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NEWS SCAN: Neglected diseases, US ventilator supply, vaccinia infections, cleaning leafy greens, global rubella

Oct 15, 2010

 

SIGA gets federal contract to produce smallpox antiviral

(CIDRAP News) – In a move to allow the United States to stockpile its first specialized treatment for smallpox bioterror attacks and related infections, SIGA Technologies announced yesterday that it will receive a federal contract to deliver 1.7 million courses of a new antiviral medication.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FAO: World on verge of rinderpest eradication

(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.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine apathy, airborne flu spread, poll on anti-H1N1 steps, Ebola vaccine research, thermal scanners

 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax-smallpox vaccine; flu in Australia, India; dengue in Virgin Islands

 

NEWS SCAN: Monkeypox rising in Congo, smallpox vaccine deliveries slow, H5N1 case in Egypt

Aug 31, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: New smallpox vaccine delivered, biodefense funding targeted

 

NEWS SCAN: West Nile cases drop, raw milk suspected, vaccinia infection

Jul 1, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Honduras dengue alert, Russian polio cases, generalized vaccinia, Rift Valley fever vaccine

 

Legal expert shares lessons from pandemic vaccine campaign

(CIDRAP News) – Legal issues that came into play during the H1N1 flu pandemic provided a useful look at how laws can help ease the availability of the vaccine, but in some instances can work against immunization efforts, according to a legal expert who has analyzed events that unfolded over the past year.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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