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Kansas officials open to biosecurity lab funding alternatives

(Kansas City Star) Sam Brownback and Kansas legislative leaders are regrouping after the proposed 2013 federal budget failed to include construction dollars for a new biosecurity lab, raising questions about the project’s future. President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget …

February 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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For now, bird flu papers won’t be published

(Washington Post) GENEVA — Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization said Friday.

February 21, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Protecting Our Borders

(National Hog Farmer) The Center for Food Security and Public Health is organized around a mission to thwart bioterrorism scares that may impact the US food supply. The Center is working to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of …

February 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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U.S. Global WMD Security Efforts Cut Under Obama Budget: Analysis

(Global Security Newswire) Federal programs to lock down or eliminate stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in other nations would be significantly scaled back under the White House’s new budget, a nonproliferation group said this week.

February 20, 2012
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Despite Safety Worries, Work on Deadly Flu to Be Released

(New York Times) The full details of recent experiments that made a deadly flu virus more contagious will be published, probably within a few months, despite recommendations by the United States that some information be kept secret for fear that terrorists could use it to start epidemics.