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News Scan for Sep 24, 2013

Delegates at Riyadh meeting call for intensive study of MERS-CoV

Officials at the second International Conference on Mass Gathering Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, called for "intensive global investigation" of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to help determine how it spreads and other factors, according to an Arab News report today.

  • MERS-CoV research wanted
  • Hepatitis A berry outbreak
  • H5N1 outbreaks in Nepal
  • Land use and disease

FLU NEWS SCAN: Flu virus shedding, pandemic prevention approaches

Dec 12, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Novartis flu vaccine particles, USAID disease support, H5N1 in India, H1N1-related encephalopathy, health and climate

Oct 29, 2012

 

Study maps zoonotic disease burden, hot spots

(CIDRAP News) – A review and mapping study to gauge the burden of zoonotic diseases found that Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and India are four top hot spots and that a surging demand for livestock products will likely fuel the spread of several diseases.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Antibiotic cleared for plague, disease-carrying mosquitoes

Apr 30, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Bacterial co-infection in H1N1, tracking flu vaccine effectiveness, new BSE cow details, monkeypox scare, honing disease surveillance

Apr 27, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Climate change and foodborne disease, tests for acute gastroenteritis, microchip for detecting flu, malaria and age

 

WHO tracks evolving cholera picture

(CIDRAP News) – Global cholera incidence has increased since 2000, with Haiti's large outbreak tipping the largest burden away from Africa for the first time since 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Smallpox virus destruction talks falter at WHA

(CIDRAP News) – A World Health Assembly (WHA)committee that took up a resolution to destroy the remaining stocks of smallpox virus failed to reach an agreement today, despite a working group's attempts to find an acceptable solution.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Uganda plans vaccination push to stop yellow fever

(CIDRAP News) – Uganda is planning to vaccinate about 2.5 million people in its northern regions against yellow fever, following the recent confirmation that the disease is the cause of a 2-month-old outbreak that has killed more than 40 people, according to press reports.

Robert Roos
 

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