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Egypt’s Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietely Ravaging Public Health

(The Atlantic) A combination of avian flu and foot and mouth disease risk destroying the protein supply, eroding public trust, and further destabilizing the Arab world’s most populous country. Lost in the recent political jockeying and protest violence leading up to Egypt’s May 23 presidential elections is the unfolding public health disaster there. Avian flu  Read More »

The Food and Drug Administration’s Expanding Global Reach

(The Atlantic) The FDA has just released a classy new report on Global Engagement, summarizing its efforts to deal with issues raised by the globalization of drugs, medical devices, and foods. This is a big deal. In 2009, 300,000 foreign facilities in more than 150 countries exported $2 trillion worth of FDA-regulated products to the  Read More »

Obama should practice what he preaches on food security, say experts

(Examiner.com) U.S. President Barack Obama has invited a number of African leaders to join the upcoming G8 summit for a discussion on food security on their continent, the White House announced on Monday. But experts say Obama has failed to address food security at home. They will join leaders at the G8 summit at Camp  Read More »

Man charged for failure to comply with vet regulations

(Mmegi Online) FRANCISTOWN: A 37-year-old Russian man, Victor Steplestov was on Sunday arrested and detained by police in the city, for allegedly failing to comply with veterinary regulations. Steplestov is employed by Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) as an Operations Manager. The incident happened at a Foot and Mouth Disease checkpoint situated near Donga location  Read More »

How the World Health Organization is Helping to Prevent a Catastrophic H5N1 …

(World Health Organization HQ, Geneva) H5N1 influenza is what keeps people here up at night. The flu strain is deadly to humans on an order of magnitude greater than any other flu virus in history, including the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. It kills approximately 60% of the people it infects. Just to put that  Read More »

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