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Rare Influenza A (H3N2) Variants with Reduced Sensitivity to Antiviral Drugs.
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | Emerging Infectious Diseases
Authors: Dapat C, Suzuki Y, Saito R, Kyaw Y, Myint YY, Lin N, Oo HN, Oo KY, Win N, Naito M, Hasegawa G, Dapat IC, Zaraket H, Baranovich T, Nishikawa M, Saito T, Suzuki H In 2007 and 2008 in Myanmar, we detected influenza viruses A (H3N2) that exhibited reduced sensitivity to both zanamivir and amantadine. These rare and naturally occurring viruses harbored a novel Q136K mutation in neuraminidase and S31N mutation in M2. PMID: 20202427 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)

The Human Genetic History of South Asia.
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | Current Biology
Authors: Majumder PP South Asia - comprising India, Pakistan, countries in the sub-Himalayan region and Myanmar - was one of the first geographical regions to have been peopled by modern humans. This region has served as a major route of dispersal to other geographical regions, including southeast Asia. The Indian society comprises tribal, ranked caste, and other populations that are largely endogamous. As a result of evolutionary antiquity and endogamy, populations of India show high genetic differentiation and extensive structuring. Linguistic differences of populations provide the best explanation of genetic differences observed in this region of the world. Within India, consistent with social history, extant populations inhabiting northern regions show closer affinities with Indo-E...

Bangladesh: Ethnic Rohingya People Victims Of A Violent Crackdown
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
A violent crackdown against stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh is forcing thousands of people to flee in fear. Driven from their homes throughout Cox's Bazar District by local authorities and citizens, many have sought refuge at a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. MSF is treating victims of beatings and harassment, including people the Bangladeshi Border Force has attempted to forcibly repatriate to Myanmar... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Bangladesh: Stateless Rohingya victims of violent crackdown
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:20:00 +0100 | MSF News
A violent crackdown against stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh is forcing thousands of people to flee in fear. Driven from their homes throughout Cox’s Bazaar district by local authorities and citizens, many have sought refuge at Kutupalong makeshift camp. Here, medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is treating victims of beatings and harassment, including people the Bangladeshi Border Force has attempted to forcibly repatriate to Myanmar. As camp numbers continue to swell, conditions pose a significant risk to people’s health. In a report released today, MSF calls for an immediate end to the violence, along with urgent measures by the government of Bangladesh and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to increase protection to Rohingya seeking asylum in th...

Bangladesh: Stateless Rohingya victims of violent crackdown
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:20:00 +0100 | MSF News
A violent crackdown against stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh is forcing thousands of people to flee in fear. Driven from their homes throughout Cox’s Bazaar district by local authorities and citizens, many have sought refuge at Kutupalong makeshift camp. Here, medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is treating victims of beatings and harassment, including people the Bangladeshi Border Force has attempted to forcibly repatriate to Myanmar. As camp numbers continue to swell, conditions pose a significant risk to people’s health. Photo: Juan Carlos Tomas, MSF | Kutupalong, Bangladesh. In a report released today, MSF calls for an immediate end to the violence, along with urgent measures by the government of Bangladesh and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)...

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:38:59 +0100 | Red Cross Chat
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work… [The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of the region.] HAITI: Last weekend marked a few big milestones in the relief efforts. 1. The Haitian National Red Cross Society resumed blood donation sessions in the quake zone. 2. Red Crossers from around the world helped provide 5,000 vulnerable families with tarps and rope in the largest Red Cross relief distribution since the quake. (See to-date activities of IFRC, ICRC, and American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. You can also follow Red Crosser Mat Mor...

Bangladesh: Ethnic Rohingya People Victims of a Violent Crackdown
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:32:00 +0100 | MSF News
Bangkok/New York, February 18, 2010—A violent crackdown against stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh is forcing thousands of people to flee in fear. Driven from their homes throughout Cox’s Bazar District by local authorities and citizens, many have sought refuge at a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. MSF is treating victims of beatings and harassment, including people the Bangladeshi Border Force has attempted to forcibly repatriate to Myanmar. As camp numbers continue to swell, conditions pose a significant risk to people’s health. In a report released today MSF calls for an immediate end to the violence, along with urgent measures by the Governme...

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Poor Grain Harvest To Worsen Food Shortages In N. Korea A poor grain harvest in 2009 is likely to exacerbate North Korea's severe food shortages, Agence France-Presse reports (2/9). "The North is estimated to have produced 4.1 million tons of grain last year, a drop of about 200,000 tons compared to 2008, the [South Korean] Unification Ministry official said on condition of anonymity," Yonhap News reports. "The amount falls about 1.3 million tons short of what the impoverished country needs this year to feed its 24 million people, the official said" (2/10)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)