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HHS creates new centers to develop, manufacture medical countermeasures

(HHS News) Centers are first major U.S. domestic infrastructure to address biodefense threats and pandemic influenza. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today established three new centers to develop and manufacture medical countermeasures, such as vaccines and medicines used to protect health in emergencies, and can transition quickly and cost effectively between products. Read More »

June 19, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Report doubts low-risk view of Kan. biohazard lab

(Wall Street Journal) TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials pressed the federal government Friday to move ahead with construction of a new biosecurity lab near Kansas State University, even though a new, independent report suggested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security still doesn’t have a good assessment of how safely it could operate. The congressionally Read More »

June 19, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biosafety, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Drug Helps Beat Ebola Infection if Given Within 48 Hours, Report Says

(Global Security Newswire) An experimental Ebola countermeasure is said to be effective if used within two days of exposure to the virus, a significant step over prior drugs requiring administration within 30 minutes, the Ottawa Citizen reported on Thursday. The medicine functions by hindering Ebola's progression, providing the body a longer period to neutralize the Read More »

June 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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US universities should be a leaner research machine, say National Academies

(Nature News Blog) America’s research universities need to give more bang for their buck. So says a report released today by the US National Academies that suggests they take steps to become more efficient and productive, such as streamlining laboratories. The long-awaited 228-page report, Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital Read More »