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  • "Deadly Dozen" of Diseases Worsened by Climate Change
    Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society today released a report that lists 12 pathogens that could spread into new regions as a result of climate change, with potential impacts to both human and wildlife health and global economies.Called “The Deadly ...More
    October 7, 2008
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  • Hidden Infections Crucial to Understanding and Controlling Outbreaks
    ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Scientists and news organizations typically focus on the number of dead and gravely ill during epidemics, but research at the University of Michigan suggests that less dramatic, mild infections lurking in large numbers of people are the key to ...More
    September 22, 2008
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  • Cholera Can be Controlled With Oral Vaccines
    SEATTLE -- Endemic cholera, a potentially fatal diarrheal disease found in the world's most impoverished countries, could be effectively controlled by orally vaccinating half of the affected populations once every two years for only pennies per dose, according to new ...More
    November 27, 2007
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  • Mathematical Model Predicts Cholera Outbreaks
    ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A mathematical model of disease cycles developed at the University of Michigan shows promise for predicting cholera outbreaks. Speaking in a symposium, "New Vistas in the Mathematics of Ecology and Evolution," at the annual meeting of the American ...More
    February 22, 2007
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  • Scientists Design Potent Anthrax Toxin Inhibitor
    Scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have engineered a powerful inhibitor of anthrax toxin that worked well in small-scale animal tests. “This novel approach to the design of ...More
    April 25, 2006
    Posted in News
  • Advance in Cholera Bacteria Points to New Treatment and Vaccine
    Opening a new door to an effective vaccine and therapy for a disease that strikes thousands annually, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School discovered that the bacteria that causes the intestinal disease Cholera spreads in the environment in much the same way it infects ...More
    December 9, 2005
    Posted in News
  • Small Molecule Inhibitor of Cholera Discovered
    Just as hurricanes in the Gulf states and Guatemala have raised the risks of cholera outbreaks, researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a new type of antibiotic against the cholera bacteria. While traditional antibiotics kill bacteria outright by interfering ...More
    October 17, 2005
    Posted in News
  • New Treatment Option for Childhood Cholera
    Researchers in Bangladesh have found that severe cholera in children can be treated effectively with a single dose of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, according to a study published online by The Lancet. Cholera is a major global health problem particularly in children in ...More
    September 14, 2005
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  • EPA Releases Preliminary Testing Results: Bacteria, Lead “Greatly Exceed” Recommended Levels
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the flood waters in the afflicted Hurricane Katrina areas have tested positive for Escherichia coli (E. coli), chloroform bacteria, and lead -- all of which are at levels which “greatly exceed” EPA’s recommended ...More
    September 9, 2005
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  • CDC Issues Instruction on Potential for Transmission of Infectious Diseases in Hurricane-Afflicted Areas
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although infectious diseases are a frightening prospect, widespread outbreaks of infectious disease after hurricanes are not common in the United States. Rare and deadly exotic diseases, such as cholera or ...More
    September 6, 2005
    Posted in News
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