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Reporting on disease around the world and throughout the ages.
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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the Globe and Mail reports that two and a half provinces have rebelled against seasonal flu shots in reaction to as-yet-unpublished research showing that a seasonal flu shot makes people...

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Sep 22, 2009
Radley Balko at Reason Online reports on growing doubts about "shaken baby syndrome": The phrase shaken baby syndrome entered the pop culture lexicon in 1997, when British au pair Louise Woodward was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death...

Mattel Exempted Itself from Lead Testing

Sep 17, 2009
Via Purple Pawn: The LA Times reported late last month that Mattel had lobbied itself out of third-party lead testing of its products. "It's really ironic that the company that was a principal source of the problem" is now getting favorable treatment...


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