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Food Safety Agencies Prep for Possible Shutdown

As high-level budget negotiations stalled Thursday, leaving government shutdown at midnight a real possibility, federal food safety agencies began releasing details on their contingency plans.The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which maintains a constant presence in meat and poultry plants across the country, will continue inspections in Read More »

April 8, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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World Health Day 2011

7 April 2011 — Combat drug resistance: no action today means no cure tomorrow. “On this World Health Day, WHO is issuing a policy package to get everyone, especially governments and their drug regulatory systems, on the right track, with the right measures, quickly… Drug resistance costs vast amounts of money, and affects vast numbers Read More »

April 7, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Public Health
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Secondary and Tertiary Transmission of Vaccinia Virus from US Military Service Member

On March 11, 2010, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) was notified of a suspected case of vaccinia in a person who had been exposed to a military service member recently vaccinated against smallpox. NYSDOH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted an investigation to identify the source of infection Read More »

March 30, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Four Develop Vaccinia Infections Stemming From Smallpox Shot

Four individuals became infected with the vaccinia virus through direct or second-hand exposure to a U.S. service member who had been vaccinated against smallpox, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Monday (see GSN, Feb. 3). The service member received his smallpox shot on February 23, 2010. Four days later he participated Read More »

March 29, 2011
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Uzbekistan Opens US-Funded Biodefense Labs – Global Security Newswire

Uzbekistan on Friday brought online two U.S.-funded biodefense facilities that are expected to boost the Central Asian region’s ability track disease outbreaks, the Central Asia Newswire reported. Located in the cities of Andijan and Ferghana in the Ferghana Valley, the laboratories are to support diagnostic efforts in Uzbekistan and the wider region, UzDaily.com reported on Read More »