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Rapid TB testing near reality
New tool spots drug-resistant TB in less than two hours, could help avert 15 million deaths
Plague in Asia linked to climate change
Modellers correlate climate fluctuations with cases of the disease in Central Asia
Close contacts spread health-seeking behaviour
Research suggests social network structure affects uptake of behaviours such as vaccination
Monkeypox rising in Central Africa
Cases soar 20 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns ended
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Bangladesh: taking toxins out of ship-breaking IRIN
West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece CBC News
Canada: E. coli leads to beef recall in Toronto CBC News
Nigeria: cholera kills 80 in Adamawa allAfrica
Namibia: new tuberculosis strain on increase allAfrica
Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise Reuters
Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases Reuters
Gardeners warned about Legionnaire's risk BBC News
Afghanistan: UN moves quickly to immunize 1.5 million children from polio UN
China sees more thyroid problems, after salt move Xinhua
3 children die after receiving measles vaccine in Bangladesh Reuters
Anthrax cases among humans in Bangladesh on rise, 33 animals dead Xinhua
Gastroenteritis outbreak hits Nigerian state, claims 42 lives Xinhua
Update on West Nile in Eurasia ProMED
SARS turns chronic ProMED
Suspected anthrax reported in Bulgaria ProMED
Anthrax found in man's body after heroin-related death ProMED
CDC says smokers, asthma patients should get pneumococcal vaccine CIDRAP
West Nile virus reaches Hungary DUNA
Emerging Health Threats Journal
Innovation in Observation: a vision for early outbreak detection
Nina Fefferman and Elena Naumova explore the potential of new technologies to improve sensitivity and specificity in early outbreak detection systems
Risks associated with melamine and related triazine contamination of food
Ronald Baynes and Jim Riviere assess the risk to human health from triazine contamination of food and animal feed, and discuss the pharmacokinetics and mechanisms of toxicity of melamine and triazine mixtures
Road manslaughter, or just the cost of progress?
Lori Mooren and Raphael Grzebieta argue that economic advancement has been given priority over public health in road safety, and that a concerted political effort to promote 'Safe Systems' is needed to reduce deaths and injury on the roads
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15th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment
08 Oct 2010
Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
10 Oct 2010
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15 Sep 2010
Research Capability Strengthening Grants for Smaller Low Income Countries in Africa
30 Sep 2010
Rapid Response Research (RAPID) on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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