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Cornell’s New Test Spots Salmonella in Cattle

(Food Safety News) Veterinarians may now test for a certain Salmonella strain affecting cattle populations in the United States thanks to a test developed by researchers at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the Ithaca Journal reports. The new test tracks antibodies in cattle to help identify asymptomatic carriers of Salmonella Dublin, a strain that Read More »

November 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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$3 million awarded to find biomarkers for potential test of cure for chagas disease

(EurekAlert) Today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announces a new $3 million Strategic Translation Award from the Wellcome Trust to identify new biological markers for the evaluation of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease, a potentially fatal neglected tropical Read More »

November 13, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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DHS Tries Monitoring Social Media for Signs of Biological Attacks

(Global Security Newswire) The Homeland Security Department has commissioned Accenture to test technology that mines open social networks for indications of pandemics, according to the vendor. The $3 million, yearlong “biosurveillance” program will try to instantaneously spot public health trends among the massive amount of data that citizens share online daily, company officials said in Read More »

November 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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FDA Employee Speaks on Counterterrorism

(The Tower) Luciana Borio, a counterterrorism expert for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), spoke about her involvement in the prevention of bioterrorism and emergent diseases at Catholic University on Monday. Towards the beginning of the presentation, the audience was informed that the FDA is on point when it comes to the safety and purity Read More »

November 12, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Sask. firm’s documentary on biological warfare to be seen worldwide

(Leader-Post) A Saskatchewan-based company is making big waves internationally with its new documentary. Invisible Threat, produced by Saskatchewan’s 4 Square Entertainment, will premiere Saturday at 10 p.m. on CityTV. Early in 2013, it will be seen worldwide on the Al Jazeera English network. Gerald Sperling, president of 4 Square and executive producer of Invisible Threat, Read More »