CDC action at germ lab questioned

"At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new $214 million infectious disease laboratory in Atlanta, scientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape."

Return to Zambia - HIV & Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention in Sub-Saharan...

The American Society for Microbiology is helping African nations foster a scientific community that is better able to address the current and future problems that threaten not only the local population, but the world...

Hospital defends its $1 million deal

The University Medical Center is defending its contract with Dr. Dipak Desai - the man at the centre of the medical centres that have been closed down due to a hepititis scare - saying that they only had two takers...

Cease and De-cyst: Naomi Campbell Hospitalized in Brazil

Let's hope Naomi gets out soon so that she can get back to work on those hard-hitting interviews and her fledgling career in investigative news journalism."British supermodel Naomi Campbell was been hospitalized in...

Core horse vaccines identified in US review

"Revised guidelines for the use of horse vaccines in the United States have named tetanus, rabies, West Nile virus, and Eastern/Western encephalomyelitis as key diseases against which horses should be inoculated. The Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of...

Head of WHO condemns Israeli blockade of Gaza

Geneva (ANTARA News) - The head of the United Nations` World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the "grave situation" in the Gaza Strip Monday and voiced her concern over its impact on the population`s health. Dr Margaret Chan said the spread of infectious disease was only...

Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

OpinionBarry ARtiste, Now Public ContributorAs I have reported so many times on Now Public about Junk Science, Researchers who rely on public money for their livlihood have differing opinions, most researchers with...

Tasmanian Devils Decimated by Facial Tumors

Inbreeding amongst Tasmanian Devils has left them susceptible to a virulent, communicable tumor that that behaves almost like a virus, as the animals' immune systems don't recognize the malignant cells as foreign...

The World Of Germs Becomes Deadlier In Space :: Oblate Spheroid

"That’s right, it has been discovered that germs become stronger and deadlier when they are not confined to the limitations that gravity brings to the growth and development of these microbes. This discovery was...

Foot and mouth contained, claims British PM

Everyone who was involved in containing this deserves a pat on the back! Great News!"Foot and mouth contained, claims British PM ADRIAN CROFT Reuters August 10, 2007 at 10:55 AM EDT LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown reassured farmers on Friday that an outbreak of foot...

Pfizer faces new suit over Nigerian tests

"Pfizer pharmaceuticals faces a new $6.5 billion lawsuit from the Nigerian government for tests conducted on children in the northern state of Kano. The case centers around an outbreak of meningitis in 1996, during which Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceuticals group,...

Don't Put your Money where your Mouth is.

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It has been said the influenza Viruses can survive 17 days on your money, then perhaps a cashless society is the way to go. But then ATM's as well as touch screens and...

UPDATE - Low Risk of TB Exposure from Infected Traveller

RE: Highly Infectious TB: Air Travellers Exposed"Updated Wed. May. 30 2007 9:49 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff A public health official won't rule out the possibility that a man with tuberculosis who travelled aboard two...

Canadian, U.S. officials issue tuberculosis alert

"Public health authorities in the United States, Canada and other countries are looking for international travellers and others who may have been exposed to an individual infected with a dangerous and highly drug...

What Kind of Democracy Is This?'' A grieving father wants to know

"May 23, 2007 'What Kind of Democracy Is This?' A grieving father wants to know by Justin Raimondo The family of Andrew Bacevich, a 27-year-old first lieutenant who was recently killed in an ambush north of Baghdad, doesn't want to see its beloved son and brother turned into...

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