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The Latest on the Doomsday Virus

(New York Times) We can worry less that a newly created bird flu virus might kill tens or hundreds of millions of people if it escaped from the laboratory. But there is still some residual danger. And we remain appalled at the slipshod way in which this research was authorized despite its potential dangers to  Read More »

US government recommends publication of bird flu papers

(Los Angeles Times) The U.S. government will support publication of two controversial research papers, officials said Thursday. The studies report details of experiments in which the deadly H5N1 influenza virus was engineered to pass between mammals, officials said Thursday. The decision, released via a statement by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of  Read More »

Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study

(NPR blog) A Dutch virologist is considering his full range of legal options if his government refuses to lift the restrictions it has put on his controversial bird flu research, and matters could quickly come to a head after a meeting next Monday that will be attended by U. S. observers. The meeting will come  Read More »

U.S. Eliminates up to 2M Anthrax Vaccine Doses Yearly: Homeland Security

(Global Security Newswire) A senior U.S. Homeland Security Department official on Tuesday said the federal government eliminates as many as 2 million doses of stockpiled anthrax vaccine that have passed their expiration date, Fierce Homeland Security reported. Anthrax vaccine doses are stored alongside other medical countermeasures against disease outbreaks and WMD attacks within the Strategic  Read More »

BREAKING: US Accepts NSABB Recommendation to Publish H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science AAAS) The United States government has formally accepted a recommendation from a biosecurity advisory board to publish two controversial studies of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, moving the pair of papers another step closer to publication. The announcement came today in a statement from Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health,  Read More »

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