New report calls on federal and state collaboration to address brucellosis transmission
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) Efforts to control brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) should focus on reducing the risk of transmission from elk, which are now viewed as the primary source of the infection in new cases occurring in cattle and domestic bison, says a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Federal, state, and tribal groups should work in a coordinated and transparent manner to address brucellosis in multiple areas and jurisdictions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Report Calls on Federal and State Collaboration to Address Brucellosis Transmission From Elk
Efforts to control brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area should focus on reducing the risk of transmission from elk, which are now viewed as the primary source of the infection in new cases occurring in cattle and domestic bison, says a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Federal, state, and tribal groups should work in a coordinated and transparent manner to address brucellosis in multiple areas and jurisdictions. Read More (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - May 31, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
New Report Calls on Federal and State Collaboration to Address Brucellosis Transmission From Elk
Efforts to control brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) should focus on reducing the risk of transmission from elk, which are now viewed as the primary source of the infection in new cases occurring in cattle and domestic bison, says a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - May 31, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Kenya: Family's Pain After Misdiagnosis Cuts Short Daughter's Vibrant Life
[Nation] Doctors told her she had brucellosis and ulcers and for months, 26-year-old Violet Judith Awuor took a cocktail of drugs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Summary of Findings and Recommendations of the Federal Security Advisory Panel on the Biennial Review of the Select Agents and Toxins List
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. 07/2016 This 15-page report summarizes the Federal Security Advisory Panel ' s charge to provide policy and technical input for the biennial review of the Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) list. The panel considered technical and policy factors related to C. burnetii (a bacterium that causes Q fever); R. prowazekii (a bacterium that causes epidemic typhus); B. anthracis Pasteur strain (an attenuated strain of the anthrax bacterium); B. abortus (a bacterium that causes brucellosis); B. melitensis (a bacter...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 20, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Yale-Trained Doctor Refutes Dangerous Misinformation Given by CDC's Dr. Paul Mead on Fox 5 Lyme Special
This study evaluated antibiotic vs placebo. The study was terminated early due to the determined likelihood that a beneficial effect would not be found. When this was critically analyzed with biostatistical methods, an article was published which I believe demonstrates that Klempner's study was so poorly designed and analyzed that in order for a treatment effect to have been observed, the antibiotic treated patients would have had to improve to a level of health which was a full standard deviation better than the average health of the general population. It's a reasonable hope for antibiotics to return a patient to a somew...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 16, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Greek holiday has left Walsall woman paralysed and wanting to die
Sam Philpott, from Walsall, believes she unknowingly ingested a potentially fatal bacteria, called brucellosis, after going on holiday with her parents to Greece three years ago. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Raw milk breeds fever disease in East Africa
Kenya and Tanzania remain hotbed for Brucellosis, which is spread through unprocessed milk. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - April 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
WHO estimates global burden of foodborne diseases
3 December 2015 – The findings World Health Organization’s (WHO) estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases — the most comprehensive report to date on the impact of contaminated food on health and well-being are announced today in Geneva.
The report, which estimates the burden of foodborne diseases caused by 31 agents — bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins and chemicals — states that each year as many as 600 million, or almost 1 in 10 people in the world, fall ill after consuming contaminated food. Of these, 420 000 people die, including 125 000 children under the age of 5 years.
The Eastern Mediterran...
Source: WHO EMRO News - December 3, 2015 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Fear Rare Fever Outbreak in the Western Cape May Spread
[News24Wire] Agri Western Cape is worried that there could be an increase in reported cases of Brucellosis, which it says has already infected close to a thousand goats and two people on the Boeteka Game Farm and Wedding Venue outside Beaufort West. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 16, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Brucellosis
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - April 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
8 Animal Plagues Wreaking Havoc Right Now
This article originally appeared on World Science Festival. (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - December 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: emilystraus Tags: Uncategorized animal diseases animal kingdom animals plague Source Type: news
New route to identify drugs that can fight bacterial infections
(American Society for Microbiology) About 100 drugs already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for other purposes can also prevent the growth of certain bacterial pathogens inside human cells, including those that cause Legionnaires' disease, brucellosis, and Mediterranean spotted fever. The findings, published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, demonstrate a new way of identifying non-antibiotic drugs that could one day help curb bacterial infections. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 29, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Deadly diseases overlooked for too long, scientists say
Decades of neglect have allowed infectious diseases to devastate the lives of thousands of people in the developing world, a study reveals. Researchers say three diseases in particular -- anthrax, brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis -- have failed to receive the official recognition and funding needed to combat them effectively. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 6, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
