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Aug 31, 2011

Aug 31, 2011

Aug 31, 2011

WHO, OIE downplay importance of new H5N1 variant

Robert Roos
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Aug 31, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) took pains today to downplay the significance of a new H5N1 avian influenza variant that another major international organization warned about this week.

Aug 30, 2011

Aug 30, 2011

As Del Monte plans to sue Oregon officials, epidemiologists react

Lisa Schnirring
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Aug 30, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – Del Monte Fresh Produce, a company that recalled its cantaloupes in March after health investigators in several states linked them to a Salmonella Panama outbreak, said yesterday that is plans to sue Oregon Health Authority and one of its officials, claiming that the company's products were wrongly singled out.

Aug 30, 2011

Aug 30, 2011

Early diagnosis, treatment helped Florida man beat anthrax

Robert Roos
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Aug 30, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – Early diagnosis and treatment were crucial in helping a Florida man beat the odds by recovering from inhalational anthrax, a rare and often deadly disease, according to a Minneapolis physician who treated him.

Aug 29, 2011

Aug 29, 2011

Aug 29, 2011

FAO warns of possible H5N1 resurgence in birds

Robert Roos
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Aug 29, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expressed renewed concern today about H5N1 avian influenza, warning of a "possible major resurgence" of bird outbreaks and saying that a vaccine-evading strain has emerged in Vietnam and China.

Aug 26, 2011

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