Francisella Tularensis: Stopping A Biological Weapon Jul 29, 2008
1, 2004) Two teams of researchers, one based in the United States and the other in Europe, have decoded the genetic blueprint of the tularemia (rabbit fever) bacterium, a highly infectious human and animal. . (Science Daily)
Keep ticks at bay Jul 20, 2008
Diseases they commonly carry include Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rabbit fever (tularemia). Symptoms may include flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, body aches or a rash. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Scientists Unravel Early Infectious Process Of Respiratory Pathogen And Bioterrorism Agent Jul 2, 2008
1, 2004) Two teams of researchers, one based in the United States and the other in Europe, have decoded the genetic blueprint of the tularemia (rabbit fever) bacterium, a highly infectious human and animal. (Apr. (Science Daily)
READERS WRITE Feb 25, 2008
Regarding "Soldiers' murders weren't Reagan's fault" (Letters, Feb. 19): As long as neocons continue to blame Jimmy Carter for everything from double-digit interest rates (set by the Federal Reserve) to rabbit fever and peanut blight, we liberals can saddle the Reagan administration with its "cut-'n'-run" debacle in Beirut. And Reagan's shortsighted firing of legally striking air traffic controllers plagues the nation's airways to this day. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Veterans harmed by secret tests seek compensation, information Dec 16, 2007
Olsen said he and his crew mates first underwent briefing and training, which included experimental vaccinations for diseases such as rabbit fever, and then were sent to Johnston Island, some 700 miles west of Hawaii ... Over four months in early 1965, Olsen said he was on a tugboat that joined four other boats that went out to sea and were sprayed from the air with chemical and biological agents, including rabbit fever and an anthrax-like substance. (Missoulian, MT)
National Guard team trains for emergency response to disasters Dec 1, 2007
Tularemia, or, "Rabbit Fever," as its sometimes known, can be naturally occurring but has also been researched as a weapon by several countries, said Major Robert Payne, of Waynesville, who led the team on the exercise. "In this scenario, it was obviously released by a criminal or terrorist," Payne said. (Waynesille Daily Guide, MO)
Health officials warn residents regarding tick-borne diseases Aug 18, 2007
Also known as "rabbit fever," 21 cases have been reported statewide year-to-date, versus five-year average of 13 through the same period. In Audrain County, through July 30, there has been one reported case this year of ehrlichiosis reported to the Audrain County-City Health Unit. (Mexico Ledger, MO)
GR man tests positive for rabbit fever Aug 2, 2007
Green River Star Online. Serving Green River, WY. (Green River Star, WY -- Local)
Shield against an invisible threat Jul 18, 2007
Tularemia, also known as "rabbit fever," usually occurs in rural areas and has been reported in all U.S. states except Hawaii. The U.S. has about 124 cases of tularemia a year. (Albany Times Union)
Tick-borne diseases are on the rise, Columbia man learned it can be serious Jul 17, 2007
The lone star tick can transit STARI or Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, tularemia or rabbit fever, and ehrlichiosis. The dog tick can transit tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Health Department reports rise in tick-borne diseases Jun 22, 2007
The Health Department said ticks can transmit a number of diseases, including lyme disease and lyme-like disease, bacteria-caused illnesses from an infected deer tick and treatable with antibiotics; ehrlichiosis, a bacterial disease; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a disease that is 97 percent curable, but can be fatal without treatment; and tularemia, also called rabbit fever, a bacterial disease. Moehr said the cases reported in Jasper County have been lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain... (Carthage Press, MO)
Medical waste caused lab fire, BU officials say Apr 27, 2007
Last month's lab fire resulted in no injuries, and city health investigators said no biological material escaped from the lab, which researches tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. But while officials from BU and the Boston Public Health Commission said the university generally responded appropriately to the fire, the school also acknowledged that events leading up to the fire demonstrated shortcomings that are being addressed. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Warning: The ticks are here Apr 8, 2007
Tick bites they feed on blood can cause a variety of infections, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, relapsing fever, rabbit fever and Colorado tick fever. While tick-borne diseases can kill, they usually don't. (Missoulian, MT)
Biomedical lab evacuated Mar 21, 2007
The smoke set off alarms in the ninth-floor lab of BU's Center for Advanced Biomedical Research in the South End, where scientists keep samples of the Francisella tularensis bacterium, which causes what is commonly known as rabbit fever ... They were working on the bacterium that causes rabbit fever, which is contracted through the bite of an infected tick or deer fly or by handling infected animal carcasses, especially rabbits; by eating or drinking contaminated food or water; or by inhaling... (Boston Globe -- Local)
Rapid Flu Tests May Reduce Threat Of Antibiotic Resistance Jan 24, 2007
New tests to rapidly detect the flu are allowing doctors to cut down on the number of hospital patients who receive antibiotics, helping soften the rapidly worsening threat of antibiotic resistance, according to a study to appear in the Feb. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study was posted online by the journal Jan. 22 because of the importance of the findings to public health. (Science Daily)
Alaskana: Always faithful Jan 1, 2007
I have a big scar on my neck, but I survived that "rabbit fever.". Guy Moyers went to work for the railroad in Fairbanks and somehow heard about our situation. (Anchorage Daily News)
Dirty air doesn't worry scientists Dec 27, 2006
If instruments installed for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch program were to be believed, Houston and Washington already have had small-scale attacks in 2003 and 2005 with Francisella tularensis, the weaponizable germ that causes rabbit fever and is named in part for the California county Tulare where it was first discovered. Los Alamos scientists tested soils and water near Houston and found that close, nonpathogenic cousins of the tularemia bacteria had tripped Homeland... (Inside Bay Area)
The air you breathe is loaded with microbes Dec 23, 2006
The team detected relatives of Francisella tularensis, a naturally occurring bacterium that causes tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. Present in all U.S. states except Hawaii, the potent bacterium has been flagged as a potential bioterror weapon. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Microneedle Vaccination Technique Protects Rabbits Against Inhalation Anthrax Using Smaller Dosage Dec 14, 2006
Microneedle-based vaccination with the current anthrax vaccine produced an equally effective immune response to intramuscular injection in rabbits using smaller dosage say researcher from Maryland and North Carolina. They report their findings in the December 2006 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity. (Science Daily)
Biological agent detected in St. Louis, but threat called unlikely Oct 19, 2006
Particles of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, were detected Monday by a sensor a few blocks from the ballpark, where the Cardinals and New York Mets were playing Game 5 of the National League Championship Series Tuesday. The sensors were placed in several major cities after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a way to ensure against bioterrorism. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Attack of the Frankenbunnies Oct 11, 2006
Once created, the chimeric Frankenbunny embryos will be used for stem cell research into such nasty customers as Alzheimer's, diabetes and rabbit fever. The reason for growing the mutant human and bunny egg into Frankenbunnies is to avoid religious objections to experimentation on human embryos by giving human eggs a dose of the old Peter Cottontail. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Age law is working a wheeze on all you coffin dodgers Oct 1, 2006
Lest you be minded to order tickets for Rabbit Fever, it was described by the self-publicist Toby Young as the British comedy of the year. I had previously thought Toby himself was the British comedy of the year. (TimesOnline)
Mortality Rate Is Twice As High In Patients With Pneumonia Caused By Highly Resistant Bacteria Aug 30, 2006
Patients suffering from hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by a type of bacteria that is highly resistant to virtually all antibiotics are twice as likely to die as patients infected with other, less resistant bacteria. A study published recently in the journal Critical Care shows for the first time that the highly resistant, metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with a much higher mortality rate than other types of the bacteria in patients with hospital-acquired... (Science Daily)
Cooling Towers May Host New Pathogens Aug 29, 2006
Cooling towers may be hot spots where new forms of disease-causing bacteria emerge, scientists report. Sharon G. Berk and colleagues set out to determine whether cooling towers -- fixtures that extract waste heat and provide cooled water for air-conditioning, manufacturing and electric power generation -- encourage a worrisome relationship between amoebae and bacterial pathogens of amoebae (single-celled organisms that dwell in water). (Science Daily)
Mother Talks Of Girl's Battle With Rabbit Fever Aug 8, 2006
said that tests confirm that they have found a human case of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever ... Sherman said that Emmy doesn't have any side effects from the rabbit fever. (7 KETV Omaha)
Rabbit fever case confirmed in Gage County Aug 4, 2006
By Joelyn Hansen/Daily Sun staff writer Thursday, August 3, 2006 11:22 AM CDT. It was confirmed Tuesday that a young Gage County adult has contracted tularemia, also known as abbit fever. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
'Rabbit fever' returns to Martha's Vineyard Jul 31, 2006
Rabbit fever' returns to Martha's Vineyard The Associated Press - Updated 07/29/06 - 9:49 PM Story Tools ... (AP) - State public health officials are warning people on Martha's Vineyard about the dangers of a potentially fatal disease known as "rabbit fever" after six new cases were identified ... Cases of the disease tularemia, or rabbit fever, have occurred on Martha's Vineyard every year since an initial outbreak in 2000 sickened 15 people and resulted in one fatality, according to the... (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Protecting Boston from Deadly DiseasesKevin Tuohey is the public face of the BU Medical Center's plan to study contagious disease near downtown Boston. Find out how he calms the city's fears and leads the strategy behind containing potential bio-threats. Jul 21, 2006
Historically, outbreaks were associated with rodent hunters who got sick from carcasses of their prey, giving tularemia its familiar name: rabbit fever. The most virulent rabbit fever strain, pneumatic tularemia, is capable of airborne transmission ... It was Nov. 12, 2004, almost six months after the first researcher contracted rabbit fever. (Darwinmag.com)
Scientists Aim To Thwart Use Of Flu As Bioweapon Jun 24, 2006
Posted: June 23, 2006. Flu is already a big killer, responsible for more than 35,000 deaths in the United States alone each year. (Science Daily)
Wild Vs. Lab Rodent Comparison Supports Hygiene Hypothesis Jun 17, 2006
Posted: June 16, 2006. In a study comparing wild rodents with their laboratory counterparts, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found evidence that may help to explain why people in industrialized societies that greatly stress hygiene have higher rates of allergy and autoimmune diseases than do people in less developed societies in which hygiene is harder to achieve or considered less critical. (Science Daily)
Texas Officials on Lookout for Rabbit Fever Jun 13, 2006
CHICAGO - An unusual number of dead jack rabbits in Texas has authorities concerned that so-called rabbit fever, or tularemia, could be making a comeback. The bacterial disease can infect humans but is rarely fatal. (Planet Ark, United States)
Deerfly Fever DiscoveryTick Bite Blamed For Tularemia In Oak Beach May 25, 2006
Tularemia, also referred to as rabbit fever or deerfly fever, is a bacterial disease, Dillon noted. According to information from the Centers for Disease Control s website, it is a rural disease that has occurred in every state of the US, except Hawaii. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
Rabbit fever: A sporty yet comfortable cure May 12, 2006
Drive with Steven Cole Smith. Price as tested: $23,990. (Orlando Sentinel)
Anti-HIV Drugs Unlikely To Stop HIV Spread Mar 21, 2006
Posted: March 20, 2006. Researchers believe antiretroviral therapy (ART) will not be effective in stopping HIV epidemics even if it is made universally available in poorer countries, and that widespread use could even lead to an increase in the numbers infected with HIV.. (Science Daily)
Researchers Develop Rapid, Comprehensive Diagnostic Test For Ebola, Marburg, And Other High-risk Pathogens Mar 17, 2006
-- Tularemia (also known as "rabbit fever") is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. The disease is endemic in North America, and parts of Europe and Asia. (Science Daily)
Germ volunteersThe human testing of American bio-weapons during the Cold War Feb 14, 2006
One white coat, George Shores, tells of how he was infected with tularaemia or rabbit fever. Even my gums hurt. (BBC News -- Americas)
Government OKs infectious-disease lab Feb 7, 2006
The controversy escalated in 2004, when three workers at another BU lab became sick after they were exposed to a highly infectious strain of tularemia, or rabbit fever. They recovered. (MSNBC -- Health)
Remembering Shelley Winters Jan 17, 2006
Three Boston University researchers got sick from experimenting with a virus that causes rabbit fever. The guys seem to be OK now, but their boss complains about their many coffee breaks. (National Ledger)
