosed with anthrax in Irion County in late July,  Read More »

Burning Question: Do Germs Spread on Airport Security Lines?

(The Wall Street Journal) We live in a germy world, says William Schaffner, infectious-disease specialist and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. “If we went down to Times Square and began culturing people’s noses, something like 10% to 20% of them carry the antibiotic-resistant  Read More »

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