Disease Surveillance

New sensor detects airborne bird flu in minutes

The researchers' work is crucially timed as the avian virus has taken a dangerous turn over the past year to being transmitted via airborne particles to mammals, including humans.

  • By Leah Shaffer, Futurity

As bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data

The avian influenza virus has killed millions of wild birds and led to emergency culling of commercial flocks.

  • By Nada Hassanein, Stateline

Sewage surveillance spots respiratory viruses

Researchers identified RNA common to a number of respiratory viruses in local wastewater and found it lined up with clinical data on relative infection rates.

  • By Susan Miller

FDA readies new data systems for drug safety

The Food and Drug Administration will expand its tracking of drug safety once the drugs enter the marketplace, according to a new report.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

FDA plans electronic filing for some safety reports

Proposed rules announced today would require that all mandatory post market reporting of adverse effects for drugs and medical devices be filed electronically, either through a gateway, a Web portal under development, or on disk or tape.

  • By William Jackson

CDC's social media blitz outpaces even the zombies

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employs social-media tools to provide a stream of updates and information on the H1N1 virus. Zombies not included.

  • By Kevin McCaney
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