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Anthrax Vaccine Trial Distribution Could Begin in 2013

(Emergency Management) Nonmilitary emergency personnel could be offered the anthrax vaccine in early 2013, as part of an Obama administration plan to distribute unused federal stocks of the vaccine. The trial program would examine the potential of distributing the countermeasure to first responders who volunteer to participate in the initiative. At a joint hearing on  Read More »

Scientists bid to develop anthrax vaccine to counteract world bioterrorism threat

(Medical Xpress) Working with scientists from the Republic of Georgia, Turkey and the USA, Professor Les Baillie from Cardiff University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is leading a NATO project to tackle the potential misuse of anthrax. “Currently the majority of the world’s population is susceptible to infection with Bacillus anthracis the bacterium which  Read More »

Bio-weapon surveillance system under attack in Beltway

(Fox News) Terrorist organizations continue to call for biological weapons attacks on the U.S., experts warn, yet our early warning system for bioterrorism is under attack in the Beltway. BioWatch, launched in 2003 as the nation’s first early detection and warning system for biological attacks, scans for dangerous pathogens in urban areas and at key  Read More »

Deadly African Ebola Virus Linked to Bushmeat

(Food Safety News) “There’s a live animal caught in a poacher’s snare!” yelled Isaac Maina as he took off running through the bush to reach it. Maina leads the African Network for Animal Welfare’s monthly “desnaring” operations, removing snares in areas of Kenya where poaching is rampant. Guns are illegal for most people in Kenya,  Read More »

BioShield report shows growth in biodefense stockpile

(CIDRAP) The recently released annual report for the federal Project BioShield program gives a snapshot of the US arsenal for blunting bioterrorist attacks, showing growth in the supplies of certain countermeasures for anthrax, botulism, and smallpox. The report states, among other things, that the government has decided it doesn’t need the full 200,000 doses of  Read More »

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