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Bird flu exercise held in Malaysia

(Vaccine News) An exercise to prepare for an H5N1 bird flu outbreak has been conducted in Kelantan, Malaysia, by multiple members of the area’s veterinary and health departments. The exercise in the city of Kampung Jintan included 80 officers from the two departments and was put into place in case the deadly disease spreads to Read More »

August 1, 2012
| Filed under Public Health and Research
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African swine fever virus outbreaks in Ukraine

(Interfax) African swine fever has been registered in Zaporizhia region, the State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine has reported. The report says that losses of pigs from the virus were registered in Komyshuvatka, Zaporizhia region in a private household. The possible source of infection could be people from Russia coming to Ukraine on holidays with meat products.

August 1, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, and Public Health
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Movie review: Strange Culture. – Scientific American (blog)

Scientific American (blog)Movie review: Strange Culture.Scientific American (blog)Strange Culture is a documentary about the arrest of artist and SUNY-Buffalo professor of art history Steve Kurtz on charges of bioterrorism, mail fraud, and wire fraud in 2004 after the death of his wife, Hope. At the time Strange Culture was released …

July 31, 2012
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Increase in Genomic Replikin Counts Predicted Recent Avian Flu (H5N1) Outbreak in Cambodia

(The Sacramento Bee) A marked increase in the H5N1 pB1 Lethality Gene Replikin Count (number of Replikins per 100 amino acids) in Cambodia in 2009 provided a warning for the outbreaks of the Avian Flu (H5N1) with human deaths in that country. Eight deaths were reported in 2011 and three thus far in 2012.

July 31, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Public Health, and Research
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Worries mount over bison anthrax outbreak in Northwest Territories

(Alaska Dispatch) An anthrax outbreak among bison in Canada’s Northwest Territories has some people downstream worried about possible threats to their health from the carcasses. About 230 bison have died so far this summer near Fort Providence from anthrax bacteria which naturally occur in the area’s soil. Stan Sanguez, chief of Jean Marie River, is Read More »