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Measles Cases Up in United States, Global Deaths Down

April 30, 2012 Jane Huston

Measles has been making headlines in the United States and abroad. U.S. measles cases in 2011 were the highest in 15 years, nearly four times

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

Inadequate FDA Antibiotic Policy Spurs Criticism

April 27, 2012 Katharina Schwan

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent recommendations on antimicrobials in animal food production gave rise to a myriad of opinions, ranging from

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Why Mad Cow in Calif. Should Not Scare You

April 26, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

  On Tuesday April 24 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow in

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

Fungi Present Increasing Threat to Plant and Animal Life

April 24, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

Members of the scientific community suggest that the threat posed by certain fungi has been underestimated. Existing and emerging infectious diseases caused by fungi threaten

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Germany Faces Another Round of Cattle Plague

April 24, 2012 Katharina Schwan

  After a short respite, cattle farmers in Germany confront yet another disease that is threatening to destroy their herds. Outbreak A new outbreak of

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

Protect Your World: Get Vaccinated!

April 23, 2012 Jane Huston

The World Health Organization celebrates World Immunization Week from April 21 to April 28. This year, the week coincides with exciting developments in the world

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Scientists Try to Identify Disease Agent Behind “Robot Cats”

April 20, 2012 Katharina Schwan

  Scottish veterinarians are perplexed by a mysterious new illness that is causing their feline patients to walk like robots. In a report published in

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Masquerading Microbes: An Emerging Pathogen that Puzzles Doctors

April 19, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

What began as a dip in a pool, ended in a leg amputation. According to a case report in the April 2012 Journal of Clinical

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

The Bird Flu that Man Built: Controversial H5N1 Research to be Published in Part

April 18, 2012 Jason Hayes

  One of the many articles about Dr. Ron Fouchier’s mutated strain of H5N1 is titled “The Deadliest Virus” and printed with a menacing illustration

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

Possible New Virus Discovered In Kawasaki Research

April 13, 2012 Katharina Schwan

“Kawasaki? I thought that was a motorcycle.” This was my mother’s response when I told her my topic for this week’s article. She is not

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