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We can also be sent bad things:-like AIDS, cholera and emerging diseases. In the past, small areas collapsed one by one; today, with fewer fire walls separating societies, all areas are interconnected. (Madison Eagle, NJ)
Focus Diagnostics Receives FDA Clearance to Market Plexus HerpeSelect Mar 6, 2007
" Just half a dozen years ago, genital herpes infections were increasing dramatically with no reliable means for detecting the viral infection. Transmission occurs 70% of the time in the absence of symptoms, and symptoms are often misdiagnosed. Perhaps most disturbing is the increased risk of acquiring HIV for individuals infected with HSV-2, and the risk to neonates if the mother is shedding virus during vaginal birth. Today more than 50 million individuals in the U.S. are infected and 90% are... (PR Newswire)
Experts Creating Bird Flu Pandemic Model Mar 2, 2007
It will use the nonprofit Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases as its backbone, and will be funded by the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "Larry has a group of about 40,000 people from around the world that all receive e-mails about events related to emerging infectious diseases," Polgreen said. (Dog Flu Diet and Diseases)
New market-based system aims to predict bird flu Mar 2, 2007
To do this, the team is using the nonprofit Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, or ProMED, an online global reporting system run by the International Society for Infectious Diseases. ProMED, founded by Dr. Lawrence Madoff of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, uses the Internet and e-mail to track disease outbreaks. (AlertNet)
UN Given Roadmap to Meet Climate Challenge Feb 28, 2007
"We can manage water better, bolster disaster preparedness, increase surveillance for emerging diseases . . . and enhance local capacity to cope with a suite of expected changes.". The full report can be found. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
EU says disease control needs better information Feb 24, 2007
VIENNA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Health officials monitoring emerging diseases and pandemic outbreaks are so flooded with information that they risk missing the really important news, a senior European Union health official said on Friday. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said ahead of a conference in Vienna that news media and the Internet had often been the first sources reporting outbreaks of diseases such as the SARS virus or bird flu. (Reuters AlertNet)
A New Problem for Farmers: Few Veterinarians Feb 7, 2007
Of all the emerging diseases in people in the last 25 years, 75 percent of those were transmitted from animals,; Dr. Mahr said. Veterinarians are the ones to identify those diseases in animals first. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Farmers struggling to find vet care Feb 7, 2007
"Of all the emerging diseases in people in the last 25 years, 75 percent of those were transmitted from animals," Mahr told The Times. "Veterinarians are the ones to identify those diseases in animals first.". (Washington Times)
Tamiflu expiring in some Asian countries: Can they afford to toss and buy more? Feb 4, 2007
Even if a repeat never occurs, they say their efforts will have strengthened health systems to handle other emerging diseases. "The possibility is there. We have to be prepared," said Ramlee Rahmat, Malaysia's deputy director-general of public health. (North County Times)
Jetsetters 00000FE8are key clues to epidemics Jan 31, 2007
But although the disease might then be entered into a surveillance network like the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMed) or GeoSentinel, that information is not systematically shared with the developing nations where the disease came from, says Stephen Morse, an epidemiologist at Columbia University in New York. An added difficulty, notes Morse, is that not all travellers who get a nasty disease are diagnosed properly. (Nature News Service)
Sars patients can provide therapy Jan 31, 2007
It may provide a fast method to combat emerging diseases, and, perhaps, biological attacks. The research is published in the journal Nature Medicine. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Plans unveiled for new biosecurity research centre Jan 31, 2007
"We're on the doorstep of many of the areas which emerging diseases may start.". Professor Ramshaw says the centre will be based at the Australian National University (ANU) and will bring together experts in different fields. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Health)
National Commission Reacts to Smithfield Decision to Phase Out Gestation Crates Jan 26, 2007
Other issues to be examined include, but are not limited to, emerging diseases like avian influenza and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, food-borne illnesses, air and water pollution concerns, and antibiotic resistance. The NCIFAP is now in its second year of a two-year study. (PR Newswire)
Women, Africa top agenda for new head of WHO Jan 5, 2007
Health security to detect emerging diseases such as avian flu. Health systems capacity. (CBC British Columbia)
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