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1962 south Wales smallpox outbreak memories recorded

(BBC News) An online archive has been launched which details the stories of people affected by a smallpox outbreak in south Wales in 1962. Some 19 people died and 900,000 were vaccinated after a traveller from Pakistan arrived in Cardiff and was diagnosed with the disease. Fifty years on, a University of Glamorgan lecturer has  Read More »

US-India Bilateral Cooperation on Public Health and Research

(US Department of State) The United States and India continue to expand public health and biomedical research and programming, building upon more than fifty years of bilateral cooperation in the health sector. A number of recent developments highlight the positive momentum in health-related collaboration: U.S.-India Health Initiative: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius travelled  Read More »

International survey on laboratory safety launched

(Nature News Blog) The death of Sheharbano Sangji in 2008, following a fire in the chemistry department at the University of California, Los Angeles, triggered calls to improve academia’s safety standards not just at UCLA, but across the United States. Similar concerns were voiced last year when a young undergraduate student, Michele Dufault, died at  Read More »

Winnipeg lab reports progress in potential treatment for deadly Ebola infection

(Global Edmonton) TORONTO – Canadian researchers are reporting a potential advance in the treatment of Ebola virus infection, one of the most deadly pathogens known to humankind. Researchers from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg are reporting that monkeys deliberately infected with Ebola were successfully saved with a cocktail of antibodies against the virus.

Clinical Trials for Beginners: Ethics – Pediatric Anthrax Vaccine Case Study

(Scientific American) Having looked at the rampant conflicts of interest surrounding the anthrax vaccine and a bit at the logistics of the proposed pediatric vaccine trial let’s look at the trial in the context of ethical principles. The need for ethical guidelines came to vivid attention during World War II, when the Nazis tortured many  Read More »

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