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News Scan for Mar 05, 2014

Saudi Arabia reports two MERS cases, one fatal

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced two new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections today, one of them fatal.

  • 2 new Saudi MERS cases
  • Blood test for vCJD
  • Deadliest foodborne pathogens
  • Possible Marburg drug
  • H5N8 in South Korea

NEWS SCAN: H7N1 in ostriches, E coli recall, shingle vaccine effectiveness, possible bioterror drugs, fighting ICU infections, polio in Pakistan

Apr 10, 2013

 

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
 

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: 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: Hospital flu confirmations, H5 outbreak in Nepal, Marburg travel notice

Nov 5, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, live-poultry outbreak over, H5N1 in India, Marburg in Uganda, fungal meningitis update

Oct 30, 2012

 

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

Oct 22, 2012

 

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