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No sign of missed H5N1 cases in Bangladesh study

(CIDRAP News) No signs of H5N1 avian influenza infections were found in more than 400 Bangladeshis who were probably exposed to the virus while working on poultry farms and in markets, according to a study reported in preliminary form …

March 14, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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Health Advocates: Science on Antibiotic Resistance Is Clear

(Food Safety News) Citing an increased incidence of foodborne illness outbreaks caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, public health advocates are again ratcheting up pressure on Congress to limit routine, subtherapeutic antibiotic use in agriculture. At back to back briefings on Capitol Hill late last week, the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Center Read More »

March 14, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Senate Approves U.S. Biodefense Legislation

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation intended to further strengthen the nation’s readiness for an act of biological terrorism or a major natural disease outbreak. The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2011 would renew measures from similar 2006 legislation aimed at promoting the development and procurement of medical Read More »

March 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Virginia Tech wildlife researcher finds brucellosis pathogen persists in Botswana buffalo

(Virginia Tech) Alexander’s study found that buffalo may not only be a potential source of the brucellosis pathogen for Botswana’s domestic cattle, but they may also pose a threat to humans who consume buffalo meat.

March 9, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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Another Clue to E. Coli O104:H4?

(Food Safety News) Scientists in Oslo say sequencing of a particular virulent strain of E. coli O103:H25, which caused an outbreak in Norway in 2006, revealed a resemblance to the 2011 German outbreak strain of E. coli O104:H4, and suggests the two strains are related.Writing in the online journal PLoS ONE, the researchers with the Read More »