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US government faulted over risk of pathogens escaping lab

(Reuters) The Department of Homeland Security underestimates the risk that human error could allow pathogens to escape from a proposed $1 billion lab designed to study lethal animal-borne diseases, a U.S. advisory panel warned on Friday. The department’s risk assessment was “overly optimistic” about the chances of mistakes leading to a release of infectious material  Read More »

Pentagon Readies Plans for Securing Syrian Chem, Bio Sites

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. armed forces have blueprinted how service members would carry out a number of potential missions related to Syria, including a possible instruction to secure sensitive chemical and biological installations in the internally embattled Middle Eastern nation, government sources said in a Thursday report by CNN. Insiders said a Defense Department  Read More »

Texas commission confirms anthrax case in white-tailed deer

(CattleNetwork.com) AUSTIN – The first confirmed case of anthrax in a Texas animal for 2012 has been detected in an adult white-tailed male deer near Uvalde (Uvalde County). At this time no domestic livestock are involved. Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, whichis a naturally occurring organism with worldwide distribution, including Texas.  Read More »

Reduction Focus Shifts From Nukes to Bio Threats

(American Forces Press Service) WASHINGTON – The 21-year-old program to reduce weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union is shifting focus from nuclear to biological threats and from Russia to Southeast Asia and Africa, the assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs told a Senate panel yesterday. Madelyn R. Creedon said the  Read More »

US-India Bilateral Cooperation on Public Health and Research

(US Department of State) The United States and India continue to expand public health and biomedical research and programming, building upon more than fifty years of bilateral cooperation in the health sector. A number of recent developments highlight the positive momentum in health-related collaboration: U.S.-India Health Initiative: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius travelled  Read More »

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