Archive for December, 2006

Norovirus epidemic worst ever

Posted in Latest News on December 30th, 2006

Norovirus epidemic worst ever
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Dec 15, 2006… there could be as many as 10 million people infected,” said Shigeo Matsuno, chief researcher at the institute’s Infectious Disease Surveillance Center. On Dec. …

Travel makes infectious disease a global issue
Newhouse News Service (NNS) - Dec 5, 2006… three-quarters of a billion people traveling internationally every year and millions more relocating as immigrants and refugees, infectious disease is no …

CDC focuses its flu vaccine drive on health care workers
Houston Chronicle, United States - Dec 25, 2006… even with health care workers, the main thing we’re fighting against is a lack of education,” says Dr. Luis Ostrosky, an infectious-disease specialist at the …

E. Coli Cattle Vaccine Authorized for Field Use in Canada

Posted in Latest News on December 30th, 2006

E. Coli Cattle Vaccine Authorized for Field Use in Canada
CattleNetwork.com - Lorne Babiuk, Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) and Canada Research Chair in Vaccinology and Biotechnology in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. More importantly, the reduction of E. coli shedding into the environment will