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By Region: North America

Needless conflict

(Nature.com) Independent experts should be kept from undue suspicion as well as undue influence. We are what we eat. So it should come as no surprise that food-related issues such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), bisphenol A contamination, foot-and-mouth disease, Escherichia coli outbreaks and genetic modification resonate with the public. It is unfortunate, then, that  Read More »

Breaking: US House Appropriations Committee Passes Funding for NBAF

(GardnerEDGE) Washington, DC – Congressman Kevin Yoder made the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2013. The legislation includes $75 million for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, KS., and received broad bipartisan support. Representative Yoder is  Read More »

Phase I enrollment for A/H5N1 influenza vaccine trial begins

(Vaccine News Daily) Novavax, Inc., a Rockville, Maryland-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has started enrollment for its second phase I clinical trial for a monovalent virus-like particle vaccine candidate against A/H5N1 avian influenza viruses. The placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, observer blind, randomized trial is being conducted as part of Novavax’s contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development  Read More »

Fake anthrax outbreak tests state’s emergency readiness

(Wyoming Tribune) CHEYENNE – On Monday, the gym at Laramie County Community College gym became a place where people could go to get help. It was an important part of a full-scale drill simulating an anthrax attack. It was part of a statewide exercise dubbed “Operation Prairie Eagle.” In the drill, conducted for Wyoming’s emergency  Read More »

Exposed to Anthrax? In the Future, Your Shirt Could Provide Early Warning

(Nextgov) The Pentagon wants clothing and industrial paint to be built with covert chemical warfare detectors, so that it can better anticipate threats such as anthrax, a defense solicitation reveals. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the unit charged with reducing threats from biological warfare and nuclear weapons, is expressing “significant interest in materials that physically  Read More »

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