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Dec 30
New Item US flu activity remains low, CDC says

New Item NEWS SCAN: Tougher Listeria testing protocols, pneumococcal vaccine for older adults

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: pH1N1 antibody response, transmissibility, and seroprevalence in pigs

Dec 29
New Item FDA issues final egg safety rule guidance

New Item NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, pandemic lab capacity, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, dengue in Sri Lanka

Dec 28
New Item Novel flu cases prompt new CDC guidance

New Item NEWS SCAN: Ebola response and effects, H5N1 in Bangladesh, tracing H1N1 flight contacts

Dec 23
New Item Fears about mutant H5N1 hinge on ferrets as flu model

New Item CDC reports two more novel flu infections

New Item NEWS SCAN: FDA and ag antibiotics, orthobunyavirus risk

Dec 22
New Item NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, vaccine ethics, defining vaccine failure

New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: State food safety staffing, non-O157 E coli outbreak, Listeria death

Dec 21
New Item White House claims progress in food safety efforts

New Item NEWS SCAN: Contact vaccinia cases, cholera decline in Haiti

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Egypt, avian flu measures in Hong Kong, novel H4N8 strain, healthcare flu vaccination

Dec 20
New Item US government urges journals to omit details of two H5N1 studies

New Item Preparedness report card spells out programs at risk for cuts

New Item NEWS SCAN: H3N8 in US seals, H5N1 in Hong Kong, monitoring variant flu, H1N1 and protecting kids, ground beef Salmonella case

Dec 19
New Item Signs of Tamiflu-resistant 2009 H1N1 flu transmission cited

New Item NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine safety, contaminated bath basins and paper towels, polio in Pakistan

Dec 16
New Item Auditor faults FDA oversight of food inspections by states

New Item Flu watchdogs report few hot spots

New Item NEWS SCAN: Novel H3N2 virus's cousins, cell-based flu vaccine, school vs community vaccination, ground beef Salmonella recall, point-of-care tests

Dec 15
New Item Study suggests statins reduce deaths in severe flu infections

New Item GAO report, executive rule target drug shortages

New Item NEWS SCAN: Boston biolab review, polio in China

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: Egyptian H5N1 cases, First Nation reserve and H1N1, H1N1 variants, novel H3N2 in Chinese pigs

Dec 14
New Item NEWS SCAN: Ebola drug testing, dengue in Florida, detecting novel H3N2 in Europe, global malaria progress

Dec 13
New Item Novartis says cell-based flu vaccine facility ready to produce

New Item NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine and sickle cell, malaria in early pregnancy, MMR vaccine reactions, contact precautions and dementia

Dec 12
New Item Health officials find lessons in EU botulism outbreaks

New Item NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Tibet, H1N1 vaccine coverage, listeriosis risks

Dec 9
New Item CDC reports two more novel flu cases

New Item NEWS SCAN: Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak over, flour suspected in cookie dough outbreak, H5N1 risk perceptions

Dec 8
New Item Study: H1N1 boosted pneumonia cases sharply in children

New Item NEWS SCAN: EU rule on pandemic vaccines, shorter regimen for latent TB, skewed infection-control efforts, gastroenteritis outbreak

Dec 7
New Item CDC cites romaine lettuce in 10-state E coli outbreak

New Item New clinical research consortium to tackle pandemic threats

New Item NEWS SCAN: Clinton's warning on bioterrorism, biodefense bill progress, norovirus vaccine, antivirals and abnormal behavior

Dec 6
New Item Mapping studies show scope of P vivax malaria burden

New Item NEWS SCAN: Irradiating hamburger, nuts; antibodies to 2 avian flu strains; flu vaccine receipt vs risk; malaria hearing

Dec 5
New Item CDC sees improving flu vaccine uptake in kids, health workers

New Item NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, ritual sparrows and avian flu, novel canine flu, bioweapons treaty review

      
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New Item Source attribution of human campylobacteriosis using a meta-analysis of case-control studies of sporadic infections
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Jan 3

 
New Item Corticosteroid therapy in patients with primary viral pneumonia due to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza
From J Infect, published online Jan 2

 
New Item Economic burden from health losses due to foodborne illness in the United States
 
New Item The determinants of 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza vaccination: a systematic review
From Vaccine, published online Dec 31

 
New Item WHO concerned that new H5N1 influenza research could undermine the 2011 pandemic influenza preparedness framework
Statement released Dec 30

 
New Item Antibody response of healthy children to pandemic A/H1N1/2009 influenza virus
 
New Item Community transmission of oseltamivir-resistant A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza
 
New Item Use of Lean response to improve pandemic influenza surge in public health laboratories
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks, southwestern Europe, 2010
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks from imported livestock, Egypt
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item Differential mortality rates by ethnicity in 3 influenza pandemics over a century, New Zealand
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item Foodborne outbreak and nonmotile Salmonella enterica variant, France
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers for influenza A/H1N1 2009
 
New Item Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Masindi District, Uganda: outbreak description and lessons learned
From Dec 28 BMC Infect Dis

 
New Item Update: Influenza A (H3N2)v transmission and guidelines--five states, 2011
 
New Item Food safety epidemiology capacity in state health departments--United States, 2010
 
New Item Influenza vaccination for immunocompromised patients: systematic review and meta-analysis from a public health policy perspective
From PLoS One, published online Dec 23

 
New Item The federal Food Safety Working Group progress report
White House report released Dec 21

 
New Item Press statement on the NSABB review of H5N1 research
From NIH, released Dec 20

 
New Item Editor-in-Chief Bruce Alberts on publication of H5N1 avian influenza research
Response from Science to above statement, posted Dec 20

 
New Item Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism
Trust for America's Health report released Dec 21

 
New Item Contact transmission of vaccinia virus from smallpox vaccinees in the United States, 2003-2011
From Vaccine, published online Dec 20

 
New Item Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infections, United States, 2010-11
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 19

 
New Item Antiviral resistance during the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic: public health, laboratory, and clinical perspectives
From Lancet Infect Dis, published online Dec 19

 
New Item Emergence and reemergence of smallpox: the need in development of a new generation smallpox vaccine
From Vaccine, published online Dec 18

 
New Item Excess mortality related to seasonal influenza and extreme temperatures in Denmark, 1994-2010
From Dec 16 BMC Infect Dis

 
New Item S-OtrH3N2 viruses: use of sequence data for description of the molecular characteristics of the viruses and their relatedness to previously circulating H3N2 human viruses
From Dec 15 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Preliminary implications for Europe of the 2011 influenza season in five temperate southern hemisphere countries
From Dec 15 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Cost comparison of 2 mass vaccination campaigns against influenza A H1N1 in New York City
From Am J Public Health, published online Dec 15

 
New Item Emergence and dissemination of a swine H3N2 reassortant with 2009 pandemic H1N1 genes in pigs in China
From J Virol, published online Dec 14

 
New Item Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 14

 
New Item Statins and influenza: can we move forward?
Editorial on above study from J Infect Dis, published online Dec 14

 
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