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Critical Reagents Program Issues RFI for Biodefense Material Services

(Global Biodefense) The Department of Defense Critical Reagents Program (CRP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking companies qualified to support the manufacture, storage, and distribution of high priority reagents and biological sampling kits. The CRP’s mission is to serve as the principle resource of high quality, validated, and standardized biological detection assays and  Read More »

In Europe, defenses rise against Asian mosquito peril – They include dengue

(Kuwait Times) Behind air-tight doors in a lab in a southern French city, scientists in protective coveralls wage war against a fingernail-sized danger. Lurking in net cages is their foe: the Asian tiger mosquito, capable of spreading dengue fever and other tropical diseases in temperate Europe. First spotted in Albania in 1979, the black-and-white striped  Read More »

New county allows for emergency notices through email, text messages

(The Jamestown Sun) The Stutsman County Emergency Management office has announced the implementation of a countywide emergency notification system beginning today. Once users register for the free service via www.stutsmancounty.org, any business line, cellphone line, VoIP phone line, email address or text-messaging capable phone will be able to receive emergency notifications of events such as  Read More »

NYT to White House: Move Forward on Food Safety Rules

(Food Safety News)The New York Times over the weekend called on the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to release food safety rules that the agency has been reviewing for 8 months — adding to a growing chorus of consumer advocates, industry groups, and lawmakers asking for the rules to move forward. Nineteen months  Read More »

Indonesia reports 9th birdflu death this year

(Xinhua) A 37-year Indonesian man has died of avian influenza in Yogyakarta province of Indonesia, bringing the total fatality to 9 this year, health ministry said on its website on Sunday. The man from Prambanan of Sleman district died on July 30 after being treated in hospitals, the ministry said. Two laboratory tests confirmed that  Read More »

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