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HHS Buys Next Generation Smallpox Vaccine

...ne would be recommended in the event of a smallpox outbreak to protect people in the United States who have weakened immune systems. The full supply of the vaccine will be added to the Strategic National Stockpile, a reserve of large quantities of medicine and medical supplies to protect the American public i...

Every Child Needs to Be Vaccinated to Lead India into a Polio Free Future - Ramadoss

...r both during the peak and the trough of the last outbreak as compared to 2002-2003. The core districts of western UP, responsible for the outbreak, have not had a single case of type 1 poliovirus for the last six months, the longest period so far. Though the type 3 poliovirus cases are up slightly, they re...

Bird Flu Reappears in Malaysia

An isolated new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been det... said the country was on high alert for a possible outbreak of bird flu following fresh reports of the deadly virus around the region. Neighbouring Indonesia,...

Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

... Two years ago Gillot halted production after an outbreak of illnesses in children was linked to a harmful bacterium in Reo cheese, but he has since further increased health checks and insists eating 'lait cru' Camembert is much less dangerous than driving a car. His biggest concern is that Lactalis will ...

Legionnaires Outbreak in Australia

Following reports of irruption of legionnaires outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, cooling systems across places like Footscray and Seddon are being scoured to locate the source of the outbreak. Three men have already been hospitalized and confirmed to be suffering from the legionnaires. Legionnaires Di...

Five Malaysians in Hospital After Bird Flu Outbreak

...aysians are in hospital with flu symptoms after an outbreak of deadly avian influenza among poultry in their v...n. All live within 300 metres (328 yards) of the outbreak -- Malaysia's first in more than a year -- on the outskirts of the capital. "They went to the hospit...

New Bird Flu Case in Hong Kong

...scene of the world's first reported major bird flu outbreak among humans in 1997, when six people died. World Health Organisation experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions worldwide....

Chinas Blue Ear Virus-no Hogwash

Chinas swine are under threat from an outbreak of the highly pathogenic blue ear virus. According... Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). The outbreak had begun last May. Says Jia Youling, head of the veterinary department of the ministry of agricul...

Four Malaysians in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks

...ad bird flu. Malaysia last week suffered its first outbreak of the deadly virus in more than a year on the wes... one kilometre (half a mile) radius from where the outbreak began in Sungai Buloh. Samples from nearly 6,700 fowl outside the outbreak zone showed no presence o...

Chikungunya Affects Kerala's Healthcare Status

...ived a severe blow in the past one year due to the outbreak of chikungunya viral fever in the state. Last year, more than 100 people died during the outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral fever in the coastal districts of Alappuzha, Kollam and Ernakulam. The...

Indonesia Facing Massive Hurdles Against Bird Flu

...ndonesia. Culling thousands of chickens to stop an outbreak from spreading means big losses for poultry farmers and backyard chicken rearers. 'It is quite an economic loss, especially when (paying) compensation is a problem,' El Bushra told reporters as OIC health officials met ahead of a ministerial gather...

Own Up and Pay Up, Nigerian Party Tells Pfizer

...nd Pfizer volunteered to help in Kano following an outbreak of measles, cholera and meningitis that led to the deaths of more than 3,000 people. The allegations are that Pfizer administered a test antibiotic called Trovan without authorisation or parental consent among children at a field hospital in the he...

Link Between Eye Infections and Contact Lens Use Exposed

...ty of infection and this is the second very recent outbreak of a tremendously rare eye infection, the researchers stress that it is important to look for supplementary causes behind the occurrence of this infection and to assess whether changes in the water supply may be contributing to this increase in disea...

New International Health Regulations to Enter into Force Tomorrow

...f SARS in 2003 demonstrated as no previous disease outbreak ever had how interconnected the world has become and how rapidly a new disease can spread. This shared vulnerability has also created a need for collective defences and for shared responsibility in making these defences work. This is the underlying p...

Twenty-two Chikungunya Cases Confirmed in Maharashtra

...the 20 villages in Kolhapur district from where an outbreak of the viral fever was reported, we have found 22 cases from only 12 villages, which tested positive for Chikungunya from blood samples tests conducted at Pune's National Institute of Virology (NIV)," said Maharashtra health secretary Chandra Iyenger...

WHOs Plan of Global Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine Gathers Momentum

...ly to help developing countries in case of a major outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza," said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. "WHO welcomes this contribution from the vaccines industry and is also working with countries to develop capacity for the production of influenza vaccines," he added. Further ...

FDAs Failure Urges It to Reassess Its Policies

...ll, grocers and shoppers were in a panic during an outbreak of E. coli-related illness linked to contaminated bagged spinach. Nationwide there were 204 illnesses, 104 serious enough to require hospitalization, and three deaths. The FDA concluded it could not definitively determine how the E. coli contaminate...

Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease in Mice

... he said. "But if, for example, a more significant outbreak of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk occurs and if it were transmissible to humans, then we would need a vaccine like this to protect people in hunting areas." He also noted that a vaccine that decreases the spread of prion disease in animals...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

... 40. Experts say an early monsoon has caused the outbreak of malaria. "The situation is well under control and compared to last year, the epidemic is not alarming. But we are not taking any chances," Sarma said. Some 304 people died of malaria last year. "The casualties are less this year as we have tak...

Steps To Prevent Out-Break Of Bird Flu

Rajya Sabha Government has information about outbreak of Avian Influenza in Pakistan. // In view of the...s to handle control operations in the event of any outbreak of the disease into the country; keep poultry indoors and prevent intermingling with other species e...

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