(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.
Dec 8, 2010
Nov 2, 2010
(CIDRAP News) A disease that might have been highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) killed poultry across much of the United States in 1872 and closely followed a nationwide outbreak of influenza in horses, according to a historical analysis by researchers from the National Institutes of Health.
(CIDRAP News) In a move that sets the stage for the official eradication of the deadly cattle plague rinderpest, animal health authorities are ending all field activities to control the disease, theUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.
Sep 21, 2010
Sep 7, 2010
(CIDRAP News) The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a contract to a San Francisco company to further the development of a new broad-spectrum antibiotic for treating plague, tularemia, and various resistant infections.
Editor's Note: The original news scan on pandemic and Bioshield funding erroneously stated that such funding had been cut from the appropriations bill. This is not the case, and we apologize for the error. The text was corrected Jul 29.
Jul 28, 2010
