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Censoring flu data could raise bioterror threat

(New Scientist) Efforts to keep science secret by “redacting” scientific papers might cause the very problems it is supposed to prevent. That was the warning from leading cyber-security specialist Bruce Schneier to a meeting of flu and security experts this week at the Royal Society in London in the wake of the decision by the  Read More »

Animal Studies OK for Plague Indication, FDA Panel Says

(MedPage Today) An FDA advisory panel has voted unanimously that an indication for pneumonic plague can be given to two already-approved antibiotics — ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin — based on effectiveness testing done only in animals. Although human infection with plague is rare, the bacteria involved, Yersinia pestis, could be used in a bioterrorism attack, according  Read More »

Funding NBAF: As Congress Waits, WIll Kansas Dollars Continue?

(KCUR – Audio) With federal funding more at risk than ever for Manhattan’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback recently said the state could expect what he called “a fight” for the next five years. The state has promised more than $200 million in direct payments and in-kind supports for the lab  Read More »

Censorship of Flu Research

(BBC News – Audio) Claudia Hammond discusses the issue of censoring science with the author of one of the papers, Ron Fouchier from Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Professor Paul Keim, the acting chair of the National Science Advisory Board in Biosecurity, the US organisation with the power to decide on  Read More »

Lead Researchers Tout Value of Bird Flu Studies

(Global Security Newswire) The top scientists behind a pair of widely debated avian influenza studies touted the valuable data generated by their activities while insisting they produced no extremely lethal strain of the agent, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. A U.S. biodefense panel last week dropped an earlier call for the restriction of certain  Read More »

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