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Florida Health Officials on Look Out For Bioattack Ahead of GOP Convention

(Global Security Newswire) Medical practitioners in the Tampa, Fla., area have been asked to be “extra vigilant” as they forward information on disease incidents to public health officials ahead of this month’s GOP convention, the Associated Press reported on Friday. Any signs of a biological weapons attack that could involve such highly infectious disease agents as plague Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Public Health
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BioWatch: Public Health Officials Respond to Criticisms

(Global Biodefense) The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) yesterday published an interesting summary of the public discourse on the BioWatch pathogen surveillance program following a highly critical investigative article published by a major newspaper last month. Days after the LA Times published the article, Alexander Garza, Chief Medical Officer for the Department Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Over 200 cases of Dengue fever in northeastern Mexico – KGBT-TV

Over 200 cases of Dengue fever in northeastern MexicoKGBT-TVOfficals have confirmed that there are 236 cases of Dengue fever in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The most infected areas are Tampico, Altamira and Reynosa. The majority of the cases are classic dengue, but 32 are reported to be hemorrhagic dengue.

August 18, 2012
| Filed under Public Health
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Turmeric spices up virus study

(Science Codex) The popular spice turmeric packs more than just flavor — it shows promise in fighting devastating viruses, Mason researchers recently discovered. Curcumin, found in turmeric, stopped the potentially deadly Rift Valley Fever virus from multiplying in infected cells, says Aarthi Narayanan, lead investigator on the new study and a research assistant professor with Read More »

August 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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FDA Issues Annual Food Safety Report to Congress

(Food Safety News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s annual report to Congress, released this week, offers an overview of what the agency has been up to over the past year. In FDA’s latest report, which is required by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, one thing is immediately clear: FDA has an enormous food safety mandate. Read More »