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Bioterror is not the biggest threat from bird flu

(New Scientist) How should we react? Not by delaying the publication of the research, for fear that it will aid supposed bioterrorists. There is surprisingly little evidence that such a threat exists. But there has long been a great deal of evidence that the threat of pandemic flu exists.

February 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Full Details of Avian Flu Research Set for Release

(Global Security Newswire) A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization last week called for publishing all data from two research studies that resulted in development of more transmissible forms of the avian flu virus, the New York Times reported. Public release of the work by scientists at Erasmus University Medical Center in Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Interest in Biosecurity Training Strong Among Ontario Pork Producers

(Farmscape Online) An estimated 40 percent of Ontario pork producers have now completed the first stage of a new national on-farm biosecurity training program. The National Biosecurity Training Program, developed by the Canadian Swine Health Board to familiarize pork …

February 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Biosecurity panel chief voices mixed reaction to WHO meeting

(CIDRAP News) The chair of the US biosecurity advisory board that recommended withholding details of two studies on H5N1 virus transmissibility today expressed a mixed reaction to last week’s international meeting in which scientists and officials involved in the controversy called for eventually publishing the full studies. Paul S. Keim, PhD, chair of the National Read More »

February 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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PositiveID Corporation to Present M-BAND at ASM Biodefense and Emerging …

(Press Release) … M-BAND, developed under contract for the Department of Homeland Security by MFS, is an early warning system designed to detect the intentional release of aerosolized biological agents. It runs autonomously for up to 30 days, continuously analyzing air samples, typically in high-traffic areas, for the detection of bacteria, viruses, and toxins with Read More »