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Kansas and Missouri Senators Fight for Quick Progression of NBAF Site

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano urging her to move forward with important steps to ensure the swift construction of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF). “We urge you  Read More »

New U.S. Organizations to Support Bioterrorism Medical Preparations

(Global Security Newswire) Several organizations launched in the United States on Monday are intended to harness government and independent resources in preparing and producing medical products for treating deliberate and natural disease outbreaks, the Health and Human Services Department said. The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing would supply the nation’s “first major  Read More »

Do not censor science in the name of biosecurity

(Nature.com) Security officials should not be concerned about the publication of mutant-flu research, says bio-weapons expert Tim Trevan. he recent controversy over research into mutated versions of the H5N1 flu virus has focused on biosecurity concerns. It is easy to get the impression that this debate has created a clear split between a scientific community  Read More »

Challenge 10: Transnational security threats – new research and converging strategies

(The Conversation) … Overlooked is Obama’s National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. Gregory Koblentz contends in International Affairs that Obama’s strategy is preventative; that its definition of biosecurity focuses on improving global health security (pandemics and disease prevention); and that intelligence and law enforcement personnel must work more closely with the life sciences and public  Read More »

The Story Behind the Death of Smallpox

(MedPage Today) Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was suffering from the prodrome of smallpox the day he gave the Gettysburg Address? Did you know that the numerically superior American forces failed to win the Battle of Quebec against the British in December 1775, thereby preventing Canada from becoming part of the United States, in  Read More »

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