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Online biosecurity workshop for horse owners offered

(Horsetalk) Equine Guelph, the online education provider which is part of the University of Guelph in Ontario, will run the workshop from October 22 to November 4. Equine Guelph says its new eWorkshops are two-week short courses designed for busy horse owners. They are designed to provide the latest evidence-based information available from University of  Read More »

After 8 Years, HHS Countermeasure Program Still a Work in Progress

(Global Security Newswire) A leading federal WMD defense program can cite significant successes in eight years of operations, but continues to face major complications and threats to its pool of funding. Project Bioshield was established in July 2004 with a $5.6 billion war chest intended to spur private production of medical countermeasures that would be  Read More »

Dengue Fever on the rise in Costa Rica

(Inside Costa Rica) According to information from the Health Ministry, there have been 2,230 more cases of dengue this year than in 2011. Of the total cases, nine people have suffered from the more dangerous dengue hemorrhagic fever, three of which occurred in the Atlantic region, three others in the Sarapiqui area, two in Puntarenas  Read More »

Nightmare state of anti-bioterror plan

(New York Post) An ambitious federal program to protect big cities from biological attacks is running six years late and $3.7 billion over its projected cost — and nobody has been able to make it work, The Post has learned. A new federal report discloses that Department of Homeland Security chiefs in Washington have long  Read More »

White Paper Helps Research Institutions Implement BSL-2+ Biosafety Programs in Laboratories

(Market Watch) A new, free white paper assists research institutions with the challenges of implementing biosafety level (BSL) 2+ practices and procedures in laboratory facilities. BSL-2+ is the term frequently used to describe laboratories where work with microorganisms is conducted in a BSL-2 laboratory with biosafety practices and procedures typically found at BSL-3. The biosafety  Read More »

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