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

Oct 22, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Adenovirus vaccination, Salmonella from salmon & turtles, Marburg in Uganda, antimicrobial stewardship

Oct 19, 2012

 

Changes in select agent rules concern public health labs

(CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its list of potentially dangerous biological agents and toxins and the regulations covering them, and some of the changes have public health laboratories concerned.

Robert Roos
 

Researchers find novel hemorrhagic fever virus in Africa

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers have identified a new virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans, based on their investigation of an unusual outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2009 that sickened three people, killing two.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: DR Congo Ebola outbreak, Listeria guidance, antimicrobial drug monitoring, polio funding

Sep 27, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Ebola in DR Congo, viruses and chronic fatigue, cholera in Sierra Leone, Afghan polio immunization

 

NEWS SCAN: Another Yosemite hantavirus case, growing DR Congo Ebola outbreak

 

First dengue vaccine clinical trial finds low efficacy

(CIDRAP News) – A closely watched first clinical trial of a dengue vaccine showed disappointing efficacy results overall, researchers reported yesterday, but higher efficacy against certain strains.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Yosemite hantavirus, dengue in Greece, hedgehog Salmonella outbreak, limited rabies vaccine, rotavirus vaccination

Sep 7, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: New hantavirus death, kids' vaccine coverage, H5N1 in Vietnam, OTC oseltamivir and resistance, proposed OTC antibiotic ban

Sep 6, 2012

 

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