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Sep 11, 2013

Sep 11, 2013

Eight new Saudi cases push global MERS total to 130

The new cases all  involved contact with previously confirmed case-patients.

Sep 11, 2013

Study yields new tools for tracking malaria drug resistance

The tests could be used for detection and to help in drug development.

Sep 11, 2013

News Scan for Sep 11, 2013

Cholera vaccination campaign
LA County flu rise
H1N1 vaccine uptake in poor

Sep 10, 2013

Sep 10, 2013

CDC head: Global disease threats call for better tools

CDC Director Tom Frieden says new issues like MERS call for better diagnostic tools.

Sep 10, 2013

News Scan for Sep 10, 2013

Possible MERS vaccine candidate
US Cyclospora cases
More poliovirus in Israel
UK drug-resistance plan

Sep 09, 2013

Sep 09, 2013

Officials report 8 new Saudi MERS cases, 3 fatal

Saudi Arabia has now reported 12 cases in 3 days, and experts show mixed levels of concern.

Sep 09, 2013

News Scan for Sep 09, 2013

Possible MERS drug treatment
DTaP vaccination and pertussis risk
H5N1 hurts Nepal economy
Polio efforts in Nigeria

Sep 06, 2013

Sep 06, 2013

Think tank sees big risks in flu gain-of-function research

A new assessment says that avian flu "gain of function" research poses a serious outbreak risk.

Sep 06, 2013

Saudi Arabia reports 4 more MERS cases, 2 fatal

Four more MERS cases, two fatal, were reported today  in Saudi Arabia.

Sep 06, 2013

News Scan for Sep 06, 2013

Response to GAO poultry-plan report
Pertussis in Texas
Tularemia in Massachusetts
US, European West Nile

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