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Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola

Researchers have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and the Ebola virus.

August 25, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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How a deadly E. coli outbreak revealed Germany’s dysfunctional public health system

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) The plot just kept getting thicker. First, the culprit was cucumbers and tomatoes from Spain. Then it was bean sprouts from northern Germany. Then it wasn’t. Then it was bean sprouts from northern Germany again — this time, an organic farm. Finally, the perpetrator appeared to be imported fenugreek seeds Read More »

August 24, 2011
| Filed under Europe and Public Health
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Preparing for Epidemics, Philips Teams with Methodist Scientists to Build …

(VAdvert Press Center) “After 9/11 and the SARS outbreak in southeast Asia, the NIH wanted to build a BSL-4 imaging suite for studying infectious agents, both natural and bioterrorism-related,” Li said. “I was at the NIH at the time, and helped design the imaging equipment …

August 22, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Disaster Preparedness Plan – Is your family prepared? – San Angelo Standard Times

Disaster Preparedness Plan – Is your family prepared?San Angelo Standard TimesOther emergencies we should learn about, and be prepared for, include pandemics, hazardous-materials incidents and bioterrorism. Along with the majority of hospitals, Shannon Medical Center has an All-Hazards Emergency Operations (Disaster) Plan that …and more »

August 22, 2011
| Filed under Public Health
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16 infected with anthrax in Bangladesh – Gulf Times

16 infected with anthrax in BangladeshGulf TimesSixteen people, including four women, have been infected with anthrax at Khirshin Tikar village under Paba sub-district of northwestern Rajshahi district after eating contaminated beef. Having heard the news of infection on Saturday …