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Improved Detection Test Developed To Identify Food Contamination, Aid Bioterrorism Defense

Sales of chicken products in China plummeted recently during an outbreak of a deadly new strain of bird flu. From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed by University of Missouri Professor of Engineering Shubhra Gangopadhyay’s group may make food contamination testing more Read More »

April 23, 2013
| Filed under Countermeasures and Public Health
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Bangladesh reports human H5N1 avian influenza death

(TheGlobalDispatch) According to Bangladeshi health authorities, the victim was a 1 year 11 months old male child from Chauddogram, Comilla. He was admitted to Comilla Medical College Hospital, later transferred to Dhaka Shishu Hospital and then to a private clinic. He died on 18th February, 2013. This is the first death case of H5N1 in Read More »

April 22, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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Dengue fever outbreak in Singapore affects thousands

(InSerbiaNews) The National Environment Agency (NEA) said a total of 4,756 dengue cases have been reported in Singapore between 1 January and 19 April 2013. This is higher than the 4,632 cases in 2012. To get community leaders involved in the fight against dengue, over 460 grassroots leaders, volunteers and Health Promotion Board’s ambassadors were Read More »

April 22, 2013
| Filed under South Asia and Public Health
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As FDA Seeks Fees to Fund Food Safety, Much of Industry Remains Opposed to Idea

(FoodSafetyNews) While the Obama administration continues to make it clear that it will look to registration, inspection, and import fees to fund food safety efforts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the future, much of the food industry continues to make it known that they are downright opposed to the idea.

April 22, 2013
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Foot-and-mouth disease case confirmed in Tibet

(GlobalTimes) China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Monday said that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. On April 12, a village in Xigaze City in Xigaze Prefecture reported that 32 head of cattle showed suspected signs of the disease, according to the MOA. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Read More »