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Canada says any research on lab-made bird flu must be done in top biosecurity

(Global Winnipeg) TORONTO – The Public Health Agency says any research on enhanced H5N1 bird flu viruses in Canada must be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity. The agency says any Canadian researchers who would want to work with the viruses in this …

Illinois Agriculture Groups Come Together to Work towards Agr-security Awareness

(Press Release) “There have been some cases in other states where a person noticing suspicious behavior has helped capture a would-be terrorist, so we know agro-terrorism is a real threat.” The working group includes representatives of the Federal Bureau of …

Emotion runs high at H5N1 debate

(Nature.com) Scientific debates erupted about the mortality rate of H5N1, generally known only to transmit from birds to humans. Peter Palese, a virologist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York says that underestimates of the prevalence in the general population have led to an exaggeration as to how deadly H5N1 is.

Live debate airs major divisions in H5N1 research battle

(CIDRAP) In other exchanges about how dangerous the mutant H5N1 viruses might be, Osterholm contrasted H5N1 with smallpox. “I would not like to see smallpox get out of a BSL-4 [biosafety level 4, the highest level] lab, but it wouldn’t be overly concerning”; in …

MSU researcher finds link to H5N1 bird flu

(Delta Farm Press) Wan said the goal of his research is to find the sources of human H5N1 infections and provide the foundations for policy-making for protecting public health. While the United States has regulations in place to protect consumers, this is not the case in all countries. Wan began studying avian influenza while conducting  Read More »

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