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E.coli in the UK kills one and makes eight others sick

In the latest food scare in the UK investigators continue to try to pinpoint the source of an E.coli outbreak.

15 Aug 2007

Authorities accused of a cover-up in British foot and mouth scare

The British government has been accused of a cover-up over the foot and mouth outbreak in a research site which houses the government-backed Institute for Animal Health.

14 Aug 2007

New initiative to tackle animal diseases

Endemic animal diseases cost UK farmers, and indirectly consumers, hundreds of millions of pounds a year and cause significant animal welfare problems.

13 Aug 2007

Bird flu death in Bali - Australians on alert

Health officials in Indonesia have confirmed the first human death from bird flu in Bali in a village in the north-west district of Jembrana, an area where poultry is known to be affected.

13 Aug 2007

Foot and mouth spreads even further in the UK

It now appears that the foot-and-mouth outbreak in England has spread outside the protection zone, dashing any hopes that the disease had been contained.

12 Aug 2007

Legionnaires' disease in Surrey with links to Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright

The Health Protection Agency can confirm that its Surrey Health Protection Unit is involved in an investigation with the Health and Safety Executive and local environmental health officers of a reported case of Legionnaires' disease with alleged links to the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright, in Surrey .

12 Aug 2007

All children adopted from outside North America should be screened for TB

University of Alberta researchers stress that all children adopted from outside North America should be screened for tuberculosis.

11 Aug 2007

Scientists prepare for future pandemic strains of H5N1

Preparing vaccines and therapeutics that target a future mutant strain of H5N1 influenza virus sounds like science fiction, but it may be possible, according to a team of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a collaborator at Emory University School of Medicine.

11 Aug 2007

Nile tilapia fish beats malaria

The emerging threat of pesticide resistance means that biological malaria control methods are once again in vogue.

9 Aug 2007

Second bird flu death in Vietnam in a week

Vietnamese authorities have confirmed another new bird-flu death, this time the victim is a 15-year-old boy.

8 Aug 2007

The finger of suspicion for UK foot and mouth outbreak points at nearby labs

Investigations into the foot and mouth outbreak in Britain points the finger of suspicion for the source of the infection to the nearby research centres.

8 Aug 2007

Good old fashioned measures may still save lives in a pandemic

Researchers in the United States have discovered that public health measures such as quarantines, school closings and bans on public gatherings greatly reduce the death toll in flu pandemics.

8 Aug 2007

More cattle culled in UK foot and mouth outbreak

Britain's chief veterinary officer has said the threat of the current outbreak of foot and mouth disease spreading beyond Surrey is minimal.

8 Aug 2007

Non-pharmaceutical interventions may be helpful in severe influenza outbreaks

An analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions used in the U.S. during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, such as closing schools and banning public gatherings, found an association between these interventions and reduced death rates, suggesting that non-pharmaceutical interventions may play a role in planning for future influenza pandemics, according to a study in the August 8 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.

8 Aug 2007