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Veterinarians, public safety responders rehearse animal disease outbreak in Cache County

(HJNews) WELLSVILLE — It almost looked like scenes out of a movie. Throughout Cache Valley this week, livestock-hauling trucks were stopped for inspection at the state border. Veterinarians in biosecurity “moon suits” examined animals. A command center was established where the state’s chief veterinarian and Homeland Security officials received briefings.

August 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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CDC advises travelers to Uganda to take steps to prevent Ebola

(Examiner) In light of the current outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in western Uganda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice offering prevention measures to avoid contracting the rare, but deadly virus. According to the CDC travel notice issued Wednesday, as of Tuesday, July 31, the current situation in Uganda is the death Read More »

August 2, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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U.S. Infectious Disease Chief Urges Flu Scientists to ‘Engage,’ Support H5N1 Research Moratorium

(Science Insider) A voluntary moratorium on potentially dangerous experiments aimed at understanding highly virulent strains of the H5N1 influenza virus should continue for the time being, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci told a meeting of flu scientists here. But, he added, scientists should redouble their efforts to engage with the Read More »

August 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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A Bird Flu Spreads in Seals. Could Humans Be Next?

(Time) Last fall, 162 harbor seal pups mysteriously washed up dead on the shores of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Puzzled, scientists conducted autopsies on five of the animals, which suggested that a respiratory infection had killed them. Samples of the seals’ tissue were then analyzed further and a common virus was discovered: a new strain of influenza that appeared to have Read More »

August 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Kenya free of Ebola fever as yet – Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Kenya free of Ebola fever as yetKenya Broadcasting CorporationBut even as the government moved to forestall fears that the hemorrhagic fever could hit the country the public in Siaya were on the edge with fear after a patient presented Ebola like symptoms at the Siaya District Hospital. The Head of Disease …