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NEWS SCAN: Prenatal pan flu exposure, H5N1 in Egypt, food recall expands, Boston biolab delay, malaria in US, MDR TB, Russian train quarantine

Apr 16, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egyptian poultry, Russia vaccinates birds, Jakarta's poultry shelters, UK flu-shot policy, TB-infected doctor

Apr 13, 2009

 

Chicago health officials track contacts of TB-infected doctor

(CIDRAP News) - A 26-year-old pediatric resident working in Chicago was diagnosed as having tuberculosis (TB) on Apr 7 and might have exposed patients at three area hospitals to the disease, the Chicago Tribune reported on Apr 11.

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Indonesia, Thai vaccine grant, flu vaccine for tourists, Hib deaths, call for action on TB

Apr 2, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Pandemic library, business preparedness, TB and HIV, global malaria map, antibody production

March 24, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: New H5N1 cases, EU nixes pan-flu vaccine, symptoms a-Twitter, hospital infections, TB

March 19, 2009

 

Chan warns economic crisis may worsen disease threats

(CIDRAP News) – The global economic crisis and climate change are taking their toll on world health and may threaten the recognition and control of infectious diseases, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said today at a global health forum.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Obama names FDA chief, creates food safety panel

(CIDRAP News) – President Barack Obama has promised that his new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Margaret Hamburg, and a new cabinet-level panel will revitalize the federal government's food safety efforts in the wake of a troubling string of foodborne disease outbreaks.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Food safety, avian flu outbreaks, TB alert, China's H5N1 vaccine

 March 16, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Smallpox antiviral sought, mass drug dispensing, peanut plant hazards missed, Chinese food safety, cell phone bugs

Mar 6, 2009

 

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