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Full Details of Avian Flu Research Set for Release

(Global Security Newswire) A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization last week called for publishing all data from two research studies that resulted in development of more transmissible forms of the avian flu virus, the New York Times reported. Public release of the work by scientists at Erasmus University Medical Center in Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Biosecurity panel chief voices mixed reaction to WHO meeting

(CIDRAP News) The chair of the US biosecurity advisory board that recommended withholding details of two studies on H5N1 virus transmissibility today expressed a mixed reaction to last week’s international meeting in which scientists and officials involved in the controversy called for eventually publishing the full studies. Paul S. Keim, PhD, chair of the National Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update

(WHO) The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The case is a 19 year-old female from Banten Province. She developed symptoms on 8 February 2012, was hospitalised on 12 February 2012 and died on 13 February 2012. Epidemiological investigation is ongoing by Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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MRSA in livestock acquired drug resistance on the farm, now infects humans

(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers have discovered that a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that humans contract from livestock was originally a human strain, but it developed resistance to antibiotics once it was picked up by farm animals. The findings, which appear in the online journal mBio on Tuesday, Feb. 21, illustrate a very Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Urgent measures to curb bird flu in Vietnam: Ministry

(SGGP) In addition, Quang Nam Province is facing high risk of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, presently occurring in Que Son and Dien Ban Districts. Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Feb.18 met members of the …