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Integrated CBRNE Detection and Response: Challenges and Opportunities

(CSIS) While the United States faces a multitude of security threats, there are few as complex as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-explosive (CBRNE) weapons. Various efforts undertaken since 9/11 have built and strengthened the nation’s capacity to detect and respond to CBRNE weapons, but the inherent differences among these weapons and the complexity involved  Read More »

Moran presses Homeland Security secretary on NBAF

(cjonline) Republican Gov. Sam Brownback said Kansans could take comfort Thursday in signs the stalled National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility could be gaining traction in Washington, D.C. “I am encouraged with what we are hearing,” Brownback said. “Kansas stands ready to partner with the Department of Homeland Security to move this important national security priority  Read More »

FDA Spends $17 Million to Go After Pathogens Faster

(Food Safety News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is spending $17 million on technology it hopes will be fast enough to catch fresh produce with pathogen contamination. FDA has awarded a five-year contract to Illumina Inc, a San Diego-based technology company involved in accelerating genetic research. Illumina will provide FDA with its MiSeq  Read More »

Ebola Victim Delivers Child Prior to Death

(Global Biodefense) An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, including that of a woman who had just given birth, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. On Saturday, a baby born prematurely in the isolation centre in Isiro — the epicenter of  Read More »

China and Vietnam battle H5N1 outbreaks

(CIDRAP) China today reported a large H5N1 outbreak at a duck farm in Guangdong province, a day after veterinary officials in Vietnam reported the virus struck poultry in Hoa Binh province, according to reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The H5N1 outbreak in China started on Sep 11 at the farm in  Read More »

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