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Bungling of Virus Samples Prompts Hiring of CDC Safety Chief
2015-01-02 00:05:05| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hire a laboratory safety supervisor after an Ebola virus sample was mishandled last week, the third reported safety lapse with potentially dangerous pathogens at the agency's labs in the past year.
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Exclusive: CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps
2014-12-31 09:49:00| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to hire a chief of laboratory safety, a new post that has taken on more urgency after a CDC scientist was possibly exposed to Ebola in a laboratory last week. Creating a new high-level safety position was a key recommendation of a months-long internal investigation into the mishandling of anthrax and bird flu in CDC labs this past summer, according to an internal CDC memo obtained by Reuters.
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H3N2 viruses fuel 'epidemic' levels of flu season deaths, CDC says
2014-12-30 23:44:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Deaths due to influenza and pneumonia have hit "epidemic" levels in the U.S. as flu activity became widespread in 36 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a warning for Americans: Get ready for a potentially nasty flu season.
With 15 Children Dead, CDC Declares Flu Epidemic
2014-12-30 17:21:13| Biotech - Topix.net
The number of states reporting a high amount of "influenza-like" illness activity has increased from 13 to 22 since last week's report from the agency, with outbreaks in every region of the country. Hospitalizations also climbed this week, with both seniors and kids younger than 4 accounting for the highest rate of hospitalizations.
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Ebola chief says CDC lab incident poses no risk to public
2014-12-29 00:16:34| Biotech - Topix.net
A laboratory technician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being monitored Wednesday for possible accidental exposure to the Ebola virus that came during an experiment, officials said. ATLANTA >> The U.S. Ebola response coordinator called the mishandling of materials that led to a lab technician's possible exposure to the virus "unacceptable."
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