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Vietnam reports first H5N1 bird flu death in 2014

(Xinhua) The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu in Vietnam in 2014 has been reported in southern Binh Phuc province, the country’s Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health announced late Monday. The victim, a man at his 52, was hospitalized on Jan. 11 due to symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness Read More »

January 22, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health
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Food processors beware: Salmonella biofilms incredibly resistant to powerful disinfectants

(EurekAlert) Once Salmonella bacteria get into a food processing facility and have an opportunity to form a biofilm on surfaces, it is likely to be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to kill it, according to research published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers from National University of Ireland, Galway conducted Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Agriculture, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Research finds finds potential treatment for drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus

(EurekAlert) The novel avian H7N9 influenza virus has caused more than 130 human infections with 43 deaths in China. New research, conducted under the supervision of Kansas State University’s Juergen Richt, is showing promise in helping to fight this deadly virus. “Emergence of a novel drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus: Evidence-based clinical potential of a natural Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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H5N1 strain from Alberta nurse resembles Chinese strain

(CBCNews) Canadian scientists studying H5N1 bird flu virus samples taken from an Alberta woman who died with the infection say that so far it seems to resemble a Chinese strain. Researchers at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory and Alberta’s provincial laboratory isolated samples of the virus and are working on sequencing it.