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Two more anthrax cases reported in NE China

(Xinhua) – Two more cutaneous anthrax infections were reported in northeast Liaoning Province, bringing the total number of people who were hospitalized for the disease to 32, health authorities said Tuesday. The two cases were found Monday in …and more »

August 16, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Workshop Announced on Next-Generation Smallpox Vaccines

(Occupational Health & Safety) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will host a public workshop Sept. 16 about the development and evaluation of next-generation smallpox vaccines. It will take place at the Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg in Gaithersburg, Md., and Read More »

August 15, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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NE China reports more cases of cutaneous anthrax infection

(Xinhua) SHENYANG — Nine more people are suspected of being infected with cutaneous anthrax in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, bringing the total number of reported cases to 30, local health authorities said Friday.

August 12, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Atlanta centre to train India’s top scientists to contain public health threats

(The Times of India) NEW DELHI: India’s top scientists are going back to school to become “disease detectives”. Beginning 2012, around 10 Indian scientists will be trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta’s special “Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme” (EIS), which was started in 1951 following biological warfare concerns triggered by the Read More »

August 12, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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Food Defense: The Other Side of Safety

(Food Safety News) In the aftermath of any foodborne illness outbreak, from those that go unreported to those the size of Germany’s recent E. coli disaster, one thought is often likely to cross the minds of experts in food defense and bioterrorism: At least this outbreak wasn’t intentional.