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HHS sponsors contest for Web app to identify local health trends

(HHS News) The person or team developing the best application will receive $21,000 from ASPR as well as a $1,000 travel stipend to attend an event announcing the winner. In addition, the winner will be invited to present the winning tool at a Fusion Forum, a discussion series sponsored by ASPR’s Fusion Cell for state  Read More »

Former graduate student under investigation for possible theft of chemical …

(UT The Daily Texan) UTPD officials investigating the incident found 11 vials containing a non-dangerous fragment of toxic Ricin DNA and later discovered 44 plastic vials in Jasheway’s apartment. Naturally occurring Ricin is highly toxic and is produced by the castor oil …

$1 Billion Price Tag For NBAF

(KCUR.org) The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will cost more than $1 billion when all is said and done, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed today during a conference in Washington, D.C. And that price tag is becoming a huge sticking point.

Overuse of antibiotics means that a scraped knee could become deadly, WHO warns

(GlobalPost) Before antibiotics were invented, even minor infections could become extremely dangerous. But now scientists say that antibiotics are not as effective as they used to be. In a new conference this week, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan sounded the alarm on antibiotic resistance, caused by excessive use of the drugs.

WHO hopes controversial bird flu studies will be published by summer

(Winnipeg Free Press) The moratorium Fukuda refers to is a promise, made by the world’s leading influenza scientists, not to conduct further study for the time being into what might make H5N1 avian flu viruses transmit among mammals — including maybe humans.

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