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Epidemic Hazard – Colombia, Municipality of Garzon , Garzon : Acute respiratory infection

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:11 +0000

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Colombia

Municipality of Garzon , Garzon

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Epidemic Hazard in Colombia on Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 02:41 (02:41 AM) UTC.

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An epidemic of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in the municipality of Garzon in the center of the Department of Huila has resulted in 2 deaths and another 23 people infected with the dangerous illness. Carlos Daniel Mazabel, departmental secretary for health, warned that pregnant women, people older than 60 years, and cancer patients are the most vulnerable groups. The 2 fatal victims to date are a 61-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man, a community leader from the municipality of Garzon, who, according to the medical diagnosis, died after a complicated fever and respiratory distress syndrome.
Biohazard name:	Acute respiratory illness
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
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Status:	confirmed

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Acute respiratory infections: a review^*

A. Bulla and K. L. Hitze

This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.

Abstract

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) constitute one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in many countries. Data from 88 countries in five continents, with a total population of nearly 1200 million, showed that deaths due to ARI in 1972 amounted to 666 000. Pneumonia, both viral and bacterial, accounted for 75.5% of the total deaths from ARI. Mortality from ARI represents 6.3% of deaths from all causes. Considerable differences in mortality rates exist both between and within continents. Mortality from ARI is highest in infants and old people. The data suggest that in some areas of the world mortality due to ARI is extremely high.

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Epidemic Hazard – South-America – Colombia (hisz.rsoe.hu)

Biological Hazard – State of Arizona, [Graham County] : Hantavirus

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:36:14 +0000

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State of Arizona, [Graham County]

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Biological Hazard in USA on Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 04:46 (04:46 AM) UTC.

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Authorities say a Graham County man has died of complications from the hantavirus, the first reported case of the disease this year. The Graham County Health Department says the 39-year-old man died earlier this month, but no additional information was immediately available Wednesday. The hantavirus is a rare disease that exhibits symptoms similar to the flu including fever, muscle aches and vomiting. Thirty-four cases of the virus have been recorded in Arizona since 2001. Of those, 38% were fatal. Health experts say there’s no specific treatment for the hantavirus and victims should seek medical attention as soon as they notice symptoms. Officials recommend sealing up any openings or crawl spaces around the household that could shelter unwanted rodents and placing traps in areas where rodent droppings have been detected.
Biohazard name:	Hantavirus
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:	Hantaviruses are negative sense RNA viruses in the Bunyaviridae family. Humans may be infected with hantaviruses through urine, saliva or contact with rodent waste products. Some hantaviruses cause potentially fatal diseases in humans, such as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), but others have not been associated with known human disease.
Status:	confirmed

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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:55:59 +0000

By Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge

LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 3:10am EDT

(Reuters) – A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after the killing showed a man with hands covered in blood, brandishing a bloodied meat cleaver and a knife.

“We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day,” the black man in his 20s or 30s, wearing a wool jacket and jeans and speaking with a local accent, shouted in the footage obtained by Britain’s ITV news channel.

“This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

The attack was the first apparent Islamist killing in London since suicide bombers struck transport in July 2005. The capital was shocked by the bizarre scene of a killer covered in gore, declaring his motive to onlookers.

Police shot the two suspects while trying to arrest them, and the wounded men were taken into custody. No information was immediately released about the identity of the suspects, but two sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters authorities were investigating a possible link to Nigeria.

“I apologize that women had to witness that, but in our lands our women have to see the same thing. You people will never be safe. Remove your government. They don’t care about you,” the videotaped man said before crossing the street and speaking casually to the other attacker.

Cameron chairs an emergency national security meeting on Thursday after cutting short a visit to France to return to London.

“The police are urgently seeking the full facts about this case but there are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident,” Cameron said before cutting short talks with French President Francois Hollande to return home.

“We have had these sorts of attacks before in our country and we never buckle in the face of them,” he said.

The attack happened on the edge of London’s sprawling Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, a south London working class district which has long-standing historic links to the military.

In signs of a backlash after the attack, more than 100 angry supporters of the English Defence League, a far-right street protest group, took to the streets, some wearing balaclavas and carrying England’s red and white flag. They were contained by riot police.

Separately, two men were arrested in connection with separate attacks on mosques outside London. No one was hurt.

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The authorities did not immediately confirm the identity of the slain man, but a source told Reuters the man may have been a member of the military. The British government normally withholds the identities of slain servicemembers until their families are informed.

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Spokane man indicted in ricin threat

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:58 +0000

Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review

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A 38-year-old janitor was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with mailing two ricin-laced letters in Spokane.

Matthew R. Buquet is accused on one count of mailing threatening communication to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle.

The alleged threat was made in one of the two letters seized by U.S. Postal Service authorities during routine screening at a mail facility in Spokane on May 14.

Buquet appeared late Wednesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno, who entered a not guilty plea on Buquet’s behalf. The magistrate ordered a bail hearing for Tuesday afternoon. If convicted, Buquet faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

On Saturday, federal agents and Spokane police raided Buquet’s second-floor unit in the Osmun Apartments, 1818 W. First Ave. Some of the agents wore hazardous materials gear to protect against possible contamination from ricin, a deadly poison made from the castor bean plant.

At the time, law enforcement officials said no arrests were made.

Buquet is a registered sex offender from a 1998 conviction for indecent liberties, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

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Epidemic Hazard – State of Alabama, Dothan [Southeast Alabama Medical Center] : U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week UPDATE

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:13 +0000

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Epidemic Hazard

USA

State of Alabama, Dothan [Southeast Alabama Medical Center]

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Epidemic Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 22 May, 2013 at 03:30 (03:30 AM) UTC.

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Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 03:24 UTC

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U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. Preliminary tests do not indicate the bird flu, nor a new mutation of any known influenza virus, said Dr. Mary McIntyre, an assistant state health officer at the Alabama Department of Public Health. Two patients did test positive for the H1N1 strain of the flu. Bacteria such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) remains a possibility, especially as a secondary infection, McIntyre said on Wednesday. However, one patient tested for MRSA by a physician had negative results. “At this point, it could be anything. We are testing for everything,” McIntyre said. State health officials believe it is unlikely the patients are suffering from the new coronavirus that surfaced in the Middle East last year, because none had traveled, she said.

Laboratory samples were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for evaluation, and the agency is expected to issue a report within 24 hours, she said. Those hospitalized with the illness had symptoms of fever, coughing, pneumonia and shortness of breath, health officials said. The first checked into a hospital last week, and the most recent patients were hospitalized on Wednesday. One person has been released, one is improving and the others are still suffering from their initial symptoms, according to McIntyre. The patients range in age from the 20s to late 80s and all lived in the Dothan, Alabama, area, but they were spread out around the community with no epidemiological link, McIntyre said. “Right now, we are not finding a connection…such as a place of work, a restaurant where they all ate, or a meeting they all attended,” she said. People with similar symptoms are encouraged to stay home and call their physician, health officials said.

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: The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by Tunisian health officials of two laboratory-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV), UPDATE

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:25:18 +0000

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Epidemic Hazard

Tunisia

Governorate of Monastir, Monastir

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Epidemic Hazard in Tunisia on Monday, 20 May, 2013 at 17:38 (05:38 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 03:27 UTC
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The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by Tunisian health officials of two laboratory-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV), or “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus” (MERS-CoV), according to a WHO update May 22. According to the WHO, the cases include a 34-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman that are siblings. The pair had mild respiratory illness and did not require hospitalization. Retrospective investigation into the cases revealed that the probable case, their father, 66 year old, became ill three days after returning from a visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia on 3 May 2013. He was admitted to a hospital after developing acute respiratory disease. His condition deteriorated and he died on 10 May 2013. In addition, the Tunisia Health Ministry reports a probable case; however, initial laboratory tests conducted have been negative for nCoV.

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Epidemic Hazard – Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Al-hasa : The death toll in Saudi Arabia from the SARS-like virus is now 17 UPDATE

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:14:13 +0000

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Epidemic Hazard

Saudi Arabia

Eastern Province, Al-hasa

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Epidemic Hazard in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, 02 May, 2013 at 07:12 (07:12 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 03:27 UTC
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A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website on Wednesday. “A male non-Saudi died on Tuesday in a hospital in the Qassim region where he had been admitted several days ago with acute bronchitis,” the ministry said. The ministry announced on Monday that a patient had died of coronavirus in the Eastern Region where most of the kingdom’s cases have been registered. But no new cases have been recorded in that region for five days, the ministry said. The latest death brings to 17 the number recorded in the kingdom. The ministry said most of those who had died were “elderly people with chronic illnesses”. Last week, the Geneva-based World Health Organisation reported that two Saudi health workers had contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients – the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting. While the virus has been deadliest in Saudi Arabia, cases have also been reported in Jordan, Qatar, Germany, Britain and France.

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SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi

By AFP | AFP – 11 hours ago

A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website on Wednesday.

“A male non-Saudi died on Tuesday in a hospital in the Qassim region where he had been admitted several days ago with acute bronchitis,” the ministry said.

The ministry announced on Monday that a patient had died of coronavirus in the Eastern Region where most of the kingdom’s cases have been registered.

But no new cases have been recorded in that region for five days, the ministry said.

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U.S. Alone Refuses to Accept Venezuelan Election Results

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:54:14 +0000

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Published on May 22, 2013

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Jailed for silence?

desertrose — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:56 +0000

Political double standards ?

24-year-old New York anarchist Jerry Koch is jailed for invoking his 5th Amendment rights after being recalled 4 years later to be questioned once again in a case where he initially testified that he knew nothing of what had transpired in the bicycle bombing being investigated.

Lois Lerner of the IRS is called to testify she invokes her 5th Amendment right and goes on to claim that she did nothing wrong or illegal. However, she is still free.

I suppose it was helpful that she defied Legislators and not a Judge , huh ?

Not exactly what I would call Justice for all……..

~Desert Rose~

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RTAmerica

Published on May 22, 2013

24-year-old New York anarchist Jerry Koch gets jailed for up to 18 months for refusing to testify as a witness in the Times Square bicycle bombing case of 2008 at a federal grand jury hearing. RT’s Anastasia Churkina reports from the federal court house in the Big Apple.

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TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

desertrose — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:08:25 +0000

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Published on May 22, 2013

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Epidemic Hazard – Colombia, Municipality of Garzon , Garzon : Acute respiratory infection

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Epidemic Hazard in Colombia on Thursday, 23 May, 2013 at 02:41 (02:41 AM) UTC.

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Jailed for silence?

Political double standards ?

24-year-old New York anarchist Jerry Koch is jailed for invoking his 5th Amendment rights after being recalled 4 years later to be questioned once again in a case where he initially testified that he knew nothing of what had transpired in the bicycle bombing being investigated.

Lois Lerner of the IRS is called to testify she invokes her 5th Amendment right and goes on to claim that she did nothing wrong or illegal. However, she is still free.

I suppose it was helpful that she defied Legislators and not a Judge , huh ?

Not exactly what I would call Justice for all……..

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TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Acute respiratory infections: a review^*