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Specialists Play Down Danger From CDC Biolab Air System Glitches

(Global Security Newswire) Ventilation issues reported at a biodefense study area overseen by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention constituted no apparent danger to the general population, two specialists said in a Tuesday report by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. A February equipment glitch at the CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Read More »

July 9, 2012
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Homeland Security Department develops foot-and-mouth disease vaccine

Los Angeles Times- It’s not often that the Department of Homeland Security makes it into a science blog, but this is an unusual week. The department announced this week that it has developed the first vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease that can be manufactured and licensed in the United States and that could be used in Read More »

July 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Foot-and-mouth disease stalks Egypt

(New Scientist) A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Egypt could aggravate discontent among the rural poor and prolong the country’s political turmoil. As Egypt struggles to make vaccine, agriculture experts fear a vicious circle has begun: political disarray helps spread animal disease, which deepens poverty and discontent – and breeds more political disarray. Read More »

July 6, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, and Public Health
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China culls 150000 chickens in bird flu outbreak

(Telegraph) China has culled more than 150,000 chickens in its remote northwestern region of Xinjiang following an outbreak of bird flu, officials said. The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu initially killed 1,600 chickens and sickened about 5,500, the agriculture ministry said. In an effort to contain the disease, agricultural authorities quarantined the Read More »

July 6, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Avian influenza outbreaks continue to rise

(FarmersWeekly) Mexican officials dealing with an outbreak of avian influenza have declared a state of national emergency. The news comes as the World Organisation for Animal Health has confirmed China is dealing with a fresh outbreak of the disease. H5N1 was identified in a remote part of north-west China, in the province of Xinjiang on Read More »