August 28th 2025
CDC encourages travelers to take enhanced precautions, get vaccinated, and prevent mosquito bites in affected areas, with special warnings for pregnant individuals.
HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group Begins Efforts Despite Controversies: Public Health Watch
December 13th 2017The US Department of Health and Human Services Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held its first public meetings in Washington, DC, this week and it has already generated plenty of eye-grabbing headlines.
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SIGA Technologies, Inc Submits NDA for First-Ever Oral Smallpox Treatment
December 12th 2017Although deemed eradicated throughout the world in 1980 thanks to a protective vaccine, research on smallpox continues to this day given the potential for the highly contagious virus to be used in biological warfare.
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Advances Are Being Made in Diagnostic Testing for Early Lyme Disease
December 7th 2017Experts from academia, industry, and public health agencies—including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration—discuss the new generation of antibody tests.
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New POC Test for Zika Virus Awarded Conditional LTA from UNICEF
November 28th 2017Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.’s DPP Zika System, was recently awarded a conditional Long-Term Arrangement (LTA) for purchasing from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), once the company satisfies certain conditions.
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