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Dutch Export Controls Prevent Publication of Avian Influenza Data

(Global Security Newswire) The Netherlands’ export controls are preventing the international dissemination of a Dutch study that increased transmissibility of the avian flu virus, National Public Radio reported on Monday. Scientists at the Erasmus University Medical Center produced a version of the bird flu that can be more easily passed among mammals.

US agency seeks voluntary restrictions on animal antibiotics

(Nature News Blog) Spurred by long running concerns about the rise of resistant strains of microbes, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on 11 April a multi-pronged initiative to cut back on the use of antibiotics in US farm animals — but because the measures are voluntary skeptics say it lacks the punch of  Read More »

Group outlines botulinum toxin treatment

(UPI.com) A U.S. working group made recommendations for medical and public health professionals if botulinum toxin is used as a biological weapon against civilians. Dr. Stephen S. Arnon of the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program and colleagues at the California Department of Health Services, Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University Schools of  Read More »

Kansas biodefense facility should proceed, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack says

(Kansas.com) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that construction of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University should move forward and not be considered a “parochial” issue relevant only to Kansas. After a Landon Lecture Tuesday, Vilsack said having the proposed $650 million research facility was important to ensure the United  Read More »

Georgia militiamen plead guilty to explosives, weapons charges

(Government Security News) Thomas, the suspected ringleader of the group whose members are all over 60, was arrested last November on charges the militia group was planning to make the potent biotoxin ricin and use it, along with automatic rifles and bombs, to kill fellow citizens and government employees. Ray Adams, 65, and Samuel Crump,  Read More »

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