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Plague figures cause concern
Experts fear future outbreaks in cities as more cases of the disease are spotted in Africa
US hospitals not ready for emergencies
Evaluation of preparedness programme finds “no clear strategy” for dealing with catastrophic events
Childhood infections may protect against leukaemia
Analysis of 14 studies adds weight to claim that early-life exposure to pathogens could guard kids against blood cancer
Chronic effects of ultrasound unclear
UK experts call for more research into long-term risks citing growing use of ‘souvenir’ pregnancy scans
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Egypt: controversial organ transplant bill welcomed by WHO IRIN
Canada: tainted cocaine linked to illnesses in Winnipeg CBC News
Lax about nanomaterial handling C&EN
Amantadine’s double bind C&EN
Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer Reuters
Swine flu still out there, officials caution Reuters
New methods aim to keep E. coli in beef lower all year USA Today
UK: London health officials issue heroin anthrax alert Reuters
Diarrhoea cases rising in Haiti ProMED
Haiti hospital’s fight against TB falls to one man New York Times
Russia: more fall ill after drinking holy water in Siberia ProMED
Fatal anthrax case in Germany caused by same strain as Scottish cases ProMED
Cholera, diarrhoea and dysentry update ProMED
Dominican man dies of meningococcal disease after trip to help in Haiti ProMED
Global Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 cases reach 225 CIDRAP
Myanmar: WHO warns of tolerance to anti-malaria drug IRIN
Africa: making the case against counterfeit drugs IRIN
Cadmium found in adult jewelry CBC News
Emerging Health Threats Journal
In the Name of the Greater Good?
Ken Kirkwood argues that healthcare workers at the front lines of a pandemic have both an obligation to care for patients and a right to preferential access to pharmaceutical interventions
Modeling vaccination campaigns and the Fall/Winter 2009 activity of the new A(H1N1) influenza in the Northern Hemisphere
Vespignani and colleagues model the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against the novel A(H1N1) influenza virus and show that additional interventions will be required to make vaccination successful
Migrants in a globalized world - health threats, risks and challenges: an evidence-based framework
Brian Gushulak and colleagues propose a shift in global approaches to migrant health, arguing that current approaches overlook the diversity inherent in mobile populations and will fail to address modern public health risks
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