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Charges Filed in Powder Mailings to Lawmakers

(Global Security Newswire) A federal grand jury on Friday delivered charges against an Oregon man suspected of sending roughly 100 parcels filled with a harmless powder and angry messages to U.S. lawmakers and media entities, Reuters reported. Christopher Lee Carlson, 39, faces separate charges of mailing a threatening communication to a member of Congress and Read More »

March 13, 2012
| Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
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The bioterrorism threat and laboratory security

(Homeland Security Newswire) Leonard A. Cole, an expert on bioterrorism and on terror medicine who teaches at Rutgers University, investigates the security of U.S. high containment labs in light of the dramatic growth in the number of these labs, which handle dangerous pathogens, following 9/11 and the anthrax attacks.

March 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Dutch export rules could block publication of Fouchier H5N1 study

(CIDRAP News) In a new twist in the ongoing controversy over publication of two studies involving H5N1 viruses with increased transmissibility, there are indications that the Dutch government may consider using export regulations to …

March 13, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Accident Reports Double at Army Biodefense Site

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Army’s flagship biodefense research facility noted in excess of 200 accidents in 2010 and 2011, nearly double the number it recorded for the prior two years, the Fredrick News-Post reported on Sunday. An alteration last July to record-keeping standards produced the higher quantity of documented errors, according to an e-mail Read More »

March 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
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Flu Research Could Suffer From H5N1 Controversy, Experts Say

(Global Security Newswire) Influenza research could suffer as a result of efforts to play down the danger of the avian flu virus in order to win full release of data from two studies that yielded more communicable versions of the pathogen, the Canadian Press on Friday quoted experts as saying. Bioterrorism concerns prompted the U.S. Read More »