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Vaccine Home Run

(Forbes) A promising new life-saving vaccine to fight against a known killer cleared an important hurdle, with drugmaker Sanofi announcing today that its vaccine to prevent dengue virus proved effective in a clinical trial in more than 4000 children in Thailand. Dengue is a disease that most Americans have never heard of and will likely Read More »

July 26, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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First vaccine against dengue found to work in Thailand trial

(Los Angeles Times) The world’s first vaccine against the dengue virus has been shown to protect against three of the four strains of the virus in a trial in Thailand, the vaccine’s maker announced this week. The vaccine actually generated antibody responses against all four strains of the virus, but for some reason, one strain Read More »

July 26, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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WHO offers some guidance on risky H5N1 studies

(CIDRAP) The World Health Organization (WHO) has offered some brief, general guidance on safety and security in research on laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses, mainly stressing that researchers should follow existing guidelines and gain authorization from their governments. The one-page guidance document, posted recently on the WHO Web site, was prompted by the recent controversy over the Read More »

July 24, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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Guatemalan president declares health advisory following dengue outbreak

(Tico Times) GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina issued a national health advisory Sunday evening following an outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever that has caused four deaths, the government said. “We have reports of 1,186 possible cases of dengue nationwide, of which 256 are confirmed, 26 are hemorrhagic dengue, and four have caused Read More »

July 24, 2012
| Filed under South America and Public Health
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FBI’s WMD directorate sets workshop on agriculture and water infrastructure … – Government Security News

FBI's WMD directorate sets workshop on agriculture and water infrastructure …Government Security NewsThe agency also said that a critical element of the workshop is building relationships and partnerships, and there will be a presentation on establishing private sector/government partnerships to investigate agroterrorism incidents. The presentation …