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- NIH studying newly emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain
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- CDC issues update on fungal meningitis outbreak
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Infectious diseases claim 17,315 lives on Chinese mainland
TweetThe Chinese Ministry of Health announced on Friday that infectious diseases killed 17,315 people in total across the Chinese mainland in 2012, an increase from the 15,802 killed in 2011. The most deadly disease on the Chinese mainland was AIDS … Read More »
Two test positive for bird flu in China
Tweet China’s health ministry reported two human cases of H5N1 bird flu on Sunday in Guiyang, China. Both patients are critically ill, according to state media. A 31-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman developed symptoms on February 3 and February … Read More »
Vietnam steps up efforts in bird flu fight
Tweet Authorities in Vietnam are increasing their efforts to fight bird flu after four fatalities were reported in January. Authorities are preparing to fend off the disease in the face of Lunar New Year, when an annual dramatic increase in … Read More »
Mongolia holds meeting on sustainable immunization financing
TweetMongolia recently held its first national parliamentary briefing on sustainable immunization financing, discussing how best to finance immunizations after funding from the GAVI Alliance ends. Members of Mongolia’s parliament, officials from the Ministry of Health and officials from other government … Read More »
Scientists study occurrence of canine influenza in China
Tweet Chinese scientists recently published the first systematic surveillance of H3N2 canine influenza virus among differing dog populations in southern China. The study was conducted on two H3N2 CIV A virus strains Guangdong province – one collected at a dog … Read More »
HIV/AIDS cases on the rise in China
Tweet The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown approximately 13 percent in the first 10 months of the year, leading the country’s premier-in-waiting to promise that non-government organizations would become more involved. Li Keqiang recently spoke with … Read More »
Thousands of pigs culled in Chinese foot-and-mouth outbreak
TweetChinese health officials ordered approximately 2,500 pigs to be culled over fears of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Forty-three pigs were initially infected and died from the illness at a large pig farm near Dalian City in Lianing Province, prompting slaughter … Read More »
Chinese researchers isolate IBV in chickens
Tweet Researchers from China recently isolated a virulent avian infectious bronchitis virus from 30-day-old broiler chickens that caused a high proportion of deaths in the country in 2005. IBV is a member of the Coronaviridae family and causes highly contagious … Read More »