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NIH-supported scientists investigate a newly emerging staph strain

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Using genome sequencing and household surveillance, National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center and St. George’s University of London have pieced together how a newly emerging type of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria has adapted to transmit more easily among humans. Their new study Read More »

February 29, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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‘Universal’ vaccines could finally allow for wide-scale flu prevention

(ScienceDaily) Scientists have found that an emerging class of long-lasting flu vaccines called “universal” vaccines could for the first time allow for the effective, wide-scale prevention of flu by limiting the virus’ ability to spread and mutate. A computational model showed that the vaccines could achieve unprecedented control of the flu virus both seasonally and Read More »

February 29, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Vietnamese man hospitalized with H5N1 infection

(CIDRAP News) A 22-year-old man in Vietnam is in critical condition with an H5N1 avian influenza infection, according to media reports. Nguyen Van Vin Chau, Ho Chi Minh City's director of tropical diseases, said the man is from Binh …

February 28, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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New influenza virus discovered in Guatemalan fruit bats

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) A new influenza A virus discovered in fruit bats in Guatemala does not appear to present a current threat to humans, but should be studied as a potential source for human influenza, according to scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who worked with University of the Read More »

February 28, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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Indonesia reports fourth bird flu death of the year

(AFP) Laboratory tests confirmed he died from the H5N1 virus.” she added. Concerns about avian influenza have risen in Asia since China in late December reported its first fatality from the H5N1 virus in 18 months. Indonesia has been the hardest-hit by bird …