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SIGA to Host Second Quarter Business Update Call on August 6, 2012 – Virtual-Strategy Magazine

SIGA to Host Second Quarter Business Update Call on August 6, 2012Virtual-Strategy MagazineCommunities in the United States and around the world face a serious but unmet need for drugs to protect against potentially catastrophic emerging viral pathogens and biological weapons of mass destruction. We are a pharmaceutical company specializing …and more »

July 30, 2012
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Neff’s Lawn Care E. coli Outbreak: at least one still hospitalized with HUS – Food Poison Journal

Neff's Lawn Care E. coli Outbreak: at least one still hospitalized with HUSFood Poison JournalThe Ohio Department of Health's Outbreak Response and Bioterrorism Investigation Team (ORBIT) is still trying to figure out exactly what the source of infection was. What we know is that the outbreak has been linked to a July 3 carry-in picnic Read More »

July 30, 2012
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PolitiFact: Testing Thompson claim on smallpox vaccine for every “man, woman … – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PolitiFact: Testing Thompson claim on smallpox vaccine for every "man, woman …Milwaukee Journal SentinelRepublican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson says "Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America." We check it out. © 2012, Journal …

July 30, 2012
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Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda

(The Associated Press) KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes. The officials and a World Health Organization representative told a news Read More »

July 30, 2012
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CDC Releases Annual Foodborne Illness Data for 2011

E. coli O157 falling; Salmonella, Listeria and others remain steady The number of Americans falling ill from foodborne pathogens remained steady or marginally worsened in the latter half of the 2000s, and 2011 turned out to show little difference, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released its annual report of Read More »