This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns. Background information on Health ministry rules out Ebola  -  Mar 7, 2008 New Vision,However, he could not reveal what killed the people because they did not do postmortems on the bodies. “Our concern was testing for the hemorrhagic fevers Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Ebola, Marburg Viruses  -  Feb 27, 2008 U.S. News & World Report,Ebola and Marburg are viral hemorrhagic fevers, the only two known members of the filovirus family of viruses, according to the US Centers for Disease Chikungunya Virus May Be Deadly, Indian Doctors Say (Update2)  -  Feb 29, 2008 Bloomberg...a biologist who helped study the epidemic for France's national reference center for arboviruses and viral hemorrhagic fevers in Lyon. Centers for disease control expands quarantine system  -  Mar 1, 2008 Aviation International News,...diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, SARS and any form of flu that might result in a pandemic. Country to Be Declared Ebola Free Today  -  Feb 19, 2008 AllAfrica.com,..."However during this outbreak only four cases have had mild to moderate bleeding and not as severe as seen in typical VHF [Viral hemorrhagic fevers] cases," The Uukuniemi virus helps to explain the infection mechanism of ...  -  Feb 15, 2008 innovations report,A researcher group comprising Juha Huiskonen from the University of Helsinki and structural biologists from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the Glitch prompts shutdown of biohazard lab at UTMB  -  Jan 25, 2008 Houston Chronicle,The experiments on mice included HFN1, or avian flu virus, and two deadly hemorrhagic fevers: Ebola, a strain from Africa; and Omsk, a tick-borne disease John Frame, 90, Discovered Lassa Fever  -  Jan 21, 2008 New York Sun,Since then, several research initiatives have put Lassa fever into a family of viral hemorrhagic fevers that includes Rift Valley fever, Marburg hemorrhagic Uganda Ebola outbreak: a survivor's tale  -  Dec 16, 2007 AFP..."By that time, we had begun taking some precautions but not those tight precautions needed for hemorrhagic fevers and it was already too late," he said. SKAA DG, director suspended  -  Dec 26, 2007 The Post,Speakers will discuss current microbiological issues related to Dengue/ Hemorrhagic fevers, Antibiotics Resistance/ MDR and XDR Tuberculosis, PREVENTION OF CCHF  -  Dec 20, 2007 The News - International,The mortality rate of like hemorrhagic fevers ranges from 50 to 90 percent. Persons with the infection of this virus family experience headache, Ebola spreads panic better than it spreads itself  -  Dec 26, 2007 Reuters South Africa,Dr Pierre Rollin, a specialist in hemorrhagic fevers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doubts this. "It's still too lethal," he told CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER  -  Dec 17, 2007 The News - International,The mortality rate of hemorrhagic fevers range from 50 to 90 per cent. People with the infection of this virus family experience headache, high-grade fever, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Halts Contract Negotiations With ...  -  Dec 14, 2007 CNNMoney.com..."We appreciate the continued interest expressed from the DTRA in our bavituximab program for viral hemorrhagic fevers and hope to be able to pursue other New subtype of Ebola suspected in Uganda  -  Nov 30, 2007 San Jose Mercury News,Word of a new strain "is an important discovery for the scientific community," Pierre Formenty, a WHO expert on hemorrhagic fevers, told The Associated DENGUE FEVER  -  Dec 1, 2007 The News - International,The Dengue fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever are forms of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) - a group of illnesses caused by a distinct family of viruses, Ministry on the look out for Ebola  -  Dec 7, 2007 Standard,He moved to reassure Kenyans that the country has capacity to diagnose hemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola. As precautionary measures, protective clothing Report Faults NIH Safety Analysis of Biosafety Laboratory at Boston U.  -  Nov 29, 2007 Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)Two of those cause Ebola and Brazilian hemorrhagic fevers, which do carry a high risk of death and for which no known treatments exist. Uganda: Strange Disease Kills One More  -  Nov 26, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Viral hemorrhagic fevers (vhfs) are caused by viruses from four distinct families. The diseases damage the vascular system and impair the body's ability to biofactura announces positive results in development of new rapid ...  -  Oct 30, 2007 Business Wire (press release),...tulane is leading a three-year study designed to develop diagnostic tools for viral hemorrhagic fevers, some of which are caused by arenaviruses that recently discovered virus associated with pediatric respiratory ...  -  Nov 20, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...surveillance and medical diagnostics. recent application of these technologies led to diagnosis of viral hemorrhagic fevers in africa, more health worries for congo  -  Nov 20, 2007 TravelVideo.tv (press release)...as diseases like ebola and similar hemorrhagic fevers, but also cholera and even polio have long been spread across the borders into populations which travel helth advisory - hajj: saudi requirements for hajj pilgrims  -  Nov 16, 2007 Government of Canada Newsroom (press release),...avian influenza (bird flu), leptospirosis, brucellosis and certain viral hemorrhagic fevers (eg rift valley fever) are all spread through contact with ut biohazard lab obtains defense dept. funding  -  Nov 8, 2007 commercialappeal.com (subscription),...tularemia, anthrax, multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis, bird flu and the causes of hemorrhagic fevers. memphis will become one of only 13 regional health officials plan drive-through drill  -  Oct 31, 2007 Fauquier Times-Democrat,...and viral hemorrhagic fevers. these agents are considered high-priority because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person; jihadist’s letter to zawahiri reveals anthrax motive  -  Nov 9, 2007 Blogger News Network...papers included a summary of plague in madagascar and another on the outbreak management of hemorrhagic fevers. dr paul keim of northern arizona university Virus kills almost 200 white-tailed deer in NJ  -  Oct 10, 2007 Asbury Park Press,HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP: Nearly 200 white-tailed deer have died in New Jersey recently after becoming infected by a virus passed on by small insects, Health: Justified Concern  -  Sep 27, 2007 Cuba News,HIV that is virtually decimating regions like Africa, Chronic Respiratory Syndrome, Ebola or the deadly Marburg and hemorrhagic fevers among others. Congo beats Karachi in reaching WHO dengue outbreak monitoring list  -  Oct 7, 2007 Daily Times,As part of the alert and response operations, global epidemic intelligence is primarily focused on communicable diseases (eg hemorrhagic fevers, cholera, Africa Germ, Asian Insect Meet in Italy, Spur Disease (Update1)  -  Sep 25, 2007 Bloomberg...said Isabelle Schuffenecker, a biologist with France's national reference center for arboviruses and viral hemorrhagic fevers in Lyon. US Called Lax at Policing Labs Handling Biohazards  -  Oct 4, 2007 New York Times,Since then, the number of biosecurity labs that handle the most contagious and dangerous agents — like Ebola, smallpox and hemorrhagic fevers — has grown to Preparedness for Bioterrorism  -  Oct 11, 2007 Genetic Engineering News (press release),...tularemia (Francisella tularensis), and viral hemorrhagic fevers (eg, filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg and arenaviruses such as Lassa and Machupo). CSU set to wage war on bioterror  -  Oct 3, 2007 Denver Post,Among those diseases are: anthrax, tularemia, plague, and hemorrhagic fevers, said CSU biosafety director Bob Ellis. Researchers from across the West and Fever grips Congo, killing more than 100  -  Aug 29, 2007 USA TodayIn the past, Congo has seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, both hemorrhagic fevers caused by viruses that, in severe cases, attack the central Illness Kills More Than 100 in Congo  -  Aug 29, 2007 Washington Post,In the past, Congo has seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, hemorrhagic fevers caused by viruses that can attack the central nervous system and cause Alnylam Awarded $38.6M US Government Contract To Develop RNAi ...  -  Aug 14, 2007 GovCon (press release),Viral hemorrhagic fevers are considered by federal agencies to be high priority agents that pose a risk to national security because they can be easily INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS  -  Aug 30, 2007 Fort Worth Star Telegram,Congo has seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, hemorrhagic fevers caused by viruses that can attack the central nervous system. Nastech's Singular Flu Effort Helps Keep RNAi Space Busy  -  Sep 4, 2007 BioWorld Online,...by way of a $38.6 million grant from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for the development of a drug to treat viral hemorrhagic fevers. Bats may hold clues to how to survive the bad bugs they carry  -  Aug 27, 2007 The Canadian Press,Dr. Daniel Bausch, a hemorrhagic fevers expert at Tulane University in New Orleans, says one of the problems is a lack of laboratory tools such as tests and Recent Marburg outbreak provides rare chance to try to find virus ...  -  Aug 20, 2007 The Canadian PressThere's no magic dip stick test," Dr. Robert Swanepoel, a hemorrhagic fevers expert from South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Alnylam wins $39M fed contract  -  Aug 9, 2007 Bizjournals.com,The government has deemed viral hemorrhagic fevers a risk to national security because the illness spreads easily, and in many cases is deadly, Peregrine Enters Contract Negotiations With US DTRA for ...  -  Jul 23, 2007 CNNMoney.comTUSTIN, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (PPHM) Announces Contract Negotiations ...  -  Jul 23, 2007 StreetInsider.com (subscription),Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) announced that the company's proposal to investigate its antiviral agent bavituximab and other Peregrine Pharma Announces Contract Negotiations With DTRA For ...  -  Jul 23, 2007 RTT News,7/23/2007 3:15:40 PM Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PPHM) announced that its proposal to investigate its antiviral agent bavituximab and other Market Report -- In Play (PPHM)  -  Jul 23, 2007 MSN MoneyPeregrine Pharma enters contract negotiations with US DTRA for Hemorrhagic Fevers Co announces that their proposal to investigate its antiviral agent CDC quarantine officers ever on watch  -  Jul 14, 2007 MLive.com,...anyone who may have cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, SARS and pandemic flu. Georgia Makes Short List for Fed Bio-Lab  -  Jul 11, 2007 Forbes,Scientists and officials from various states have named, among others, anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lhassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the Five States Vying For Germ Lab  -  Jul 11, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The new lab will do that and research on other diseases and contagions, possibly including anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lhassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers San Antonio among 5 finalists for national germ lab  -  Jul 11, 2007 Houston Chronicle,The new lab will do that and possibly research on other diseases and contagions such as anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lhassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers $2 million earmarked for UT bioresearch  -  Jul 27, 2007 commercialappeal.com (subscription),...seek ways for rapidly detecting known pathogens such as E. coli, multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis, bird flu and the causes of hemorrhagic fevers. Livermore lab doesn't make cut  -  Jul 12, 2007 Contra Costa Times,The new lab will do that and research diseases, possibly including anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the vascular NC among 5 states in running for lab  -  Jul 11, 2007 Winston-Salem Journal (subscription),...on other diseases and contagions, possibly including anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the vascular system. Viral hemorrhagic fevers  -  Jun 8, 2007 MayoClinic.comViral hemorrhagic fevers are caused by viruses from four distinct families and range in severity from relatively mild to life-threatening. DTRA & Achaogen Targeting Class A Bacterial Pathogens  -  Jun 20, 2007 Defense Industry Daily,We've also covered one of the research approaches being funded re: viral hemorrhagic fevers. Other disease classification systems have been proposed, Why Rich Countries Should Care About the World's Least Healthy People  -  Jul 3, 2007 Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),1 More than 30 infectious diseases have emerged during the last 2 to 3 decades, ranging from hemorrhagic fevers, legionnaires disease, and hantavirus to BioLab forum  -  Jun 28, 2007 South End News,The level 4 component of the lab will study the most dangerous infectious diseases and pathogens known to science, including hemorrhagic fevers such as Shine Holdings Announces Add-O-Mizer(TM) Injection Process  -  Jun 20, 2007 Market Wire (press release)...ie... safeguarding domestic water supplies from potential bioweapons agents such as anthrax, botulism, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). Quarantine rules  -  04 Jun 2007 seattlepi.com Buzzworthy,When someone has been exposed to diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, SARS, and a new strain of influenza with A Quarantined Life  -  Jun 2, 2007 NewsweekCurrently, the Centers for Disease Control identifies cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers Get In That Bubble, Boy!  -  Jun 1, 2007 SlateWhen someone has been exposed to diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, SARS, and a new strain of influenza with US BioDefense Retains Equity Solutions for Business Development ...  -  May 31, 2007 MacReport (press release),...on safeguarding domestic water supplies from potential bioweapon agents such as anthrax, botulism, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). Lab Use of Qdots Specified  -  May 29, 2007 Photonics.com,...also believe the bioconjugated qdots will be useful in detection of bioterrorism agents such as anthrax, plague, botulism and viral hemorrhagic fevers. 05/27/07 NEWS: Do we want this?  -  May 25, 2007 Sunday Paper,...of potential biological threats include anthrax, smallpox, plague and various hemorrhagic fevers, as well as pathogens against agricultural products.â€? New Protocols Released Helps Physicians Use Nanotechnology in ...  -  May 25, 2007 Controlled Environments Magazine,...believe that the quantum dots have future uses in the detection of bioterrorism agents such as anthrax, plague, botulism, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. A dozen states compete for deadly germ lab site  -  May 14, 2007 Houston Chronicle,Scientists and officials from various states have named, among others, anthrax, smallpox and Marburg and Lhassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the Big Biodefense Goes Small  -  May 11, 2007 Drug Discovery & Development,...tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Besides frightening pathology, the conditions all share a lack of acceptable vaccine and treatment options. Md. vying to host deadly disease lab  -  May 7, 2007 Baltimore Sun,Scientists and officials from various states have named, among others, anthrax, smallpox and Marbug and Lhasa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the States vie to host deadly disease research lab  -  May 7, 2007 Dallas Morning News (subscription),Scientists and officials from various states have named, among others, anthrax, small pox and Marburg and Lhassa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the States vie to host deadly disease research lab  -  May 7, 2007 Dallas Morning News (subscription),Scientists and officials from various states have named, among others, anthrax, small pox and Marbug and Lhasa, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the States vie to host deadly disease research lab  -  May 7, 2007 The News Journal,...among others, anthrax and smallpox, as well as the Marburg and Lassa viruses, rare hemorrhagic fevers that attack the vascular system. HHS offers plan for defense against biological threats  -  Apr 25, 2007 CIDRAP,Diseases listed among the priority threats include anthrax, botulism, glanders, meliodosis, Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers, tularemia, Biological Killers for War in the Future  -  Apr 25, 2007 Javno.hr,Viral hemorrhagic fevers are diseases with several different families of viruses. Damage to the vascularsystem occurs with contamination, accompanied by Kenya: Cross Border Movements Are Avenues for Deadly Infections  -  Apr 23, 2007 AllAfrica.com,But the most deadly threats remain bird flu and hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola and Marburg. Nyikal said weak public health systems, including disease Maize prices decrease unseasonably; good access  -  Apr 13, 2007 Reuters AlertNet,...mosquitoes or by handling infected livestock carcasses, and the effects of the disease are similar to those of Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers. Americans enduring the War of Terrorism are paying the price for ...  -  Mar 30, 2007 Canadian National Newspaper,...laboratories to produce biological warfare germs, including anthrax, bubonic plague, various hemorrhagic fevers and other deadly combinations. Search the web for more resources on   Web health.mongabay.com Health Home | Conditions | Cancer | Medications | Surgery | Vaccines mongabay.com Disclaimer: Contact a physician with regard to health concerns. Email requests for further health information will be discarded. The materials contained on this Web site are for informational purposes only and do not constitute health or medical advice. Use of information on this site does not create or constitute any kind of agreement or contract between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, or anyone else who is in any way connected with this site. 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