News & Perspective

Oct 16, 2013

Oct 16, 2013

Spotty data suggest slow start to US flu season

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Oct 16, 2013

Non-CDC US flu indicators show little sign of rising flu activity.

Sep 25, 2013

Sep 25, 2013

News Scan for Sep 25, 2013

More polio in Pakistan
Raw cheese E coli outbreak
UN malaria campaign
TB spread in households

Jun 27, 2013

Jun 27, 2013

News Scan for Jun 27, 2013

H7 in plane passenger
West Nile in US
Pomegranate recall
Polio drive donation
Salmonella from blood draw

Jun 05, 2013

Jun 05, 2013

WHO, Saudi reports raise MERS-CoV count

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Jun 05, 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported a MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case in a 14-year-old Saudi girl, while Saudi Arabia announced another death in a previously reported case.

May 16, 2013

May 16, 2013

Saudi Arabia assigns more labs to coronavirus probe

Robert Roos
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May 16, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – Saudi Arabia has dedicated more labs to investigating novel coronavirus (nCoV) cases in the country, while the condition of an nCoV patient in France has worsened, according to news media reports today.

May 10, 2013

Apr 15, 2013

Apr 15, 2013

China reports 3 new H7N9 cases, 64 total, 14 deaths

Lisa Schnirring
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Apr 15, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – Three provinces in eastern China that have already reported several H7N9 avian flu infections each announced a new case today, bringing the country's total to 64 cases, according to official and media sources.
Apr 15, 2013

Experts: SARS sparked global cooperation to fight disease

Robert Roos
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Apr 15, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – A new set of journal articles related to the 10th anniversary of the SARS epidemic in 2003 says the episode did much to boost recognition of the need for coordinated international and national responses to emerging infectious diseases.

Feb 08, 2013

Jan 15, 2013

Jan 15, 2013

Leafy greens safety pact apparently failed in Canadian outbreak

Robert Roos
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Jan 15, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – Canadian authorities say all California lettuce shipped into Canada must be certified under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA), a voluntary food safety program, which means the lettuce believed to be the source of a Canadian outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 would have carried the LGMA seal.

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