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Permanent link to archive for 11/23/05. Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Disease Surveillance - At Entry Points, on the Lookout for Symptoms

New York Times - Expanding an old weapon in the struggle against infectious disease, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has opened 10 new quarantine stations at major ports of entry in the past 18 months and plans to add several more in the coming year.

Posted on 11/23/05; 3:22:02 AM
Disease Surveillance - CDC Proposal Would Help U.S. Track Travelers

Washington Post - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a phone-book-thick proposed rule yesterday that would give the federal government new powers to track the comings and goings of individual travelers and expand the circumstances under which passengers exposed to a serious communicable disease could be isolated or quarantined.

Posted on 11/23/05; 3:19:14 AM
Terrorism - Bio-terror strike 'is inevitable'

BBC - The world must face the inevitability of a bio-terror attack by al-Qaeda, the head of Interpol has warned.

Posted on 11/23/05; 3:17:41 AM
Public Health - NYC Expands Use Of Bioterrorism Database

Forbes - The New York Department of Health has invested in Visual Dx, a computerized database of photographs of smallpox and other diseases in various stages and on different skin types. The system allows clinicians to enter a list of symptoms, medical history and exposure that returns nearly 600 possible diseases, drug reactions or infections with more than 10,000 pictures.

Posted on 11/23/05; 2:57:26 AM

 
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