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Swine flu found in elephant seals

(Fox News) The H1N1 virus strain that caused a 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans was detected in northern elephant seals off the coast of central California. Scientists say this is the first time marine mammals have been found to carry the H1N1 flu strain, which originated in pigs.

May 21, 2013
| Filed under Public Health
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Novel coronavirus infection – update

(WHO) The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV). The patient is an 81-year-old woman with multiple coexisting medical conditions. She became ill on 28 April 2013 and is currently in critical but stable condition.The patient was identified as part of Read More »

May 21, 2013
| Filed under International and Public Health
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MIT summit to explore new approach to diseases

(TheBostonGlobe) More than 300 scientists will gather this weekend at MIT for the first international workshop devoted exclusively to exploring this simple idea: Approach diseases such as cancer and diabetes with an engineer’s mind-set, including thinking about cells as if they were software and hardware that can be rewired, debugged, programmed, and hacked.

May 16, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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H1N1 discovered in marine mammals

(EurekAlert) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published today, May 15, in the journal PLOS ONE. It is the first report of that flu strain in any marine Read More »

May 16, 2013
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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North Korean Duck Farm Hit By H5N1 Avian Influenza

(ThePoultrySite) A new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus has been confirmed at a duck production unit in P’yongyang-Si, resulting in the deaths of more than 164,000 ducks. This is according to the World Organisation for Animal Health who received notification from the Anti-Epizootic Department at the Ministry of Agriculture in Read More »