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Chagas disease: An interview with Patricia Dorn, PhD

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I recently read of this Loyola University News Orleans Parasitology professor who took a half-dozen of her undergraduate students to Almolonga, Jutiapa, Guatemala to assist and teach villagers, using...

Salmonella outbreak at The Pork Pie Shop linked to raw egg wash

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The salmonella outbreak that sickened and hospitalized 12 people who ate pork and Ascot pies from The Pork Pie Shop in Victor Harbor, South Australia has been linked to the raw egg wash which was applied...

Cidara Therapeutics Awarded $6.9 Million Grant from CARB-X to Advance Development of its First CloudbreakTM Antibiotic Immunotherapy

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Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infectives including immunotherapies, today announced that the company has received a grant for up to $6.9 million from CARB-X (Combating...

China: 17 additional H7N9 avian flu cases reported

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The China National Health and Family Planning Commission reported today that 17 additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9), including three deaths, were recorded from March 24 to 30. The 14 male...

EpiPen recalled due to potential defective part

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers to Meridian Medical Technologies’ voluntary recall of 13 lots of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine injection) Auto-Injector products...

Phase 2 Zika vaccine trial begins in U.S., Central and South America

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Vaccinations have begun in a multi-site Phase 2/2b clinical trial testing an experimental DNA vaccine designed to protect against disease caused by Zika infection. The vaccine was developed by government...

Potential measles outbreak in western Sydney

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NSW Health has renewed its calls for people in western Sydney to take advantage of free measles shots available at their GP following the detection of four measles cases in the area. Three infants and...

Salmonella serotype Typhi

New Zealand: Typhoid outbreak sickens 10 in Auckland

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Ten people in Auckland, New Zealand have been hospitalized due to a typhoid outbreak, according to local health officials Friday. The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) is tracing people...

Measles reported in Toronto, Mumps update

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Health officials in Toronto have confirmed three measles cases in the city that are linked to travel. Toronto Public Health (TPH)  is encouraging everyone to check their vaccination status and ensure...

Researchers profile symbiotic relationship between bacteria and filarial nematodes

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Filarial nematodes–microscopic, thread-like roundworms–currently infect up to 54 million people worldwide and are the leading cause of disability in the developing world. Now, researchers reporting...