Amid the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the WHO on Friday urged countries to take greater action to limit the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, CIDRAP News reports. “Calling such pathogens ‘a growing and global public health problem,’ the WHO said, ‘Countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and …

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Live Music Blog (blog) Phish Friday: The Telluride Run Spawns a JVS Pandemic Live Music Blog (blog) It's mining history and endless tunnels serve the phrase well, To Hell You Ride. Yet Hell is the farthest thing …

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As of Friday (July 30), blue ear disease has affected pigs in 11 provinces across the country, the Department of Animal Health reported.

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Blue ear disease hits 11 provinces in Vietnam

As of Friday (July 30), blue ear disease has affected pigs in 11 provinces across the country, the Department of Animal Health reported.

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Blue ear disease hits 11 provinces in Vietnam

A dead bird that has tested positive for West Nile Virus has been found in Porterville.Marshall Norgaard, manager of the Tulare Mosquito Abatement District, said he notified City officials on Friday to report the findings. We think it died…

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Positive WNV dead bird found in Porterville

A 13-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu in Central Java province of Indonesia, bringing the death toll to 138, spokesperson of Health Ministry said here Friday, as the outbreak has declined recently.

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What’s happening in and around New Orleans, Friday, July 23, 2010.

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The independent team of health experts responsible for reviewing the WHO’s response to H1N1 (swine flu) wrapped up a second round of public hearings on Friday, “during which members heard testimony from widely divergent groups, from health officials to some of its most public critics,” CIDRAP News reports.

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WHO H1N1 response probe’s second meeting highlights divergent views

HONG KONG – THE H1N1 swine flu virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes with other viruses, and researchers said the findings support calls for tighter disease surveillance in pigs before new bugs can emerge and infect people. The finding, published in Science on Friday, is important as it supports the theory that flu viruses infecting swine can swap genes with …

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Pandemic virus enters HK pigs

AFP Swine flu death toll at 18156 a year after pandemic : WHO AFP GENEVA — The World Health Organisation said Friday that 18156 people had died from swine flu, a year after the influenza was declared a pandemic . ..

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