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Export controls still blocking publication of Fouchier’s H5N1 study

(CIDRAP) Dutch export controls remain an obstacle to the publication of a study by Ron Fouchier, PhD, and colleagues on lab-modified, mammalian-transmissible H5N1 viruses, according to a National Public Radio (NPR) report today. A US government biosecurity committee recently approved full publication of Fouchier’s study describing H5N1 viruses that can spread among ferrets, as well  Read More »

USDA secretary touts importance of NBAF project

(Wall Street Journal) 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  Read More »

Russia’s Emerging Global Health Leadership

(Center for Strategic and International Studies) After nearly a decade of dipping its toes in the waters of international development assistance (IDA), Russia appears ready in 2012 to reconfigure its institutional apparatus for global aid—perhaps as a prelude to emergence as a more serious presence and partner on the IDA landscape.

11 Million for Buying Vaccines for Foot and Mouth Disease

(AllAfrica.com) Planning and International Cooperation Minister Fayza Abul-Naga decided to allocate the sum of EGP 11 million as urgent support to the General Authority for veterinary services to buy two million vaccine doses for foot and mouth disease (FMD).

U.S. to Offer Anthrax Vaccine to First Responders on Trial Basis

(Global Security Newswire) The Obama administration is preparing to make unused federal stocks of anthrax vaccine available to certain nonmilitary emergency personnel in a trial effort that could lead to wider distribution of the countermeasure to first responders. The initiative would offer select state and local officials the option to accept a federally funded course  Read More »

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