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IAFC Testifies Before Congress on Medical Countermeasures

(FireEngineering.com) Today, Chief Al Gillespie, IAFC president and chairman of the board, testified before members of Congress urging the U.S. government to take action in including first responders and their families in medical countermeasures required in the event of a pandemic or biological attack. The hearings, held by the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and  Read More »

California Fights Citrus-Killing Bacteria

(Food Safety News) There’s no threat to human health in a growing quarantine in Southern California, but an annual $2 billion worth of citrus fruits are at risk in a war with a tiny insect and the bacteria its spreads. Earlier this month, the state of California added 93-square miles in the Hacienda Heights area  Read More »

White House Responds to Congressman’s Questions About H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science AAAS) White House science adviser John Holdren has replied to questions asked last month by Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) about how the Obama Adminstration has handled the controversy surrounding two studies that showed how to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible between mammals. On 1 March, Sensenbrenner—a former head of the House of  Read More »

Flu Review Criticized

(Scientist) The process leading to the US biosecurity board recommending full publication of two controversial H5N1 flu papers has been criticized by a board member in a letter sent to the National Institutes of Health last week (April 12). Influenza epidemiologist Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, outlined his criticisms to Amy  Read More »

NSABB wants clarifications in Fouchier’s H5N1 manuscript

(CIDRAP News) The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) says in a new report that one of two controversial H5N1 avian flu studies needs some clarifications before publication and that some additional information the board heard from the lead author should not be included in the paper. Over the weekend the NSABB released  Read More »

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