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With new rules, few public health labs to handle riskiest agents

(CIDRAP News) – With tougher security requirements set to take effect next April, few state public health laboratories plan to maintain stocks of certain pathogens considered most tempting to bioterrorists, according to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and officials with state labs.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu benefits, pertussis surge in UK, change in meningitis reporting, Uganda Ebola update, persistent hospital bug

 

Cases of Marburg, Ebola climb in Uganda

(CIDRAP News) – An outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has grown to 20 cases in western Uganda, and 10 people in two of Uganda's central districts have contracted Ebola hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said recently.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Novel coronavirus case, VHF airline guidance, more West Nile cases, Salmonella in tahini

Nov 21, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Ebola in Uganda, yellow fever in Sudan, more BioWatch scrutiny, EU cryptosporidiosis spike

Nov 19, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Airborne Ebola, Marburg & FMD vaccine funds, fungal meningitis update, African meningitis efforts, pneumococcal vaccine

Nov 16, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Australian H7 outbreak, more West Nile cases, Ebola in Uganda, repeat Lyme infections

Nov 15, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: More cheese-related listeriosis, Salmonella in Dutch salmon, DR Congo Ebola update

Oct 26, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Coronavirus reporting complaint, NC fair E coli cases, 4-strain flu vaccine trials, Ebola in Chinese bats

Oct 23, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Marburg in Uganda, fungal meningitis update, Haiti-Nepal cholera strains, FMD vaccine contract

Oct 22, 2012

 

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