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New book tells story of 10-year-old malaria project

(EurekAlert) Few infectious diseases can rival malaria’s ability to kill and cripple. Each year the disease causes hundreds of millions of people to be sickened and more than a million — mostly African children under the age of five — die. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and International
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Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo

(AlertNet) An outbreak of Ebola has killed one person and is believed to have infected three others over the last week in northeastern Congo, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday. The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Oriental province, which shares a border with Uganda, but the Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Congo fever case confirmed in Karachi

(The International News) The Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell officials confirmed that the patient, whose name was not disclosed, was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi with symptoms of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever. His test from another private hospital confirmed that he was suffering from the disease. Sources in the provincial health department said the Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, and International
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Ebola in Uganda: Should we worry in the US?

(Fox News) In Uganda’s western town of Kagadi, a drama is playing put that has both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on high alert. In the town, 53 cases of the dreaded hemorrhagic fever disease Ebola are suspected, with 16 deaths reported so far. Physicians from the French Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Biosafety, International, and Public Health
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CDC advises travelers to Uganda to take steps to prevent Ebola

(Examiner) In light of the current outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in western Uganda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice offering prevention measures to avoid contracting the rare, but deadly virus. According to the CDC travel notice issued Wednesday, as of Tuesday, July 31, the current situation in Uganda is the death Read More »