Ebola

Ebola in Afghanistan

Political Inaction (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

A U .S. soldier died of a scary Ebola-like virus after being bitten by a tick in Afghanistan. Even the ticks are terrorists over there.

Rare virus poses new threat to troops

qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops Washington Times | Sara A. Carter KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus. Dr. Jim [...]

• EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops - Count Us Out
• Rare Ebola like Virus Poses New Threat to Troops! - Government Mess
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Rare Ebola-like virus poses new threat to troops in Afghanistan...

DrudgeSiren.com - All Stories (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Rare Ebola-like virus poses new threat to troops in Afghanistan...

Five for Fighting 11/6/09

Wired: Danger Room (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

# G.I. in Afghanistan dies of Ebola-like virus # Construction boom in Afghanistan shows U.S. military plans to stay # Taliban target MRAPs # Iran’s pursuing new nuke design # 2 NATO troops MIA in Afghanistan

Killer ticks in Afghanistan

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Washington Times: U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus. Dr. Jim Radike, an expert in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Role 3 Trauma Hospital at Kandahar Air Field, told The Washington Times that Sgt. Robert David Gordon,...

I got an H1N1 vaccine and a really cool sticker

BarfBlog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

I’m H1N1-ready. The vaccine that I received this evening will start providing immunity in a few weeks. I received one of a thousand doses available at the Riley County Health Department in Manhattan, KS . The first wave of high-risk people received vaccinations a few weeks ago. The high-risk category includes infants, pregnant women, the elderly and the immunocompromised. Tonight’s clinic...

Swine Flu? Typhus? Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever? Pneumonic Plague? Panic Explodes As A Mystery Illness Rips Through Ukraine

What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Tonight the nation of Ukraine is in an absolute state of panic as a mystery illness rips through that country. Some reports are claiming that this mystery illness is a more virulent form of the H1N1 swine flu. Other reports are linking the mystery illness with typhus, ebola hemorrhagic fever or even the pneumonic plague. What all the media reports do agree on is that an epidemic is devastating Ukraine...

Virus Like Particle Vaccine Trials and Other Paths for Faster Vaccine Development

advanced nanotechnology (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Viruses and Vaccines are in a race. Two new flu vaccine candidates beginning clinical trials this month, the "virus-like particle," or VLP, vaccine may be about to fulfill a long-heralded potential as a flu vaccine that arrives more quickly. From MIT Technology Review and Forbes. VLP vaccines can be made quickly. "From the time you identify an outbreak and publish the genetic sequence...

Video: Influenza And Emerging Infections From UCTV

Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

# 3855 An absolutely terrific hour-long presentation on pandemic influenza and other Emerging infectious diseases from the University of California this morning. This was uploaded only a couple of weeks old, so it is timely. It is well paced, well produced, and geared largely to health care professionals , but not overly technical either. This program discusses Influenza , SARS , Ebola , MRSA and other...

Rafale

Neptunus Lex (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Cinéma Francais: Music, heavy breathing and lots of French. Which either is, or is not, as cool as it sounds. Depending upon your preferences. Démonstrateur Rafale 2009 by armee-de-l_air Pretty cool machine, although I’ve never been a huge fan of delta wing designs. They typically bleed like a stuck pig with the Ebola virus in a turning fight, but [...]

Scientists to Investigate Reports of Ebola Outbreak in South Sudan

Secondo Protocollo UK (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

The government of South Sudan and international scientists say they are trying to reach a remote village in the under-developed Western Bahr al-Ghazal region to investigate reports of a possible Ebola outbreak. There are reports at least four people have died and several others are showing symptoms of some type of viral hemorrhagic fever. According to [...]

Uganda to Conduct Marburg Vaccine Trials

All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

UGANDA could hold the key to the Ebola and Marburg vaccines as the country has been selected for a high profile second stage safety trial in humans.

Design Challenge of the Day: What Should Quarantine Look Like?

Fast Company (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

In the wake of swine flu and body scans, designers reimagine isolation. Four years ago Paola Antonelli curated a collection of emergency shelters, gas masks, and security bollards for a MoMA exhibition called " Safe: Design Takes On Risk. " The show demonstrated how thoroughly 9/11 had galvanized the design field. Since then, our collective fear has shifted from terrorism to biology: Our...

Beacon Equity issues Trading Overview for AVI BioPharma Inc.

Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

( EMAILWIRE.COM , October 07, 2009 ) DALLAS, Texas - BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring biopharmaceutical company AVI BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: AVII). The investment report on AVI BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: AVII) should be of particular interest to other biopharmaceutical companies: Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISIS), Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE: ENZ), Genta Inc. (OTCBB: GNTA) and Alnylam...

• Beacon Equity issues Trading Overview for AVI BioPharma Inc. - EmailWire.Com

On being nasty to the ‘first lady’ (not)

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

By Brian Barder / @BrianLB In today’s Observer the columnist Catherine Bennett makes a spiteful attack on Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister’s wife, principally for her failure to denounce the practice of female genital mutilation when she spoke briefly to introduce her husband before his main speech at last week’s Labour Party conference. You might, I suppose, agree with Ms Bennett...