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CDC on Bioterrorism
The Centers for Disease Control has established a Bioterrorism Program to ensure the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.
CDC MMWR
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
WHO WER
Weekly Epidemiological Record. Information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including emerging or re-emerging infection
WHO IHR
International Health Regulations. An international legal instrument that is binding on 194 countries across the globe, including all the Member States of WHO
CBN
Clinicians Biosecurity Network. Update on Personal Protective Equipment
RECENT NEWS
Simulated nerve-agent exposure of 100 people is part of metrowide bioterrorism ...
OregonLive.com
CLACKAMAS--A simulated bioterrorism attack Wednesday morning at Camp Withycombe had all the outward appearances of the real thing. More than 100 actor/volunteers reacted to a sarin gas attack with frothing mouths, seizures and jerky limbs.
Regional Agencies Hold Simulated Bioterrortism Attack ExerciseAlbany Tribune
Glaxo to get up to $200M for bioterrorism research
Triangle Business Journal
The agreement is worth up to $200 million. In addition to the growing issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the project will target research toward bioterrorism threats, including the plague and anthrax. Lauren Ohnesorge covers technology ...
Three day metro-wide disaster drill will simulate bioterrorism attack
OregonLive.com
As preparedness drills go, the 3-day PACE (Portland Area Capabilities Exercise) Setter bioterrorism exercise that starts Tuesday is big. The exercise--which simulates a terrorist attack involving a biological weapon--will unfold across 50 different ...
Specific Technologies Detects and Identifies Potential Bioterrorism Pathogenic ...
PR Newswire (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Specific Technologies, today announced the publication of results of the first study demonstrating detection of pathogenic bacteria, including potential bioterrorism agents such as Yersinia ...
County's bioterrorism attack response to be tested
The Columbian
The exercise is part of the Washington State Annual Bioterrorism Exercise taking place May 21-23. The exercise is designed to test readiness among public agencies and community organizations should terrorists unleash a biological agent, such as anthrax ...
How would a Portland area bioterrorism attack affect Tillamook County
North Coast & Cannon Beach Citizen
Tillamook, OR – PACE Setter, the Portland Area Capabilities Exercise will run May 21-23, 2013 and will involve people from more than 65 jurisdictions who will react and respond to a simulated bioterrorism attack. With role play in more than 50 venues ...
Anthrax, Ricin, Smallpox: Which Is the Deadliest Bioterrorism Agent?
Yahoo! News
The scarier part of this potentially deadly mail delivery is the light it shined on something dreadful about this particular brand of terrorism: Bioterrorism can turn almost anything into a weapon. The CDC defines bioterrorism as “the deliberate ...
Bean Pounding: J. Everett Dutschke & the strange saga of outsider music and ...
Global Security
It takes a very strange person to undertake bioterrorism in America. Logic says there can't be many such people. But the recent case of accused ricin mailer, J. Everett Dutschke, Tupelo's now most famous other son adds another entry in an obscure ...
PharmAthene, Inc. (PIP): A Small Cap Anecdote for Bioterrorism or Chemical ...
SmallCap Network
The recent incident where ricin-tainted letters was sent to government officials is a reminder of the threat of bioterrorism or chemical warfare threats, something small cap PharmAthene, Inc. (PIP) is focused on. By John Udovich. Apr 24, 2013 10:17:26 ...
Iowa authorities practice decontamination drill in case of bioterrorism ...
The Republic
DES MOINES, Iowa — Authorities in central Iowa are practicing decontamination procedures in case of a bioterrorism threat or industrial contamination event. The Polk County Health Department and other local agencies, including a county emergency ...
S. Korean military conducts bioterrorism exercise in Seoul
Arirang News
And that's exactly what they did on Wednesday afternoon in a large-scale bioterrorism exercise meant to counter chemical threats. "This exercise is intended to better prepare for enemy threats in the capital area, while enhancing government and ...
Modern lab reaches across the ages to resolve plague DNA debate
Sonoran News
Much of their joint work is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which Wagner said is interested in techniques that could be used following a bioterrorism event to identify the agent and determine its origins. Paul Keim, director of ...
BioFlorida Celebration of Biotechnology marks decade of success
Alachua County Today
... spoke about his company which recently was awarded a U.S. Department of Defense contract in an amount up to $360 million to develop medical countermeasures, including the development and manufacture of drugs and vaccines to combat bioterrorism.
Biodetection Technologies 2013 and Oak Ridge National Lab's Biosurveillance ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
-Bob Kadlec, formerly Staff Director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Bioterrorism, Homeland Security Council & Office of Secretary of Defense -Rolf Müller, PhD, Biomatrica, Inc. -Subhamoy Pal, Henry Jackson Foundation -Betty Lee, PhD, U.S. Department of ...
Glaxo to Get Up to $200 Million for U.S. Research
Bloomberg
In addition to hospital infections, bioterrorism threats, including the plague, anthrax, rabbit fever, and potentially other unknown microbes are also targets for the new research, Payne said in an interview. In October, Glaxo terminated clinical ...
Training for emergencies is a way of life at Rockford-area hospitals
Rockford Register Star
This is actually a busy time for emergency preparedness, from a mock plane crash at Chicago Rockford International Airport and discussion of bioterrorism responses this month. Another big drill involving local hospitals and health departments is ...
GlaxoSmithKline Awarded Up to $200 Million by US to Develop New Antibiotics
Fox Business
... Research and Development Authority, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, have agreed to a first of its kind collaboration that will support the development of several antibiotics to fight antibiotic resistance and ...
Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor's biotech firm
Saukvalley
Dr. Philip K. Russell, a biodefense official in the George W. Bush administration who attended invitation-only seminars on bioterrorism led by Danzig, said he did not know about Danzig's tie to the biotech company until The Times asked him about it.
GlaxoSmithKline wins up to $200M federal contract to develop new antibiotics
FierceBiotech
... of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has brought on GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) to help the federal agency develop new antibiotics to combat bioterrorism and growing resistance to the drugs.
GS1 US Introduces Traceability Readiness Programs for Seafood and Dairy ...
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
They will also understand how they can comply with traceability-related requirements of the Bioterrorism Act and the Food Safety Modernization Act; and make informed decisions about technology requirements and solution providers. Subscribers in these ...
iBio announces production of vaccine candidate for new H7N9 influenza virus
News-Medical.net
... for large volumes of production, and, subject to regulatory approval, could deliver vaccine doses for emergency use against pandemic and bioterrorism threats in weeks rather than the months necessary with the use of engineered or attenuated virus ...
Resident Evil: Revelations Review – Shook Ones
The Koalition
For those new to Revelations, the game takes place between Resident Evil 4 and 5 right before the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) is formed. You follow veteran and BSAA founders Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield as they're lured onto a ...
Research and Markets: Biochip Products and Services Market - US Industry ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Biochips are miniaturized laboratories that can perform thousands of biochemical reactions such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) simultaneously and are used for a variety of purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to detection of bioterrorism agents.
GSK Awarded Up To $200M For Bioterror Drug Program
Law360 (subscription)
... and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority said Wednesday it has awarded GlaxoSmithKline PLC up to $200 million in a groundbreaking effort to help develop new drugs to fight antibiotic resistance and bioterrorism.
Back to the future? Gosnell's window to the past
phillyBurbs.com
According to the National Abortion Federation, in 2011 there were 113 acts of violence against abortion providers, which included vandalism, trespassing, an anthrax/bioterrorism threat, assault and battery, death threats and burglary. That same year ...
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Cyanides, Cyanogen Chloride
Cyanides, Hydrogen
Evaluation Of A Biological Warfare Victim
Evaluation Of A Chemical Warfare Victim
Glanders and Melioidosis
Incapacitating Agents, 3-quinuclidinyl Benzilate
Incapacitating Agents, Agent 15
Incapacitating Agents, Cannabinoids
Incapacitating Agents, LSD
Incendiary Agents, Magnesium and Thermite
Incendiary Agents, Napalm
Incendiary Agents, White Phosphorus
Irritants: Cs, Cn, Cnc, Ca, Cr, Cnb, PS
Lung-Damaging Agents, Chlorine
Lung-damaging Agents, Chloropicrin
Lung-damaging Agents, Diphosgene
Lung-damaging Agents, Phosgene
Lung-damaging Agents, Toxic Smokes: Nox, Hc, Rp, Fs, Fm, Sgf2, Teflon
Nerve Agents, G-series: Tabun, Sarin, Soman
Nerve Agents, V-series: Ve, Vg, Vm, Vx
Personal Protective Equipment
Plague
Q Fever
Ricin
Smallpox
Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B
T-2 Mycotoxins
Urticants, Phosgene Oxime
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
Vesicants, Mustard: Hd, Hn1-3, H
Vesicants, Organic Arsenicals: L, ED, MD, PD, HL
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Vomiting Agents: Dm, Da, Dc
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2011-12-31 VOA - China: Man Dies of Bird Flu
2011-12-28 Bioprepwatch - Scientists worried that H5N1 research withholding may be slippery slope
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Newsletter from Washington DC
GU Infectious Disease Posters
Dengue as a Threat to America
H5N1 Avian Influenza: Emergence and Trends in Egypt and Indonesia
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Washington Newsletter
WHO Concerned That New H5N1 Influenza Research Could Undermine The 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework [1/5/2012]
H. R. 2405 –Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act(pdf) [12/7/2011]
Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, M.D., M.P.H. before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [10/19/2011]
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Anthrax News Update [8/28/2011]
Minnesota Dept of Health
Health officials investigate case of inhalational anthrax from suspected natural environmental exposure [8/10/2011]
MDH News Release
Notice to Health Care Providers — Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli O104 (STEC O104:H4) Infections in U.S. Travelers Returning from Germany [6/3/2011]
CDC Health Advisory
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]
77 Powerpoint Lectures online from the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED) & Surveillance [3/11/2011]
Glanders (B. Mallei ) Antibiotic Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) after a Deliberate Release: Guidelines in Europe [2/18/2011]
Race Against Time To Develop New Antibiotics [2/8/2011]
Protecting Our Best Weapon In Treating Malaria [1/13/2011]
Definitions Of Antibiotic Drug Resistant Anthrax[1] [11/23/2010]
Newsletter 23 November 2010
Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia issues requirements and recommendations for the Hajj and Umra Seasons this year [10/21/2010]
Renewal Of Declaration Of Emergency Anthrax [10/4/2010]
HHS
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]
WHO Summit On The Millennium Development Goals [9/15/2010]
Place: New York, United States Date: 20-22 September 2010
Nations Leading Infectious Diseases Experts Call For Mabdatory Flu Vaccine For All Healthcare Personnel(pdf) [9/1/2010]
Review calls for new federal approach to medical countermeasures [8/22/2010]
August 19, 2010: DHHS
2010 WHO Commemorating 30th Anniversary Smallpox Eradication [5/18/2010]
32 Lab-Confirmed Cases of Poliovirus in Tajikistan & Tests pending for Remainder of 171 Persons with Acute Flaccid Paralysis syndrome [5/3/2010]
WHO to Convene Expert Committee April 12-15 to Review the Global Response to Pandemic Influenza [4/1/2010]
Map: International Co-circulation of 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza [1/31/2010]
14 Anthrax cases (7 fatal) in Scotland include some with necrotizing fasciitis and Rx with Anthrax Immunoglobulin [1/21/2010]
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]
Two anthrax infections, one fatal, reported in injection drug users in Scotland [12/17/2009]
WHO Recommends Increased Oseltamivir for Severely Immunocompromised Hospitalized Patients with Pandemic H1N1 Virus Infection [12/1/2009]
WHO Update on Ukraine Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Virus: No Evidence of Increased Severity [11/15/2009]
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]
NIH announces successful results of first study in pregnant women of a non-adjuvanted, thimerosol-free, pandemic flu H1N1 vaccine [11/2/2009]
October 24, 2009 - President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu [10/24/2009]
Today the CDC posted the following important information regarding the anti-influenza medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for children [10/20/2009]
WARNING following Fatality : Relenza (zanamivir) is NOT recommended for use in a nebulizer or mechanical ventilator [10/15/2009]
Does Infection with the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Virus/2009 Confer Protection Against Re-Infection? [10/7/2009]
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]
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]
Institute of Medicine Report Recommends Fit-Tested N-95 Respirators for Healthcare Workers as Respiratory Protection against Pandemic H1N1 Influenza [9/2/2009]
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]
WHO offers lessons for the upcoming second wave of pandemic H1N1 Influenza virus [8/30/2009]
Chile reports turkeys infected with human pandemic influenza virus H1N1/2009 [8/20/2009]
WHO addresses Pandemic Flu Vaccine Safety: Studies begin in China, Australia, the UK, Germany, and the USA [8/9/2009]
Avoid Aspirin in Persons with possible Influenza Infection to Avoid “Reye’s Syndrome” with Brain and Liver Damage [8/2/2009]
South Africa to Host a WHO Regional Conference on Pandemic Influenza August 11-13 [7/29/2009]
WHO Regional Office Addresses Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus with Regard to the Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages [7/26/2009]
WHO Updates Epidemiology and Vaccine Issues for Pandemic Flu (H1N1) 2009 [7/23/2009]
WHO changes reporting for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus today; 15 Nations in Africa now with known cases [7/15/2009]
Six African Nations now confirm Novel Influenza A/H1N1: Ethiopia, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, S. Africa, Morocco and Egypt [6/23/2009]
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]
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]
Egypt Reports 20th Case of Novel Influenza A (H1N1), and Remains the Only Nation in Africa with Lab-Confirmed Cases [6/14/2009]
Phase 6 Declared by WHO for Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Based on International Spread at the Community Level [6/11/2009]
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]
Egypt Provides H5N1 Avian Flu Vaccine Virus Clade 2.2.1 [5/28/2009]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
First Artemesinin Combination Therapy (ACT) to Treat Malaria in the USA approved by the FDA [4/8/2009]
No Deaths in 12 Patients with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported from Egypt since January 1, 2009 [4/7/2009]
Levofloxacin Boxed Warning on Risk of Tendinitis and Tendon Rupture [4/5/2009]
FDA Licenses New Japanese B Encephalitis Vaccine [3/30/2009]
No Deaths in Nine Patients with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported from Egypt in 2009 [3/29/2009]
Meningococcal Meningitis Cases Increase in the Meningitis Belt in Africa [3/26/2009]
A Pandemic Flu Vaccine granted marketing authorization in Australia but not in Europe [3/26/2009]
March 24 is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day [3/22/2009]
Smallpox Vaccine Guidance Updated by CDC [3/20/2009]
New Clade 2.1 and Clade 4 recombinant H5N1 Vaccine Viruses Announced by WHO [3/15/2009]
US Guidance on Cleaning EMS and Other Transit Vehicles during a Flu Pandemic [3/12/2009]
WHO Focuses on Three Key Health Arguments on Climate Change [3/11/2009]
New Facility in Mexico to make Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Vaccine [3/10/2009]
GAO reports on sustaining pandemic flu preparedness: 10 of 23 recommendations remain [3/9/2009]
Patient Safety Awareness Week March 8-14 2009 [3/4/2009]
Poliovirus: Very High Risk of Further International Spread from Sudan [3/2/2009]
Delivery Begins of Human Moncolonal Anthrax Antitoxin to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) [3/1/2009]
Beijing to host Ministerial Meeting of (27) high MDR/XDR (“M/XDR”) Tuberculosis-Burden Nations [2/28/2009]
Artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites emerge along the Thai-Cambodia border: Control Efforts Announced [2/26/2009]
WHO Announces Agreement on Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccines [2/25/2009]
Meningococcal Outbreak in Nigeria and “Meningitis Belt” of Africa: CDC advises Vaccination for Travelers [2/24/2009]
February 24 2009
Cholera epidemic persists throughout Zimbabwe [2/20/2009]
20 February 2009
H5N1 Vaccine Update from WHO [2/15/2009]
15 February 2009
U.S. Army temporarily suspends much of their biodefense laboratory research at Ft. Detrick, Maryland [2/9/2009]
10 February 2009
Health Department Reports that Influenza Has Arrived in New York City [2/8/2009]
40 WHO Websites on Infectious Diseases listed in the February 6 2009 WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) [2/6/2009]
Peanut-Containing Product Recalls Exceeds 1,500 with Updated Identifications on FDA website and “Widget” [2/6/2009]
Poultry-to-Human H5N1 Influenza Infections Continue in China and Egypt [2/4/2009]
WHO: Urgent Efforts Needed to Control Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe, including Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) at the Community Level [2/3/2009]
Traveler Infected with Marburg Virus in Uganda Hospitalized on Return to USA in 2008 and Survived [2/2/2009]
Global, national efforts must be urgently intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak [1/30/2009]
Pearls from the WHO’s “Smallpox and its Eradication”: Lessons and Benefits, but no Template for other Disease Control Campaigns [1/27/2009]
Antiviral Resistance Seasonal Flu 2008 1 27 [1/26/2009]
Pearls from the WHO “Smallpox and its Eradication”: The Role of Traditional Leaders in Northern Nigeria [1/26/2009]
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]
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]
US CDC Announces New Acting Director: Richard Besser, MD [1/22/2009]
Salmonella Outbreak in 43 US States appears linked to Peanut Butter and Paste [1/18/2009]
CDC Announces Guidance on Smallpox Revaccination of Eligible Persons on an "Out-The Door" As-Needed Basis [1/15/2009]
White House issues Executive Order to Strengthen Laboratory Biosecurity in the USA [1/11/2009]
No Statistically Significant Clinical Differences Seen with Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A (H1N1) in Norway in 2007-2008 [1/8/2009]
FDA Approves Change in Anthrax Vaccine to IM Administration and one less dose PRE-exposure [12/30/2008]
64/65 (99%) of Human Influenza A (H1N1) isolates tested in the USA are resistant to (oral) oseltamivir (Tamiflu). [12/29/2008]
Bacillus anthracis resistant to Chloramphenicol and Penicillin reported from Patients in Mongolia [12/29/2008]
Drum Maker in England with Inhalational Anthrax illustrates the Challenge of Curing Patients in the Late-Fulminant Stage [12/19/2008]
Fatal case of H5N1 Avian flu reported from Egypt, and Outbreaks in Animals Occur in Multiple Nations [12/17/2008]
H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Infects New Patients in Cambodia and Indonesia [12/11/2008]
ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Conference February 2009 to include “The Science behind the “Anthrax Letter” Attack Investigation” [12/10/2008]
DHS Recommends Manhattan, Kansas as site for Proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) [12/8/2008]
New Subtype of Ebola Virus (#5) reported from 2007 Uganda Outbreak: Estimated 36% Fatality Rate [11/30/2008]
The Vienna Feb 13-16, 2009 International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED) Program posted [11/28/2008]
Bird Flu simulation involving 300 people held in South Sulawesi, Indonesia following recent hospitalization of 17 persons for suspected bird flu [11/25/2008]
“Emerging Infections: a perpetual challenge” described as an Historical Review by NIH authors [11/25/2008]
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]
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]
H5N1 Avian Flu Lab Tests for 17 Persons in Sulawesi hospital awaited from Indonesian Ministry of Health [11/14/2008]
The Jakarta Post Reports 17 Persons being tested for H5N1 Avian Flu in South Sulawesi Hospital [11/13/2008]
Sporadic Flu Activity Reported in DC and 15 states: No Shortage of New Trivalent Flu Vaccine [11/11/2008]
New Biodefense Book Includes Media, Legal, and Psychosocial Perspectives as well as Pathogens [11/10/2008]
US Announces New Funding for Avian and Pandemic Flu at International Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt [11/5/2008]
5 Patients with Novel Arenavirus in South Africa [10/29/2008]
Global Spread of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant Human Influenza A (H1N1) [10/28/2008]
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]
Smallpox Countermeasures Declaration under the U.S. Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) Act [10/21/2008]
Botulism Countermeasures Declaration under the PREP Act made by US Government [10/21/2008]
APIC “Infection Preventionists” Support Requiring Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers [10/20/2008]
Multiple Simulation Exercises for Pandemic Flu Provided from the Asia-Pacific Region [10/19/2008]
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]
UN and World Bank Issue Global Progress Report on Avian Flu and Pandemic Preparedness: Specific Countries and Case Studies as Examples [10/14/2008]
South Africa reports frequent resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in Influenza A Viruses (H1N1) this winter, similar to Europe last winter [10/14/2008]
A New Virus Found as the Cause of Death in 3 patients, including health care workers, in southern Africa [10/13/2008]
12 Infectious Diseases Predicted to Spread ("Emerge") due to Climate Change [10/8/2008]
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]
22 U.S. contracts for “Covered Countermeasures” against anthrax listed in HHS PREP Act Declaration [10/4/2008]
US to make antibiotics available for postal workers and household members as CRI preparedness for anthrax [10/3/2008]
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]
WHO updates Candidate H5N1 vaccine virus list for potential use as human vaccines [9/28/2008]
Tularemia Risk Communication: CDC’s “Communicating in the First Hours” [9/23/2008]
Nipah Virus 10 Years-After-Emergence in Malaysia and Singapore and then outbreaks in Bangladesh and India [9/21/2008]
22 September 2008
New H5N1 virus Clade 2.3.4 (‘Fujian-like lineage’) available for vaccine development [9/15/2008]
Past and Future Newsletters on Tularemia [9/8/2008]
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]
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]
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases (IMED 2009) Updates Planned Scientific Program [8/13/2008]
Indonesia reports that all of the suspected cases of avian flu tested negative in Asahan district, North Sumatra [8/11/2008]
The Jakarta Post reports 13 persons suspected with bird flu in North Sumatra, but lab tests still pending. [8/5/2008]
“Fx2” Francisella tularensis infection [7/31/2008]
31 July 2008
Disease due to F. tularensis “Fx1” Infection [7/30/2008]
Francisella tularensis novicida-like bacteria FX1 (FSC 156) and Fx2 (FSC 159) can be distinguished by P-TUL [7/27/2008]
Indonesian health care providers emphasize need for point-of-care tests for H5N1 avian influenza [7/21/2008]
Hong Kong Notifies Physicians to Anticipate Summer Influenza Peak [7/17/2008]
18 July 2008
Does Francisella tularensis exist in nature in Acanthamoeba? [7/13/2008]
14 July 2008
A large, ongoing measles epidemic in Switzerland associated with limited enthusiasm for MMR vaccination (illustration attached) [7/2/2008]
U.S. settles lawsuit related to anthrax attacks of 2001 [7/1/2008]
Roche Announces New Plan for Businesses to Stockpile Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for Pandemic Flu Preparedness [6/28/2008]
WHO Holds Public Health Security Exercise [6/27/2008]
26 June 2008 Funding Diagnostics H5n1 [6/26/2008]
WHO announces Infection Control Network Meeting in Geneva June 26-27 [6/24/2008]
Indonesia Reports Two Additional H5N1 Human Infections [6/22/2008]
Indonesia Continues Preparedness for Avian Influenza and Communicable Diseases [6/10/2008]
Bangladesh reports first human infection with H5N1 avian influenza [5/30/2008]
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan Opens 61st World Health Assembly citing 3 Global Crises [5/22/2008]
FDA approves levofloxacin antibiotic for pediatric patients exposed to aerosolized Bacillus anthracis (inhalational anthrax) [5/21/2008]
Stockpiling estimates for facemasks for ill patients during waves of pandemic flu [5/15/2008]
OSHA posts for comment preliminary draft guidance on use of masks and respirators for pandemic flu planning [5/14/2008]
Sanofi Pasteur announces that H5N1 influenza Clade 2.2 bulk antigen enters US pandemic flu stockpile [5/8/2008]
China: Enterovirus 71 cases increase to 15,799 as Ministry of Health mandates reporting of all cases [5/6/2008]
WHO reports outbreak of over 1800 cases of enterovirus 71 in China [5/4/2008]
“The Intolerable Global Burden of Malaria”: Slides by Dr. Joel Breman on World Malaria Day [4/29/2008]
Indonesia completes 1,000-person, 3-day pandemic flu (“Flu Yang Mematikan”) simulation exercise with involvement of Bali airport [4/27/2008]
The Jakarta Post reports on 3-day live simulation exercise drill of a pandemic influenza outbreak [4/25/2008]
World Malaria Today: A conference on the occasion of the first world malaria day [4/24/2008]
Anti-Malarial Artemisinin Combination Treatment (ACT) “Coartem” average price cut 20% beginning on World Malaria Day April 25,2008 [4/22/2008]
Indonesia announces a series of PanFlu simulations to begin with a large-scale exercise April 25-27 in Bali [4/19/2008]
Restaurant Flyer Malaria (pdf) [4/16/2008]
World Malaria Day SFS Webpage [4/10/2008]
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.
World Malaria Day Agenda [4/9/2008]
Zanamivir (Relenza) influenza drug adds to its “Warnings and Precautions” based on reports of neuro-behavioral symptoms. [4/7/2008]
Hong Kong Reopens Schools and Issues Guidelines on Face Masks and Checklists During Ongoing Flu Season [3/30/2008]
CDC Conference Report on Anthrax Advises “Early and Aggressive Pleural Fluid Drainage [3/28/2008]
Emergency Operation Centre inaugurated at the European CDC [3/27/2008]
Human Influenza Outbreak in Hong Kong Stabilizing [3/24/2008]
World TB Day and Global Tuberculosis Control 2008 [3/23/2008]
Hong Kong, Guangdong Province, and Macao experts meet March 17th to discuss influenza [3/17/2008]
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. [3/14/2008]
15 March 2008
Courage Remembered: Five Years after the Initial WHO SARS Global Alert March 12, 2003, and Emergency Travel Advisory March 15, 2003 [3/13/2008]
Hong Kong closes all primary schools, kindergartens, and nurseries for two weeks due to human influenza outbreaks [3/12/2008]
Key Messages for World TB Day March 24 and Recent Report on TB Drug-Resistance from the WHO [3/10/2008]
Letter to Health Care Professionals from Manufacturer of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Updates Neuropsychiatric Information in Package Insert [3/9/2008]
World Malaria Day Website Created by WHO [3/6/2008]
2008 02 28 Oseltamivir Resistant Flu H1N1 Japan [2/29/2008]
Feb 28, 2008
WHO Update: H5N1 Virus Antigenic Changes and Relation to Candidate Human Vaccines [2/25/2008]
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]
Europe: More oseltamivir-resistant Influenza A (H1N1). WHO posts evolving global resistance database results. [2/18/2008]
A new virus linked with a solid-organ transplant donor and the deaths of three transplant recipients [2/11/2008]
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]
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]
2008-2009 Flu Vaccine composition meetings announced for this month at WHO and US FDA [2/4/2008]
Summary table of H5N1 avian flu viruses shared with WHO 2003-2007 [2/3/2008]
Introducing ACAM2000 [2/1/2008]
WHO/ECDC posts 18 FAQs on new oseltamivir-resistant transmissible Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses and Canada also reports their presence [1/31/2008]
Increasing Numbers of European Nations (9) Report High Level (H274Y) Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant Human influenza A H1N1 (not H5N1 avian flu) [1/31/2008]
European CDC Interim Report on Osletamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant (“H274Y”) Human Influenza A/ H1N1 Virus (not H5N1 avian flu) [1/29/2008]
WHO posts 42 slides on containment strategy for the initial emergence of pandemic flu [1/9/2008]
First World Malaria Day: April 25, 2008 [12/30/2007]
WHO News Briefing Update on Pakistan H5N1 Infections in Humans [12/20/2007]
Pakistan Reports 8 Suspected H5N1 Avian Flu Patients and Myanmar reports First Confirmed H5N1 Patient [12/15/2007]
Health Requirements and Recommendations for Travelers to Saudi Arabia during the Hajj [12/3/2007]
US Funds Development of an Inhaled Form of Gentamicin [11/14/2007]
WHO Updates Pandemic Flu Rapid Response and Containment Plan [10/30/2007]
Beware of misidentification of Francisella tularensis as Actinobacillus or Hemophilus [10/5/2007]
As with the Anthrax attacks of 2001 remember that skin lesions have occurred with aerosol-transmitted Tularemia [10/3/2007]
Cutaneous Anthrax: Key References for Clinicians [9/7/2007]
WHO Updates Clinical Advice on Human H5N1 Virus Infections [8/22/2007]
FDA Clears First Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria [7/16/2007]
Containment Zone WHO Strategy for Pandemic Flu Initial Emergence [7/15/2007]
Indonesia reports 100th patient with H5N1 avian flu (80% mortality), asymptomatic infected chickens, and possible mutation facilitating poultry-to-human spread [6/17/2007]
TB and Air Travel: WHO Guidelines and Recommendations [6/5/2007]
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]
WHO Updated Protocol for Rapid Operations to Contain Initial Emergence of Pandemic Flu Includes 20 Days (not 10) of Antiviral Prophylaxis [5/24/2007]
Indonesia reports 15 new patients with H5N1 influenza over 3 months based on testing at National Laboratory in Jakarta [5/20/2007]
Defense Department Issues N-95 Respirator Guidance – Including Reuse If Necessary, During A Time of Pandemic Flu [5/11/2007]
10 May 2007
Yellow Fever: Ongoing Emergence in Africa and South America [5/1/2007]
US FDA Approves Initial Human Vaccine against H5N1 (Clade 1) Avian Influenza Virus for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) [4/20/2007]
WHO posts a 1996-2007 Update on H5N1 Influenza in Animals and Humans and Convenes a Conference on Clinical Aspects of H5N1 [4/14/2007]
14 April 2007
An overview of 3 parasitic infections: Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, and dracunculiasis [4/11/2007]
World Health Day: International Health Security Theme [4/6/2007]
Laos reports first patient H5N1 influenza infection while Egypt and China report their 23rd patient [3/6/2007]
WHO Reports on 251 Persons with H5N1 Infection (2003-2006) and Confirms First Patient in Nigeria (2007) [2/12/2007]
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]
3-Part CDC Plan to Deliver Antivirals, Masks and Respirators, and other Countermeasures after WHO Pandemic Flu Phase 4 is Declared [1/22/2007]
Indonesia to Ban Poultry in Residential Areas as H5N1 Virus Surges in Asia and Africa [1/19/2007]
US Funds Clinical Development of Peramivir, a Parenteral Neuraminidase Inhibitor Influenza Antiviral Drug [1/4/2007]
International Avian Flu Conference in Mali Reports Success [12/10/2006]
Report on H5N1 in Indonesia [11/29/2006]
Tamiflu now produced in USA…are we safer? [11/3/2006]
Risk Communication as a Pandemic Flu Countermeasure for the Business Community: More is Better [10/23/2006]
22 October 2006
Additives or Not: The Anthrax Mailed in October 2001 Could Form an Aerosol and Could Reaerosolize [10/17/2006]
17 October 2006
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. [9/25/2006]
25 September 2006
WHO Recommends Indoor Spraying with DDT or other Insecticides to fight Malaria, in addition to Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets and Artemesinin Combination Therapies [9/14/2006]
15 September 2006
“XDR-TB” (Extensive (Extreme) Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis): WHO describes as “Virtually Untreatable” [9/5/2006]
5 September 2006
WHO: Three Clade 2 H5N1 Candidate Pre-Pandemic Vaccines Added to Current Clade 1 Vaccine [8/24/2006]
August 25, 2006
H5N1 outbreak investigation begins in remote village of West Java, Indonesia [8/17/2006]
18 August 2006
Domestic Cats in Iraq With H5N1 Clade 2 Avian Flu [8/2/2006]
31 July 2006
Anthrax Antitoxin Antibody: Second Source to be Added to US Stockpile [7/31/2006]
29 July 2006
Inhaled Zanamivir (Relenza) for Anti-Influenza Drug Stockpiling Available to 50 States, DC, and 8 other Jurisdictions at Subsidized Cost [7/26/2006]
27 July 2006
US Pandemic Flu Stockpile Plans: “As Is” vs “To Be” [7/9/2006]
8 July 2006
Indonesia Hosts Avian Flu Expert WHO Consultation: No Pandemic Virus Found In Single Family 8-Person Outbreak [6/25/2006]
26 June 2006
Four criteria in the WHO decision to launch an influenza containment operation once a change occurs from Pandemic Alert Phase 3 to Phase 4 [5/29/2006]
29 May 2006
New highly active anti-malarial Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) protected by phase-out of marketing single-drug artemisinin malaria pills [5/14/2006]
14 May 2006
H5N1 in the Horn of Africa: First human infection in Djibouti and new poultry infections in Sudan confirmed [5/12/2006]
12 May 2006
Department of Defense (DOD) Health Care Actions and Expectations in the New US Pandemic Flu Plan [5/7/2006]
8 May 2006
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? [5/5/2006]
5 May 2006
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? [5/2/2006]
May 2, 2006
Dengue Emerging Infectious Disease Update [4/19/2006]
April 20, 2006
WHO Calculates Large Numbers of Masks Needed for Patients and Health Providers During a Flu Pandemic [4/10/2006]
11 April 2006
Avian Flu Vaccine and Drug Preparedness 2006 Update [4/4/2006]
April 5, 2006
US To buy 50 million N-95 Respirators as part of Updated Pandemic Flu Planning [4/1/2006]
30 March 2006
Egypt Reports 5th Patient with H5N1 Infection and Hosts Two-Day Conference for Health Care Providers in Cairo [3/31/2006]
29 March 2006
International Influenza Meetings: Summary Pages [3/27/2006]
March 28, 2006
Dengue virus update [3/17/2006]
March 18, 2006
International Dengue Outbreaks Continue in February 2006 [3/14/2006]
15 March 2005
Cameroon reports H5N1 near Nigerian border as WHO Director - General outlines steps to limit H5N1 spread in Africa [3/11/2006]
12 March 2006
US Pandemic Plan Preparedness & Response Update [3/9/2006]
9 March 2006
Pandemic Influenza Home Health Care Planning [3/8/2006]
6 March 2006
WHO: New H5N1 prototype strain, A/Indonesia/5/2005, is available for pandemic vaccine development [3/5/2006]
3 March 2006
H5N1 spreads, China warns of “massive outbreak,” and WHO expands website [2/26/2006]
27 February 2006
Dengue Fever 2006: New Year, New Outbreaks [2/23/2006]
22 February 2006
Recent Advances In Vaccine Development for the Treatment of Dengue [2/16/2006]
17 February 2006
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? [2/14/2006]
14 February 2006
Dulling Occam’s Razor: The Challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases When Applying the Single Explanation Principle in Public Health Policy [2/9/2006]
10 February 2006
Japan-WHO Joint Meeting on Early Response to a Potential Influenza Pandemic [2/7/2006]
8 February 2006
WHO Announces a 3rd Strategy to Address Pandemic Flu: Rapid Response and Containment Protocol and Training [1/29/2006]
28 January 2006
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 [1/23/2006]
23 January 2006
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? [1/17/2006]
18 January 2006
2006 01 05 Turkey H5N1 [1/17/2006]
H5N1 Turkey
FDA Approves Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) as Prevention against Influenza A and B for Children Over the Age of One (1) Year [12/25/2005]
22 December 2005
2005 12 20 Adjuvant H5N1 Vaccine [12/25/2005]
WHO: Review of Data on Influenza Virus Transmission [12/12/2005]
12 December 2005
N-95 Respirator Protection against TB, SARS, or Flu: An Analogy to Automobile Seat Belts [12/7/2005]
30 November 2006
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]
New H5N1 Patients in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand as Winter Nears [11/26/2005]
Index02 [11/16/2005]
Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases
WHO Reference Labs developing new experimental H5N1 vaccine prototype strains [11/10/2005]
October 29: Africa and the Threat of Avian and Pandemic Flu: The US Should Act Now [10/28/2005]
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]
Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Confirmed in Europe Todayor “P5P” transmission [10/12/2005]
October 4-8: The 100-Hour “Tipping Point” in US Pandemic Flu Awareness [10/8/2005]
UN Director General appoints WHO Expert to Lead Avian Flu Efforts, New WHO paper on H5N1, and more cases in Indonesia [9/28/2005]
Bird Flu closes Jakarta Zoo, H5N1 human case(s) confirmed [9/19/2005]
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]
WHO issues new H5N1 pandemic flu recommendations for policy makers [9/13/2005]
Children and H5N1: Ages, Fatalities, and Antiviral Limitations [8/29/2005]
August 30, 2005
“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) [8/24/2005]
August 25, 2005
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 [8/23/2005]
August 24 2005
H5N1 Flu Virus Confirmed in Russia; Is Mongolia Next? [8/8/2005]
August 8, 2005
Outbreak in Sichuan: Is Strep Suis the only infection? [8/3/2005]
July 31, 2005
H5N1: Hypercytokinemia and Hemophagocytosis [7/28/2005]
July 29, 2005
H5N1 Lab Research at CDC: Important Science, Predictable Accusations [7/24/2005]
July 23, 2005
Indonesia: H5N1 now in Humans in addition to Poultry and Pigs [7/21/2005]
July 22, 2005
Public Use of Masks in Hong Kong during SARS 2003 [7/5/2005]
June 29, 2005
Thailand Avian Flu Newsletter [7/3/2005]
June 17, 2005
H5N1 Vaccines: Update [6/8/2005]
June 9, 2005
Drainage of pleural fluid in patients with inhalational anthrax: a critical need to be anticipated as part of combination therapy [5/23/2005]
May 24, 2005
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”. [5/19/2005]
May 20, 2005
Cities Readiness Initiative expanding to 36 Cities: Mass distribution of (effective) antibiotics [5/13/2005]
May 14, 2005
“Pacific Storm”: Tabletop Exercise for a Pandemic H5N1 Flu [5/8/2005]
May 9, 2005
Oseltamivir, Influenza, and the Media [4/27/2005]
April 28, 2005
Tularemia Flowchart [10/2/2004]
Key Questions to Help Identify the First High-Risk Patients with Tularemia [9/30/2004]
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