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Obama Cautions Syria on WMD Usage

(Global Security Newswire) Any attempt by the Syrian government to employ or strategically field biological or chemical weapons would cross a “red line” that could lead the United States to change its posture on dealing with the Assad regime’s attempt to remain in power, Reuters quoted President Obama as saying on Monday. “A red line for us is (if) Read More »

August 21, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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Retailers Respond to Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak

(Food Safety News) Grocery retailers such as Wal Mart, Kroger and Valu Market are reassuring customers that none of the cantaloupes in their stores are those affected by the ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes grown at an unnamed farm in southwestern Indiana that have killed 2 people and sickened at least 141 across 20 Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo

(AlertNet) An outbreak of Ebola has killed one person and is believed to have infected three others over the last week in northeastern Congo, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday. The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Oriental province, which shares a border with Uganda, but the Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Will the Candidates Tell Us about Their Policies on Pandemics and Biosecurity?

(Scientific American) A new strain of H3N2 influenza virus transmitted from pigs to humans has caused U.S. patient cases to spike in the past two weeks. During the same time period, an Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda killed at least 14 people. Both these outbreaks are demanding cooperation among scientists and political leaders. Back in Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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British anthrax death sparks outbreak concern

(Reuters) A British drug user has died from anthrax, health authorities said on Friday, triggering concerns a European outbreak of the rare infection among people who inject heroin may be worsening. The user was possibly infected by contaminated heroin and there were at least seven other similar cases across Europe, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) Read More »