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WHO Concerned That New H5N1 Influenza Research Could Undermine The 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework
[1/5/2012]
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H. R. 2405 –Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act(pdf)
[12/7/2011]
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Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, M.D., M.P.H. before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
HS [10/19/2011]
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Anthrax News Update
Minnesota Dept of Health [8/28/2011]
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Health officials investigate case of inhalational anthrax from suspected natural environmental exposure
MDH News Release [8/10/2011]
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Notice to Health Care Providers — Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli O104 (STEC O104:H4) Infections in U.S. Travelers Returning from Germany
CDC Health Advisory [6/3/2011]
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CDC Test for Anthrax Lethal Factor (LF) Quantification (e.g., in Blood and Pleural Fluid), Independent of Antibiotics, is part of the CDC Response Plan during an Anthrax Emergency
[4/22/2011]
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77 Powerpoint Lectures online from the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED) & Surveillance
[3/11/2011]
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Glanders (B. Mallei ) Antibiotic Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
(PEP) after a Deliberate Release: Guidelines in Europe
[2/18/2011]
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Race Against Time To Develop New Antibiotics
[2/8/2011]
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Protecting Our Best Weapon In Treating Malaria
[1/13/2011]
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Definitions Of Antibiotic Drug Resistant Anthrax[1]
Newsletter 23 November 2010 [11/23/2010]
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Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia issues requirements and recommendations for the Hajj and Umra Seasons this year
[10/21/2010]
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Renewal Of Declaration Of Emergency Anthrax
HHS [10/4/2010]
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Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act includes specific countermeasures for Anthrax, Botulism, Smallpox, Acute Radiation Syndrome and Pandemic Influenza September 2010
[9/28/2010]
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WHO Summit On The Millennium Development Goals
Place: New York, United States
Date: 20-22 September 2010 [9/15/2010]
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Nations Leading Infectious Diseases Experts Call For Mabdatory Flu Vaccine For All Healthcare Personnel(pdf)
[9/1/2010]
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Review calls for new federal approach to medical countermeasures
August 19, 2010: DHHS [8/22/2010]
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2010 WHO Commemorating 30th Anniversary Smallpox Eradication
[5/18/2010]
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32 Lab-Confirmed Cases of Poliovirus in Tajikistan & Tests pending for Remainder of 171 Persons with Acute Flaccid Paralysis syndrome
[5/3/2010]
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WHO to Convene Expert Committee April 12-15 to Review the Global Response to Pandemic Influenza
[4/1/2010]
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Map: International Co-circulation of 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza
[1/31/2010]
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14 Anthrax cases (7 fatal) in Scotland include some with necrotizing fasciitis and Rx with Anthrax Immunoglobulin
[1/21/2010]
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Indonesia Ministry of Health announces 20 H5N1 Avian Flu cases, with 19 deaths, in the year 2009 (in contrast to Egypt with 4/39 fatal cases in 2009).
[12/30/2009]
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Two anthrax infections, one fatal, reported in injection drug users in Scotland
[12/17/2009]
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WHO Recommends Increased Oseltamivir for Severely Immunocompromised Hospitalized Patients with Pandemic H1N1 Virus Infection
[12/1/2009]
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WHO Update on Ukraine Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Virus: No Evidence of Increased Severity
[11/15/2009]
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Ukraine MOH reports one week (Oct 29-Nov 5) increase from 951 to 28,836 Hospitalized Patients due to “Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI)”
[11/5/2009]
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NIH announces successful results of first study in pregnant women of a non-adjuvanted, thimerosol-free, pandemic flu H1N1 vaccine
[11/2/2009]
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October 24, 2009 - President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu
[10/24/2009]
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Today the CDC posted the following important information regarding the anti-influenza medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for children
[10/20/2009]
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WARNING following Fatality : Relenza (zanamivir) is NOT recommended for use in a nebulizer or mechanical ventilator
[10/15/2009]
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Does Infection with the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Virus/2009 Confer Protection Against Re-Infection?
[10/7/2009]
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In the Time of Pandemic Flu: Remember Reye’s Syndrome (Vomiting, Liver and Brain Damage) Warnings on Pepto-Bismol, Alka-Seltzer Plus, Excedrin Extra Strength, and Aspirin
[9/26/2009]
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President Obama announces US will donate 10% of its 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine (non-adjuvanted) to WHO for other nations, as WHO Director Dr. Margaret Chan sees devastating impact of the pandemic virus in some countries
[9/16/2009]
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Institute of Medicine Report Recommends Fit-Tested N-95 Respirators for Healthcare Workers as Respiratory Protection against Pandemic H1N1 Influenza
[9/2/2009]
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An Excellent Idea: The American Academy of Neurology asks Neurologists to Report any Cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome after Pandemic H1N1 Flu Vaccination
[9/1/2009]
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WHO offers lessons for the upcoming second wave of pandemic H1N1 Influenza virus
[8/30/2009]
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Chile reports turkeys infected with human pandemic influenza virus H1N1/2009
[8/20/2009]
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WHO addresses Pandemic Flu Vaccine Safety: Studies begin in China, Australia, the UK, Germany, and the USA
[8/9/2009]
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Avoid Aspirin in Persons with possible Influenza Infection to Avoid “Reye’s Syndrome” with Brain and Liver Damage
[8/2/2009]
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South Africa to Host a WHO Regional Conference on Pandemic Influenza August 11-13
[7/29/2009]
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WHO Regional Office Addresses Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus with Regard to the Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages
[7/26/2009]
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WHO Updates Epidemiology and Vaccine Issues for Pandemic Flu (H1N1) 2009
[7/23/2009]
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WHO changes reporting for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus today; 15 Nations in Africa now with known cases
[7/15/2009]
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Six African Nations now confirm Novel Influenza A/H1N1: Ethiopia, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, S. Africa, Morocco and Egypt
[6/23/2009]
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South Africa is the third African Nation to confirm the Novel Influenza A (H1N1), as cases in Morocco rise to 8 and in Egypt to 29
[6/19/2009]
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Morocco Reports its 2nd case of Novel Influenza A (H1N1), and Egypt its 23rd Case, totaling 25 lab-confirmed cases in Africa
[6/15/2009]
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Egypt Reports 20th Case of Novel Influenza A (H1N1), and Remains the Only Nation in Africa with Lab-Confirmed Cases
[6/14/2009]
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Phase 6 Declared by WHO for Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Based on International Spread at the Community Level
[6/11/2009]
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Australia reports jump to 876 cases of novel H1N1 flu infection, mostly in Victoria, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia report first cases in travelers
[6/3/2009]
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Egypt Provides H5N1 Avian Flu Vaccine Virus Clade 2.2.1
[5/28/2009]
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Still no confirmed case in Africa of the novel H1N1 flu virus as WHO reports 13,398 cases in 48 nations, and WHO recommends virus for novel H1N1 vaccines
[5/26/2009]
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Will the new Influenza A (H1N1) virus continue to spread this summer in the Northern Hemisphere? Cases total 8,829 with 74 deaths in 40 nations, cases in Japan jump from 7 to 125, and still no confirmed cases in Africa.
[5/18/2009]
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WHO assesses the severity of an influenza pandemic, as Phase 5 is maintained for this novel Influenza A (H1N1) with 5,251 confirmed cases (61 fatal) in 30 nations
[5/12/2009]
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Will Survivors of the New Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Virus be Immune to Re-infection, Protected from Severe Disease if Infected with a Related Flu Virus, and/or Able to Donate Immune Plasma? Lab-Confirmed Cases reach 1,085 with 26 Deaths, in 21 Nations and 36 US States.
[5/4/2009]
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Key differences between the new Influenza A (H1N1) virus from this 2009 outbreak and the usual yearly (seasonal) human influenza A (H1N1) virus
[5/3/2009]
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WHO Raises Pandemic Alert to Phase 5 (Pandemic is “Imminent”) as US Cases Increase to 91 in 10 States, and Nine Nations Confirm Cases including New Zealand in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere. WHO Hosts Meeting on Evolving Clinical and Epidemiological Facts.
[4/29/2009]
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WHO Raises Pandemic Alert to Phase 4 due to swine influenza A (H1N1); Infections and some Deaths Continue in Mexico, US Cases Increase to 40 (none fatal), and Confirmed Case(s) Occur in Spain and Scotland. Will this Virus Become Established in the Southern Hemisphere by their Upcoming Flu Season (June-August, 2009)?
[4/27/2009]
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Canada confirms 6 cases of swine flu, NYC 8 cases and Ohio 1 case as US Declares Public Health Emergency during televised White House Press Briefing Sunday
[4/26/2009]
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CDC Confirms Two Swine Flu H1N1 cases in Kansas and WHO Chief Dr. Chan Declares Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico and USA a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” per the International Health Regulations (IHR)
[4/25/2009]
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Novel Influenza Virus A (H1N1) with Genes of Swine, Avian, and Human origin causing infection in parts of California, Texas, and Mexico, with some person-to-person spread
[4/23/2009]
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Lack of fatal H5N1 Avian Flu infections in 31 patients under 10 years of age, compared with 23 deaths in 32 patients > 10 years of age, in Egypt since 2006.
[4/14/2009]
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First Artemesinin Combination Therapy (ACT) to Treat Malaria in the USA approved by the FDA
[4/8/2009]
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No Deaths in 12 Patients with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported from Egypt since January 1, 2009
[4/7/2009]
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Levofloxacin Boxed Warning on Risk of Tendinitis and Tendon Rupture
[4/5/2009]
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FDA Licenses New Japanese B Encephalitis Vaccine
[3/30/2009]
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No Deaths in Nine Patients with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported from Egypt in 2009
[3/29/2009]
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Meningococcal Meningitis Cases Increase in the Meningitis Belt in Africa
[3/26/2009]
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A Pandemic Flu Vaccine granted marketing authorization in Australia but not in Europe
[3/26/2009]
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March 24 is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
[3/22/2009]
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Smallpox Vaccine Guidance Updated by CDC
[3/20/2009]
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New Clade 2.1 and Clade 4 recombinant H5N1 Vaccine Viruses Announced by WHO
[3/15/2009]
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US Guidance on Cleaning EMS and Other Transit Vehicles during a Flu Pandemic
[3/12/2009]
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WHO Focuses on Three Key Health Arguments on Climate Change
[3/11/2009]
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New Facility in Mexico to make Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Vaccine
[3/10/2009]
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GAO reports on sustaining pandemic flu preparedness: 10 of 23 recommendations remain
[3/9/2009]
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Patient Safety Awareness Week March 8-14 2009
[3/4/2009]
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Poliovirus: Very High Risk of Further International Spread from Sudan
[3/2/2009]
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Delivery Begins of Human Moncolonal Anthrax Antitoxin to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
[3/1/2009]
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Beijing to host Ministerial Meeting of (27) high MDR/XDR (“M/XDR”) Tuberculosis-Burden Nations
[2/28/2009]
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Artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites emerge along the Thai-Cambodia border: Control Efforts Announced
[2/26/2009]
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WHO Announces Agreement on Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccines
[2/25/2009]
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Meningococcal Outbreak in Nigeria and “Meningitis Belt” of Africa: CDC advises Vaccination for Travelers
February 24 2009 [2/24/2009]
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Cholera epidemic persists throughout Zimbabwe
20 February 2009 [2/20/2009]
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H5N1 Vaccine Update from WHO
15 February 2009 [2/15/2009]
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U.S. Army temporarily suspends much of their biodefense laboratory research at Ft. Detrick, Maryland
10 February 2009 [2/9/2009]
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Health Department Reports that Influenza Has Arrived in New York City
[2/8/2009]
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Peanut-Containing Product Recalls Exceeds 1,500 with Updated Identifications on FDA website and “Widget”
[2/6/2009]
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40 WHO Websites on Infectious Diseases listed in the February 6 2009 WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)
[2/6/2009]
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Poultry-to-Human H5N1 Influenza Infections Continue in China and Egypt
[2/4/2009]
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WHO: Urgent Efforts Needed to Control Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe, including Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) at the Community Level
[2/3/2009]
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Traveler Infected with Marburg Virus in Uganda Hospitalized on Return to USA in 2008 and Survived
[2/2/2009]
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Global, national efforts must be urgently intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
[1/30/2009]
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Pearls from the WHO’s “Smallpox and its Eradication”:
Lessons and Benefits, but no Template for other Disease Control Campaigns
[1/27/2009]
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Pearls from the WHO “Smallpox and its Eradication”: The Role of Traditional Leaders in Northern Nigeria
[1/26/2009]
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Antiviral Resistance Seasonal Flu 2008 1 27
[1/26/2009]
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WHO 2003-2009: Cumulative Number of H5N1 Flu Patients reaches 400, with sporadic cases this month in China, Egypt, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
[1/25/2009]
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Pearls from the online WHO “Smallpox and its Eradication” (I): Development and Use of the WHO Smallpox Recognition Card in Indonesia 1970-71.
[1/25/2009]
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US CDC Announces New Acting Director:
Richard Besser, MD
[1/22/2009]
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Salmonella Outbreak in 43 US States appears linked to Peanut Butter and Paste
[1/18/2009]
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CDC Announces Guidance on Smallpox Revaccination of Eligible Persons on an "Out-The Door" As-Needed Basis
[1/15/2009]
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White House issues Executive Order to Strengthen Laboratory Biosecurity in the USA
[1/11/2009]
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No Statistically Significant Clinical Differences Seen with Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A (H1N1) in Norway in 2007-2008
[1/8/2009]
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FDA Approves Change in Anthrax Vaccine to IM Administration and one less dose PRE-exposure
[12/30/2008]
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Bacillus anthracis resistant to Chloramphenicol and Penicillin reported from Patients in Mongolia
[12/29/2008]
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64/65 (99%) of Human Influenza A (H1N1) isolates tested in the USA are resistant to (oral) oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
[12/29/2008]
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Drum Maker in England with Inhalational Anthrax illustrates the Challenge of Curing Patients in the Late-Fulminant Stage
[12/19/2008]
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Fatal case of H5N1 Avian flu reported from Egypt, and Outbreaks in Animals Occur in Multiple Nations
[12/17/2008]
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H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Infects New Patients in Cambodia and Indonesia
[12/11/2008]
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ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Conference February 2009 to include “The Science behind the “Anthrax Letter” Attack Investigation”
[12/10/2008]
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DHS Recommends Manhattan, Kansas as site for Proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
[12/8/2008]
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New Subtype of Ebola Virus (#5) reported from 2007 Uganda Outbreak: Estimated 36% Fatality Rate
[11/30/2008]
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The Vienna Feb 13-16, 2009 International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED) Program posted
[11/28/2008]
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“Emerging Infections: a perpetual challenge” described as an Historical Review by NIH authors
[11/25/2008]
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Bird Flu simulation involving 300 people held in South Sulawesi, Indonesia following recent hospitalization of 17 persons for suspected bird flu
[11/25/2008]
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South Sulawesi Creates a Bird Flu Commission as Indonesian Ministry of Health Reports H5N1 virus tests are negative for 17 suspected cases in Sulawesi
[11/20/2008]
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US FDA to open first China offices this week in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai; EU also signs agreement with China on consumer safety
[11/17/2008]
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H5N1 Avian Flu Lab Tests for 17 Persons in Sulawesi hospital awaited from Indonesian Ministry of Health
[11/14/2008]
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The Jakarta Post Reports 17 Persons being tested for H5N1 Avian Flu in South Sulawesi Hospital
[11/13/2008]
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Sporadic Flu Activity Reported in DC and 15 states:
No Shortage of New Trivalent Flu Vaccine
[11/11/2008]
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New Biodefense Book Includes Media, Legal, and Psychosocial Perspectives as well as Pathogens
[11/10/2008]
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US Announces New Funding for Avian and Pandemic Flu at International Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
[11/5/2008]
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5 Patients with Novel Arenavirus in South Africa
[10/29/2008]
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Global Spread of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant Human Influenza A (H1N1)
[10/28/2008]
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H2 and H6 Influenza A as potential pandemic threats and their vaccines and other countermeasures added to prior U.S. PREP Act Declaration for H5, H7, and H9
[10/24/2008]
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Smallpox Countermeasures Declaration under the U.S. Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) Act
[10/21/2008]
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Botulism Countermeasures Declaration under the PREP Act made by US Government
[10/21/2008]
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APIC “Infection Preventionists” Support Requiring Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers
[10/20/2008]
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Multiple Simulation Exercises for Pandemic Flu Provided from the Asia-Pacific Region
[10/19/2008]
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N-95 Respirator fit-testing required for US postal carriers to receive a "Household Antibiotic Kit" (doxycycline) for use during an Anthrax attack
[10/15/2008]
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UN and World Bank Issue Global Progress Report on Avian Flu and Pandemic Preparedness: Specific Countries and Case Studies as Examples
[10/14/2008]
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South Africa reports frequent resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in Influenza A Viruses (H1N1) this winter, similar to Europe last winter
[10/14/2008]
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A New Virus Found as the Cause of Death in 3 patients, including health care workers, in southern Africa
[10/13/2008]
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12 Infectious Diseases Predicted to Spread ("Emerge") due to Climate Change
[10/8/2008]
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Pakistan 2007: Family cluster of 5 brothers with H5N1 Avian Flu infection includes the full clinical spectrum from fatalities to the (rare) asymptomatic household contact case
[10/7/2008]
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22 U.S. contracts for “Covered Countermeasures” against anthrax listed in HHS PREP Act Declaration
[10/4/2008]
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US to make antibiotics available for postal workers and household members as CRI preparedness for anthrax
[10/3/2008]
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Acanthamoeba in vitro to co-culture the bacteria that cause tularemia: A model system in multiple laboratories in Europe and North America.
[9/30/2008]
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WHO updates Candidate H5N1 vaccine virus list for potential use as human vaccines
[9/28/2008]
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Tularemia Risk Communication:
CDC’s “Communicating in the First Hours”
[9/23/2008]
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Nipah Virus 10 Years-After-Emergence in Malaysia and Singapore and then outbreaks in Bangladesh and India
22 September 2008 [9/21/2008]
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New H5N1 virus Clade 2.3.4 (‘Fujian-like lineage’) available for vaccine development
[9/15/2008]
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Past and Future Newsletters on Tularemia
[9/8/2008]
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WHO reports that 107/107 (100%) of influenza A (H1N1) human viruses this flu season are resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) (Note: This is not avian H5N1)
[8/24/2008]
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Bacterial pneumonia after influenza infection as the primary cause of death in the 1918-1919 pandemic: Need for bacterial vaccine and antibiotic stockpiles in 2008-2009.
[8/20/2008]
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International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED 2009) Updates Planned Scientific Program
[8/13/2008]
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Indonesia reports that all of the suspected cases of avian flu tested negative in Asahan district, North Sumatra
[8/11/2008]
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The Jakarta Post reports 13 persons suspected with bird flu in North Sumatra, but lab tests still pending.
[8/5/2008]
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“Fx2” Francisella tularensis infection
31 July 2008 [7/31/2008]
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Disease due to F. tularensis “Fx1” Infection
[7/30/2008]
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Francisella tularensis novicida-like bacteria FX1 (FSC 156) and Fx2 (FSC 159) can be distinguished by P-TUL
[7/27/2008]
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Indonesian health care providers emphasize need for point-of-care tests for H5N1 avian influenza
[7/21/2008]
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Hong Kong Notifies Physicians to Anticipate Summer Influenza Peak
18 July 2008 [7/17/2008]
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Does Francisella tularensis exist in nature in Acanthamoeba?
14 July 2008 [7/13/2008]
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A large, ongoing measles epidemic in Switzerland associated with limited enthusiasm for MMR vaccination (illustration attached)
[7/2/2008]
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U.S. settles lawsuit related to anthrax attacks of 2001
[7/1/2008]
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Roche Announces New Plan for Businesses to Stockpile Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for Pandemic Flu Preparedness
[6/28/2008]
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WHO Holds Public Health Security Exercise
[6/27/2008]
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26 June 2008 Funding Diagnostics H5n1
[6/26/2008]
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WHO announces Infection Control Network Meeting in Geneva June 26-27
[6/24/2008]
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Indonesia Reports Two Additional H5N1 Human Infections
[6/22/2008]
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Indonesia Continues Preparedness for Avian Influenza and Communicable Diseases
[6/10/2008]
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Bangladesh reports first human infection with H5N1 avian influenza
[5/30/2008]
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WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan Opens 61st World Health Assembly citing 3 Global Crises
[5/22/2008]
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FDA approves levofloxacin antibiotic for pediatric patients exposed to aerosolized Bacillus anthracis (inhalational anthrax)
[5/21/2008]
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Stockpiling estimates for facemasks for ill patients during waves of pandemic flu
[5/15/2008]
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OSHA posts for comment preliminary draft guidance on use of masks and respirators for pandemic flu planning
[5/14/2008]
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Sanofi Pasteur announces that H5N1 influenza Clade 2.2 bulk antigen enters US pandemic flu stockpile
[5/8/2008]
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China: Enterovirus 71 cases increase to 15,799 as Ministry of Health mandates reporting of all cases
[5/6/2008]
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WHO reports outbreak of over 1800 cases of enterovirus 71 in China
[5/4/2008]
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“The Intolerable Global Burden of Malaria”:
Slides by Dr. Joel Breman on World Malaria Day
[4/29/2008]
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Indonesia completes 1,000-person, 3-day pandemic flu (“Flu Yang Mematikan”) simulation exercise with involvement of Bali airport
[4/27/2008]
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The Jakarta Post reports on 3-day live simulation exercise drill of a pandemic influenza outbreak
[4/25/2008]
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World Malaria Today: A conference on the occasion of the first world malaria day
[4/24/2008]
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Anti-Malarial Artemisinin Combination Treatment (ACT) “Coartem” average price cut 20% beginning on World Malaria Day April 25,2008
[4/22/2008]
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Indonesia announces a series of PanFlu simulations to begin with a large-scale exercise April 25-27 in Bali
[4/19/2008]
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Restaurant Flyer Malaria (pdf)
[4/16/2008]
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World Malaria Day SFS Webpage
The Mortara Center for International Studies, and the Center for Infectious Disease, Georgetown University invite you to a one-day symposium to coincide with the first World Malaria Day, April 25. [4/10/2008]
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World Malaria Day Agenda
[4/9/2008]
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Zanamivir (Relenza) influenza drug adds to its “Warnings and Precautions” based on reports of neuro-behavioral symptoms.
[4/7/2008]
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Hong Kong Reopens Schools and Issues Guidelines on Face Masks and Checklists During Ongoing Flu Season
[3/30/2008]
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CDC Conference Report on Anthrax Advises “Early and Aggressive Pleural Fluid Drainage
[3/28/2008]
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Emergency Operation Centre inaugurated at the European CDC
[3/27/2008]
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Human Influenza Outbreak in Hong Kong Stabilizing
[3/24/2008]
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World TB Day and Global Tuberculosis Control 2008
[3/23/2008]
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Hong Kong, Guangdong Province, and Macao experts meet March 17th to discuss influenza
[3/17/2008]
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Hong Kong reports human influenza A (H1N1) as the cause of death in one child and Influenza A (H3N2) as the cause of death in another child, and not an unusual human or avian flu virus.
15 March 2008 [3/14/2008]
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Courage Remembered: Five Years after the Initial WHO SARS Global Alert March 12, 2003, and Emergency Travel Advisory March 15, 2003
[3/13/2008]
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Hong Kong closes all primary schools, kindergartens, and nurseries for two weeks due to human influenza outbreaks
[3/12/2008]
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Key Messages for World TB Day March 24 and Recent Report on TB Drug-Resistance from the WHO
[3/10/2008]
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Letter to Health Care Professionals from Manufacturer of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Updates Neuropsychiatric Information in Package Insert
[3/9/2008]
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World Malaria Day Website Created by WHO
[3/6/2008]
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2008 02 28 Oseltamivir Resistant Flu H1N1 Japan
Feb 28, 2008 [2/29/2008]
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WHO Update: H5N1 Virus Antigenic Changes and Relation to Candidate Human Vaccines
[2/25/2008]
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WHO Director-General Chan welcomes new funding of $350 million/5 years for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
[2/22/2008]
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Europe: More oseltamivir-resistant Influenza A (H1N1). WHO posts evolving global resistance database results.
[2/18/2008]
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A new virus linked with a solid-organ transplant donor and the deaths of three transplant recipients
[2/11/2008]
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CDC reports flu vaccine not well-matched for Influenza A (H3N2) or Influenza B, and unexplained Tamiflu resistance found in 8% of Influenza A (H1N1) isolates
[2/10/2008]
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European CDC Update: 81/208 (39%) of H1N1 Influenza A isolates from France are resistant to Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) this Flu Season (Note: Not avian flu H5N1)
[2/7/2008]
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2008-2009 Flu Vaccine composition meetings announced for this month at WHO and US FDA
[2/4/2008]
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Summary table of H5N1 avian flu viruses shared with WHO 2003-2007
[2/3/2008]
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Introducing ACAM2000
[2/1/2008]
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WHO/ECDC posts 18 FAQs on new oseltamivir-resistant transmissible Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses and Canada also reports their presence
[1/31/2008]
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Increasing Numbers of European Nations (9) Report High Level (H274Y) Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant Human influenza A H1N1 (not H5N1 avian flu)
[1/31/2008]
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European CDC Interim Report on Osletamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant (“H274Y”) Human Influenza A/ H1N1 Virus (not H5N1 avian flu)
[1/29/2008]
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WHO posts 42 slides on containment strategy for the initial emergence of pandemic flu
[1/9/2008]
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First World Malaria Day: April 25, 2008
[12/30/2007]
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WHO News Briefing Update on Pakistan H5N1 Infections in Humans
[12/20/2007]
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Pakistan Reports 8 Suspected H5N1 Avian Flu Patients and Myanmar reports First Confirmed H5N1 Patient
[12/15/2007]
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Health Requirements and Recommendations for Travelers to Saudi Arabia during the Hajj
[12/3/2007]
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US Funds Development of an Inhaled Form of Gentamicin
[11/14/2007]
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WHO Updates Pandemic Flu Rapid Response and Containment Plan
[10/30/2007]
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Beware of misidentification of Francisella tularensis as Actinobacillus or Hemophilus
[10/5/2007]
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As with the Anthrax attacks of 2001 remember that skin lesions have occurred with aerosol-transmitted Tularemia
[10/3/2007]
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Cutaneous Anthrax: Key References for Clinicians
[9/7/2007]
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WHO Updates Clinical Advice on Human H5N1 Virus Infections
[8/22/2007]
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FDA Clears First Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria
[7/16/2007]
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Containment Zone WHO Strategy for Pandemic Flu Initial Emergence
[7/15/2007]
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Indonesia reports 100th patient with H5N1 avian flu (80% mortality), asymptomatic infected chickens, and possible mutation facilitating poultry-to-human spread
[6/17/2007]
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TB and Air Travel: WHO Guidelines and Recommendations
[6/5/2007]
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WHO Factors to Consider in Launching a Pandemic Flu Containment Operation including Clustering of 5 or more Closely Related Cases or Two or More Generations of Transmission.
[5/29/2007]
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WHO Updated Protocol for Rapid Operations to Contain Initial Emergence of Pandemic Flu Includes 20 Days (not 10) of Antiviral Prophylaxis
[5/24/2007]
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Indonesia reports 15 new patients with H5N1 influenza over 3 months based on testing at National Laboratory in Jakarta
[5/20/2007]
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Defense Department Issues N-95 Respirator Guidance – Including Reuse If Necessary, During A Time of Pandemic Flu
10 May 2007 [5/11/2007]
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Yellow Fever: Ongoing Emergence in Africa and South America
[5/1/2007]
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US FDA Approves Initial Human Vaccine against H5N1 (Clade 1) Avian Influenza Virus for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
[4/20/2007]
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WHO posts a 1996-2007 Update on H5N1 Influenza in Animals and Humans and Convenes a Conference on Clinical Aspects of H5N1
14 April 2007 [4/14/2007]
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An overview of 3 parasitic infections: Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, and dracunculiasis
[4/11/2007]
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World Health Day: International Health Security Theme
[4/6/2007]
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Laos reports first patient H5N1 influenza infection while Egypt and China report their 23rd patient
[3/6/2007]
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WHO Reports on 251 Persons with H5N1 Infection (2003-2006) and Confirms First Patient in Nigeria (2007)
[2/12/2007]
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WHO H5N1 Flu Investigation Guidelines: 7 Days is the Patient’s Incubation Period Upper Limit, and -1 to +14 Days is the Time Frame for Contact Tracing
[1/31/2007]
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3-Part CDC Plan to Deliver Antivirals, Masks and Respirators, and other Countermeasures after WHO Pandemic Flu Phase 4 is Declared
[1/22/2007]
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Indonesia to Ban Poultry in Residential Areas as H5N1 Virus Surges in Asia and Africa
[1/19/2007]
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US Funds Clinical Development of Peramivir, a Parenteral Neuraminidase Inhibitor Influenza Antiviral Drug
[1/4/2007]
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International Avian Flu Conference in Mali Reports Success
[12/10/2006]
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Report on H5N1 in Indonesia
[11/29/2006]
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Tamiflu now produced in USA…are we safer?
[11/3/2006]
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Risk Communication as a Pandemic Flu Countermeasure for the Business Community: More is Better
22 October 2006 [10/23/2006]
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Additives or Not: The Anthrax Mailed in October 2001 Could Form an Aerosol and Could Reaerosolize
17 October 2006 [10/17/2006]
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Indonesia reports 48th patient, and 39th death (81% fatality rate), due to H5N1 avian flu virus in 2006 including use of recent WHO case definitions of H5N1 infection.
25 September 2006 [9/25/2006]
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WHO Recommends Indoor Spraying with DDT or other Insecticides to fight Malaria, in addition to Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets and Artemesinin Combination Therapies
15 September 2006 [9/14/2006]
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“XDR-TB” (Extensive (Extreme) Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis): WHO describes as “Virtually Untreatable”
5 September 2006 [9/5/2006]
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WHO: Three Clade 2 H5N1 Candidate Pre-Pandemic Vaccines Added to Current
Clade 1 Vaccine
August 25, 2006 [8/24/2006]
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H5N1 outbreak investigation begins in remote village of West Java, Indonesia
18 August 2006 [8/17/2006]
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Domestic Cats in Iraq With H5N1 Clade 2 Avian Flu
31 July 2006 [8/2/2006]
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Anthrax Antitoxin Antibody: Second Source to be Added to US Stockpile
29 July 2006 [7/31/2006]
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Inhaled Zanamivir (Relenza) for Anti-Influenza Drug Stockpiling Available to 50 States, DC, and 8 other Jurisdictions at Subsidized Cost
27 July 2006 [7/26/2006]
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US Pandemic Flu Stockpile Plans: “As Is” vs “To Be”
8 July 2006 [7/9/2006]
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Indonesia Hosts Avian Flu Expert WHO Consultation: No Pandemic Virus Found In Single Family 8-Person Outbreak
26 June 2006 [6/25/2006]
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Four criteria in the WHO decision to launch an influenza containment operation once a change occurs from Pandemic Alert Phase 3 to Phase 4
29 May 2006 [5/29/2006]
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New highly active anti-malarial Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) protected by phase-out of marketing single-drug artemisinin malaria pills
14 May 2006 [5/14/2006]
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H5N1 in the Horn of Africa: First human infection in Djibouti and new poultry infections in Sudan confirmed
12 May 2006 [5/12/2006]
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Department of Defense (DOD) Health Care Actions and Expectations in the New US Pandemic Flu Plan
8 May 2006 [5/7/2006]
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5 May 2006
“The center of gravity of the pandemic response, however, will be in communities”: The jewel in the lotus of the new US Pandemic Flu Plan, or a football team with no defensive line?
5 May 2006 [5/5/2006]
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Will persons who recover from pandemic flu be immune (protected) from re-infection, and thus able to return to work even without vaccination or antiviral prophylaxis?
May 2, 2006 [5/2/2006]
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Dengue Emerging Infectious Disease Update
April 20, 2006 [4/19/2006]
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WHO Calculates Large Numbers of Masks Needed for Patients and Health Providers During a Flu Pandemic
11 April 2006 [4/10/2006]
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Avian Flu Vaccine and Drug Preparedness 2006 Update
April 5, 2006 [4/4/2006]
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US To buy 50 million N-95 Respirators as part of Updated Pandemic Flu Planning
30 March 2006 [4/1/2006]
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Egypt Reports 5th Patient with H5N1 Infection and Hosts Two-Day Conference for Health Care Providers in Cairo
29 March 2006 [3/31/2006]
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International Influenza Meetings: Summary Pages
March 28, 2006 [3/27/2006]
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Dengue virus update
March 18, 2006 [3/17/2006]
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International Dengue Outbreaks Continue in February 2006
15 March 2005 [3/14/2006]
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Cameroon reports H5N1 near Nigerian border as WHO Director - General outlines steps to limit H5N1 spread in Africa
12 March 2006 [3/11/2006]
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US Pandemic Plan Preparedness & Response Update
9 March 2006 [3/9/2006]
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Pandemic Influenza Home Health Care Planning
6 March 2006 [3/8/2006]
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WHO: New H5N1 prototype strain, A/Indonesia/5/2005, is available for pandemic vaccine development
3 March 2006 [3/5/2006]
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H5N1 spreads, China warns of “massive outbreak,” and WHO expands website
27 February 2006 [2/26/2006]
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Dengue Fever 2006: New Year, New Outbreaks
22 February 2006 [2/23/2006]
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Recent Advances In Vaccine Development for the Treatment of Dengue
17 February 2006 [2/16/2006]
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Feb 7th-14: Avian Flu outbreaks reported in Nigeria, Azerbeijan, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Iran. Is this how quickly human flu will spread when the next pandemic hits?
14 February 2006 [2/14/2006]
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Dulling Occam’s Razor: The Challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases When Applying the Single Explanation Principle in Public Health Policy
10 February 2006 [2/9/2006]
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Japan-WHO Joint Meeting on Early Response to a Potential Influenza Pandemic
8 February 2006 [2/7/2006]
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WHO Announces a 3rd Strategy to Address Pandemic Flu: Rapid Response and Containment Protocol and Training
28 January 2006 [1/29/2006]
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WHO updates facts on H5N1 virus, including use of a 7-day incubation period for monitoring contacts, and consideration of 7-10 day therapy with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for severe infection
23 January 2006 [1/23/2006]
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Turkey reports 21st patient with H5N1 this month and WHO is creating regional stockpiles of oseltamivir (anti-H5N1 drug) for developing nations. Is Africa next?
18 January 2006 [1/17/2006]
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2006 01 05 Turkey H5N1
H5N1 Turkey [1/17/2006]
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FDA Approves Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) as Prevention against Influenza A and B for Children Over the Age of One (1) Year
22 December 2005 [12/25/2005]
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2005 12 20 Adjuvant H5N1 Vaccine
[12/25/2005]
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WHO: Review of Data on Influenza Virus Transmission
12 December 2005 [12/12/2005]
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N-95 Respirator Protection against TB, SARS, or Flu: An Analogy to Automobile Seat Belts
30 November 2006 [12/7/2005]
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Three types of Influenza Vaccines: (1) The Yearly Human Flu Vaccine, (2) The Avian Flu H5N1 Vaccine, and (3) A Future Pandemic Flu Vaccine
[11/27/2005]
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New H5N1 Patients in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand as Winter Nears
[11/26/2005]
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Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases [11/16/2005]
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WHO Reference Labs developing new experimental H5N1 vaccine prototype strains
[11/10/2005]
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October 29: Africa and the Threat of Avian and Pandemic Flu: The US Should Act Now
[10/28/2005]
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New H5N1 infections in Avians in Romania, Russia, China, Thailand, and in birds smuggled into Taipei, China; First new human infection in Thailand in 12 months; No evidence of “P2P” or “P5P” transmission
[10/20/2005]
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Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Confirmed in Europe Todayor “P5P” transmission
[10/12/2005]
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October 4-8: The 100-Hour “Tipping Point” in US Pandemic Flu Awareness
[10/8/2005]
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UN Director General appoints WHO Expert to Lead Avian Flu Efforts, New WHO paper on H5N1, and more cases in Indonesia
[9/28/2005]
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Bird Flu closes Jakarta Zoo, H5N1 human case(s) confirmed
[9/19/2005]
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US to stockpile second drug (zanamivir) to treat H5N1 influenza, add $100 million worth of H5N1 vaccine, and travel to SE Asia in October
[9/16/2005]
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WHO issues new H5N1 pandemic flu recommendations for policy makers
[9/13/2005]
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Children and H5N1: Ages, Fatalities, and Antiviral Limitations
August 30, 2005 [8/29/2005]
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“Necessary but Not Sufficient”: The 3 Million Courses of Oseltamivir for H5N1 Nascent Pandemic Control. Five (5) Other Criteria are Required, Similar to the US Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI)
August 25, 2005 [8/24/2005]
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WHO to receive 3 million treatment courses (30 million capsules) of the only oral anti-H5N1 drug (oseltamivir) by mid-2006 as outbreaks spread to Kazakhstan, Russia and Tibet24
August 24 2005 [8/23/2005]
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H5N1 Flu Virus Confirmed in Russia; Is Mongolia Next?
August 8, 2005 [8/8/2005]
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Outbreak in Sichuan: Is Strep Suis the only infection?
July 31, 2005 [8/3/2005]
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H5N1: Hypercytokinemia and Hemophagocytosis
July 29, 2005 [7/28/2005]
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H5N1 Lab Research at CDC: Important Science, Predictable Accusations
July 23, 2005 [7/24/2005]
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Indonesia: H5N1 now in Humans in addition to Poultry and Pigs
July 22, 2005 [7/21/2005]
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Public Use of Masks in Hong Kong during SARS 2003
June 29, 2005 [7/5/2005]
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Thailand Avian Flu Newsletter
June 17,
2005 [7/3/2005]
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H5N1 Vaccines: Update
June 9, 2005 [6/8/2005]
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Drainage of pleural fluid in patients with inhalational anthrax: a critical need to be anticipated as part of combination therapy
May 24, 2005 [5/23/2005]
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H5N1 Cases rise to 97 with Changing Epidemiology in 2005: WHO Director-General calls avian influenza “the most serious known health threat the world is facing today”.
May 20, 2005 [5/19/2005]
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Cities Readiness Initiative expanding to 36 Cities: Mass distribution of (effective) antibiotics
May 14, 2005 [5/13/2005]
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“Pacific Storm”: Tabletop Exercise for a Pandemic H5N1 Flu
May 9, 2005 [5/8/2005]
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Oseltamivir, Influenza, and the Media
April 28, 2005 [4/27/2005]
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Tularemia Flowchart
[10/2/2004]
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Key Questions to Help Identify the First High-Risk Patients with Tularemia
[9/30/2004]
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