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Reporting on disease around the world and throughout the ages.
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BU's Leaky Biolabs

Nov 13, 2009
Via ProMED-mail: the Boston Globe reports on another BU researcher who accidentally brought his work home with him. The genetic tests, conducted at the state laboratory in Jamaica Plain, compared a blood sample from the researcher with bacterial...

Accidental Vaccinia

Nov 8, 2009
Via ProMED-mail: the CDC reports on a case of vaccinia infection in an immunocompromised woman who handled rabies vaccine bait, in which a genetically modified version of variola's little sister is used. There's much more on the story and the history...

Atypical Scrapie

Oct 29, 2009
Via ProMED-mail: the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry reports on a case of atypical scrapie. MAFBNZ Principal International Adviser Dr Stuart MacDiarmid says global knowledge about atypical scrapie/Nor 98 is evolving. The widely...

Mad Elk and Mad Fish

Oct 7, 2009
Via ProMED-mail: last month, the New York Times reported on the spread of CWD among elk via fecal-oral transmission, due to preclinical shedding of prions. Dr. Aiken said prions tended to bind to clay in soil and to persist indefinitely. When deer...

Swine Flu Shots vs. Seasonal Flu Shots

Oct 1, 2009
Via ProMED-mail: temperatures are still high in Canada, where the Globe and Mail reports that two and a half provinces have rebelled against seasonal flu shots in reaction to as-yet-unpublished research showing that a seasonal flu shot makes people...


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