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PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (79): global (Pakistan, DR Congo, CAR, Philippines)
Polio -- PakistanNew wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 3Environment: 13Other: 1New cVDPV isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 7Environment: 5Others: 2Headlines- On 24 Oct 2019, World Polio Day, an event will be held at the WHO to mark the potential certification of eradication of wild poliovirus type 3. With no poliovirus type 3 detected anywhere in the world since 2012, the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) is anticipated to Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Blackleg, oilseed rape – UK: alert
Other Plant Disease -- United KingdomOilseed rape growers should be examining their crops for phoma disease as one site in Herefordshire is the first forecast to have hit the threshold level of 10% of the crop infected, which indicates the need to consider a spray treatment.The forecast monitors temperature and rainfall, which simulate the development of _Leptosphaeria maculans_ [and] predicts the date when 10% of oilseed rape plants could potentially show symptoms of phoma leaf spot.Catherine Harries, Read more [...]
Nanotechnology Research at NIOSH
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are materials that are intentionally produced to have at least one primary dimension less than 100 nanometers. These materials have new or unique properties different from those of larger forms of the same material, making them desirable for specific product applications. These properties can contribute to increased elasticity, tensile strength, electrical conduction, and reactivity. Consumer products using nanomaterials include makeup, Read more [...]
Amid the ashes of the Lubrizol fire in Rouen, anger and anxiety – FRANCE 24 English
Amid the ashes of the Lubrizol fire in Rouen, anger and anxiety FRANCE 24 English
French city on alert after chemical plant blast – The Connexion
French city on alert after chemical plant blast The Connexion
Huge Fire Breaks Out at Industrial Site in Lyon, France (+Video) – Tasnim News Agency
Huge Fire Breaks Out at Industrial Site in Lyon, France (+Video) Tasnim News Agency
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – California Healthline
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 8, 2019 California Healthline
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” by Joyce Carol Oates – The New Yorker
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” by Joyce Carol Oates The New Yorker
Robots Enter the CPI – ChemEngOnline
Robots Enter the CPI ChemEngOnline
Public Notices – Oct. 9, 2019 | Legals | rapidcityjournal.com – Rapid City Journal
Public Notices – Oct. 9, 2019 | Legals | rapidcityjournal.com Rapid City Journal
PRO/AH/EDR> Malaria, P. cynomolgi – Denmark: ex Southeast Asia, 2018
Malaria -- DenmarkDenmark has reported a travel-related case of malaria caused by _Plasmodium cynomolgi_ in a Danish traveller returning from a visit to forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand during August-September 2018._P. cynomolgi_ is a parasite causing disease among macaque monkeys across Southeast Asia but rarely infects humans.The traveller was admitted to hospital with the suspicion of malaria. Routine initial tests for malaria (rapid diagnostic test and microscopy) and more in-depth Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (97): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, WHO, summaries, response, research
Ebola -- DR CongoThe Lwemba communities who moved to Biakato in Mandima in Ituri reconciled on Sun 6 Oct 2019 with the communities that remained in Lwemba, in the presence of the response team led by the Deputy General Coordinator, Dr Justus Nsio Mbeta, the Chief of the chiefdom and MCZ [and area chief physician] of Mandima, the Coordinator of the Mangina Response Sub-coordination, as well as some partners of the Ministry of Health, including WHO, MSF, UNICEF, and the United Nations.- From this meeting, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Eastern equine encephalitis – North America (31): USA (FL, NY) horses
Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United StatesThe Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported that 3 horses have been euthanized in Florida due to disease. [Two of those horses had WNV and are discussed in a separate posting. - Mod.TG]The 1st horse was a weanling Quarter Horse colt having an onset of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) clinical signs on 20 Sep 2019. It was the 1st EEE case for Clay County and the 28th for the state this year [2019].Information for this report was Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever – Pakistan (04): extensively drug-resistant, travel alert CDC
Fever -- PakistanThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a level 1 travel alert regarding the ongoing outbreak in Pakistan of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever.This "practice usual precautions" travel alert published on [30 Sep 2019] is very important since XDR infections do not respond to most antibiotics, such as ampicillin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin, and ceftriaxone. And in rare cases typhoid fever can be fatal.The CDC says Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Streptococcus zooepidemicus – USA (02): (GA) dogs
Strep — United States
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax letters, 2001 – USA: Bruce Ivins, RIP
Anthrax -- United StatesIt was on 9 Oct 2001 that the last of the anthrax letters were mailed to US Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. Latterly the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has modified that Bruce Ivins was the perpetrator. They now claim that he was merely the mailer of the spore-filled letters. This is not logical.Absence of proof that Ivins could have mailed the letters:- The FBI has assumed that Bruce, because of his fixation with the Princeton, NJ sorority, had driven there Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed ulcerative disease – Ireland: salmon, trout
Undiagnosed -- IrelandAnglers in the north-east say they are 'terrified' that a mysterious virus could wipe out salmonid stocks across the country.The undetermined disease, which causes bleeding and skin ulceration on salmon and sea trout, has still not been identified despite the best efforts of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and scientists internationally.The affected salmon show signs of bleeding ulceration and haemorrhaging mainly along the area on the belly of the fish as well as the head and Read more [...]
DG Digest: IATA updates dangerous goods acceptance checklists for the upcoming 61st DGR
The first week of October found regulatory activity rising quickly from its now-passed summer doldrums, with a variety of new actions. The FMCSA was quite busy in the US, while the issuance of the 21st Edition of the UNMR gives industry professionals a new model to consider. See all the action right here: IATA The…
NIOSH Working Hours, Sleep and Fatigue Forum: A Recap and Future Directions
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), has had a longstanding interest in nonstandard work hours and associated health and safety effects. The last NIOSH meeting on this topic was held in 2004 and centered around long working hours and the impact on injuries, illnesses, and health behaviors. To build on this expertise, the NIOSH Working Hours, Sleep and Fatigue Forum: Meeting the needs of American Workers and Employers was recently hosted by the Healthy Work Design Program’s Read more [...]
Chemical leak forms bluish cloud over water plant – WSOC Charlotte
Chemical leak forms bluish cloud over water plant WSOC Charlotte
Groveland officials investigating potential hazardous materials – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
Groveland officials investigating potential hazardous materials Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed disease – Sudan: (RS) human, cattle, RFI
Undiagnosed -- SudanA man and more than 20 head of cattle died in Arbaat in Red Sea state on Thursday and Friday [3 & 4 Oct 2019] of an "unknown fever". So far, 3 people and 420 cows have died of the unknown disease that hit the area of Arbaat, north of Port Sudan, over the past weeks, medical doctor Ahmed Dereir told Radio Dabanga on Friday [4 Oct 2019].The symptoms of the disease are high fever among people, and bleeding and abortion among cows, he said. The Preventive Medicine Society advised Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Eastern equine encephalitis – North America (30): USA (MA,MI,PA) horses, humans
Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United StatesA laboratory testing has confirmed the 8th horse infected with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus this year [2019], the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said. The horse was stabled in Spencer in Worcester County, a community already considered at high risk for EEE, health officials said.No change in risk levels is indicated. There are 35 communities now at critical risk, 53 at high risk, and 121 at moderate risk for the EEE virus in Massachusetts.There Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – Asia (22): Pakistan (NW)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanA local factory worker [in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa] died of high grade-fever with the family blaming death on Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.Another villager also tested positive for CCHF. According to family sources, a 45-year-old resident of Hattar village, had suffered from high grade-fever for around a week, while he was treated at a local private hospital as a dengue patient. The man was later shifted to Islamabad's PIMS hospital, where he died. The family Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A – USA (35): (LA,OH)
Hepatitis A -- United StatesHealth experts say there are more cases of hepatitis A in the state. The Louisiana Department of Health now has the count at 575. Livingston Parish has the most cases ranging from 121 to 240. One death has been reported so far in Louisiana.Hepatitis A is a contagious viral liver infection easily spread through close contact with an infected person.There are vaccines to combat the infection. You can get one at your doctor's office or parish health unit. The Louisiana Department Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus – India (05): (HP) fatal
Scrub Typhus -- IndiaScrub typhus in Himachal Pradesh continues to be the disease that is claiming maximum lives in the state.According to the data available with the department of health and family welfare, this year till 5 Oct 2019, the death toll in the state has been 12, while 9477 were tested, of which 1148 tested positive. Of these 1148, as many as 320 cases were reported from the Bilaspur district.On Saturday [5 Oct 2019], 2 women tested positive for the disease out of a total 28 tested, while Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (40): Americas, USA (CO) horses
West Nile Virus -- United StatesThe Colorado Department of Agriculture reported on Thu 3 Oct 2019 that 10 equine West Nile virus [WNV] cases have been confirmed in 8 Colorado counties, including one horse in Larimer County.Three horses were found to have the disease in Weld County, and the others were in Adams, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, Pueblo and Rio Blanco counties, according to a news release."Veterinarians report more of the horses seem to be acutely neurologic with severe symptoms. Four of the Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease – USA (16): (WY) mule deer
Chronic Wasting Disease -- United StatesThe Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer hunt area 152, approximately 12 miles west of Bondurant on Willow Creek.The mule deer buck testing positive was hunter-harvested. This is the 1st time CWD has been found in deer hunt area 152, part of the Sublette mule deer herd, and is in a hunt area close to wintering elk feed grounds. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose."Seeing a deer test positive Read more [...]
