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US Salmonella Outbreak: 1,279 reported cases - 239 hospitalizations - 2 deaths
30,000-40,000 unreported cases (est) - $100-250 million in economic losses (est)
Early Warning News Headlines
 July 7, 2008 - Neil Gordon, President and CEO of Early Warning will discuss Early Warning's biodetection system at NanoBioTech 2008 taking place at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY on September 15, 2008. For further information see the conference website at http://www.alumni.rpi.edu/nanobio2008.html.
 June 5, 2008 - Indeed, the real challenge to making electronic-based biosensors into products is not which material performs the best, but how they will be mass-produced, says Mark Reed, a professor of electrical engineering and applied physics at Yale University. "I am impressed by NASA's work, and they have very nice results," he says. While NASA plans to eventually use the sensor to detect the presence of life on other planets, it has licensed the technology to Early Warning, a company that develops systems to monitor biohazards.
May 28, 2008 - Waterloo offers a vast talent pool in water technologies, diverse engineering and communications disciplines, and nanotechnology know-how, along with a close proximity to the University of Waterloo where Early Warning is collaborating with four Waterloo professors and various students.
May 20, 2008 - NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in California has licensed its revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor technology to Early Warning, Inc. The biosensor can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. Under a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, NASA and Early Warning jointly will develop biosensor enhancements. Initially, the biosensor will be configured to detect the presence of common and rare strains of microorganisms associated with water-borne illnesses and fatalities.
May 6, 2008 - Early Warning releases a Biohazard Outbreak Search Engine at www.EarlyWarningInc.com. To use the feature, enter one or more keywords into the Search field without commas (e.g. Meat Beef) and press Go.
April 29, 2008 - Early Warning's Neil Gordon releases paper which describes how bacteria, viruses and parasites are responsible for over 18.4 million deaths and over 1 billion illnesses and infections each year worldwide.
April 28, 2008 - Early Warning announces a free biohazard outbreak e-mail service. Sign up for email updates at the bottom of Early Warning's homepage at www.EarlyWarningInc.com.
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Last Updated: 24 Jul 2008 ***** Nationwide Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to 1,279 cases, at least 239 hospitalizations and 2 deaths
Reports of lobster disease rising in Long Island, Connecticut and Westchester, New Jersey
Beach closed because of high bacteria levels in Orlando, Florida
Mosquito found carrying West Nile virus in Nashville, Tennessee
2 hospitalized with West Nile virus in Orange, California
Cases of Shigella bacteria rising, up to 117 confirmed cases in Ohio
E. coli outbreak hits Utah
Another admitted to hospital with Hendra virus in Queensland, Australia
Norovirus confirmed at nursing home in Queensland, Australia
Water playground closed because of high levels of bacteria in Tempe, Arizona
Bacteria closes multiple beaches in Kingston, Ontario
Wollaston Beach in Quincy and White Horse Beach in Manomet closed because of high bacteria levels in Boston area, Massachusetts
3 year old infected by E. coli after swimming in a contaminated lake in Anderson, Kansas
Rabies outbreak hits Monroe, New York
Classical swine fever (CSF) hits Slovakia
Burger Lake closed due to high levels of bacteria in Tarrant, Texas
Hospital death likely due to flesh eating bacteria in Aspen, Colorado
Beach closed due to high bacteria levels in Manatee, Florida
10 reservoirs have high levels of bacteria in Wales
Person infected with West Nile virus in Sherman, Connecticut
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Grandview, Washington
HAB outbreak "Ciguatera" poisons 5 in Florida
Lake Banook closed due to high bacteria levels in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Beaches in Ohio closed due to high levels of bacteria
2 confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Arkansas
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