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WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's...
Tags: International Organizations, Tunisia, Viral Diseases and Infections, Science and Technology, EMC Corporation
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At CDC, scientists fight to halt deadly meningitis outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A scientist in a white lab coat peers through a...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Research, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses
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First of 2 papers on lab-made bird flu published
NEW YORK (AP) — Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the government's...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Epidemics and Plagues, Viral Diseases and Infections, University of Pittsburgh, Research
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Panel backs sharing studies of lab-made bird flu
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. biosecurity panel said Friday that it supports publishing two revised studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu in the lab. The committee, meeting in Washington, said the updated versions do not...
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US says don't publish recipe for lab-bred bird flu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have genetically engineered bird flu so it can spread easily between mammals — work necessary to prepare in case the dangerous virus ever mutates on its own and spreads from person-to-person. Now the U.S....Tags: National Institutes of Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, Washington, DC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Genetic Engineering
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HK finds 2nd dead bird in week with H5N1 bird flu
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say a second dead bird in a week has tested positive for a dangerous strain of bird flu, raising health concerns in the city. The agricultural department said Friday that lab tests confirmed an Oriental magpie...Tags: Lab Tests, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hong Kong, Health, Flu
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New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - The new H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted between mammals not only via direct contact but also in airborne droplets, and may be capable of spreading from person to person, Chinese and American researchers have found. A study...Tags: International Organizations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Research, Hong Kong, Science and Technology
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, UPS Inc., Renewable Energy, UBS AG, Seoul (South Korea)
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New bird flu strain may be capable of spreading from human to human-study
ReutersBy Lavinia Mo HONG KONG, May 24 (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through airborne exposure, researchers at the University of Hong Kong have...Tags: International Organizations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Research, Hong Kong, Science and Technology
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H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
ReutersBy Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. Preliminary tests do not...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Staphylococcal Infection , Health
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H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 bln so far -U.N.
ReutersGENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has caused economic losses of more than $6.5 billion so far, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's chief veterinary officer said on Tuesday. "The economic impacts of H7N9 have been...Tags: Consumer Confidence, China
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