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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, H1N1 pandemic response, rise in non-O157 STEC, global dengue levels

Apr 8, 2013

 

CDC waiting for H7N9 sample to speed test kits

(CIDRAP News) – A human isolate of the novel H7N9 influenza virus from China—needed for the development of diagnostic test kits and related efforts—is expected to arrive at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within 2 days, a CDC official said today.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Possible CJD treatment, public health funding, NCoV replication study

Apr 4, 2013

 

NBSB unveils situational awareness, SNS recommendations

(CIDRAP News) – The National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) today forwarded two sets of recommendations to federal departments that oversee emergency preparedness, one focused on enhancing situational awareness in health emergencies and the other on improving the nation's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) by 2020.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Gain-of-function debate, planned flu vaccine plant, hospital-onset C diff, polio in Pakistan

Mar 27, 2013

 

GAO report reiterates biolab oversight gaps

(CIDRAP News) – The United States still lacks a way to assess the need for high-containment laboratories and national standards for building and maintaining them, despite 2009 recommendations, according to a report yesterday from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, H7N3 in Mexico, research funding, experts call for shift in TB battle

Mar 25, 2013

 

FOOD SAFETY SCAN: Changes to food safety rules, no meat-inspector furloughs, botulism antitoxin approved

 

NEWS SCAN: Novel coronavirus steps, new antimalarial studies, TB report card, Avastin-related recall, soda fountain contamination

Mar 21, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Antibiotic-resistant E coli, Key West dengue, pertussis vaccine gaps, polio in Pakistan

Mar 14, 2013

 

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