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NBSB starts work on new medical countermeasure review

(CIDRAP News) In its first meeting of the year, a panel that advises the federal government on biodefense issues started work on revising the government’s strategy for building the best collection of medical countermeasures against biological, chemical, and other threats. Nicole Lurie, MD, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the US Department of Health Read More »

February 3, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Don’t Censor Influenza Research

(New York Times) IN December, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity made an unprecedented request: it asked the editors of the journals Nature and Science not to publish certain details in two papers describing experiments in which scientists created a …

February 3, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Update on Feed Enforcement Activities to Limit the Spread of BSE

(FDA) The following is an update on FDA enforcement activities regarding the ruminant feed ban. FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has summarized results of those inspections that have been entered into FDA’s inspection database as of January 28, 2012. As of January 28, 2012, FDA had received over 93,000 inspection reports since 1997. Approximately Read More »

February 3, 2012
| Filed under North America and Agriculture
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New Uses Found for U.S. Chem, Bio Defenses

(Global Security Newswire ) The absence over the last 10 years of chemical or biological strikes in the United States has resulted in alternative uses being devised for U.S. capabilities established for spotting and countering such events, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. In one case, an Arkansas Health Department terrorism defense analysis facility Read More »

February 3, 2012
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Illinois partnership targets agro-terrorism

(CattleNetwork.com) The threat of agro-terrorism is real, and a partnership between Illinois agriculture organizations and law enforcement agencies hopes to protect Illinois farms, consumers and food systems from those threats. This partnership, called the Illinois …