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Georgia men convicted of ricin plot against government officials

(Bio Prep Watch) Two alleged members of a Georgia militia group, discovered in November, 2011, were convicted on Friday by a Gainesville jury for plotting to produce the biological weapon ricin for use as a weapon. The Georgia militia group allegedly plotted attacks on IRS and ATF agents, judges and lawyers, CNN reports. Samuel Crump, Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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Poison suspect had Ricin, pipe bomb

(WBBHNews) New details were revealed during a detention hearing for 19-year-old Jesse Korff Friday morning about the Glades County property where the teen is accused of brewing the deadly poison abrin. Prosecutors say federal agents also found Ricin, a pipe bomb, a meth lab and several guns on the property. Prosecutors called Korff a danger Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biocrimes, and Bioterrorism
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Research finds finds potential treatment for drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus

(EurekAlert) The novel avian H7N9 influenza virus has caused more than 130 human infections with 43 deaths in China. New research, conducted under the supervision of Kansas State University’s Juergen Richt, is showing promise in helping to fight this deadly virus. “Emergence of a novel drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus: Evidence-based clinical potential of a natural Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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H5N1 strain from Alberta nurse resembles Chinese strain

(CBCNews) Canadian scientists studying H5N1 bird flu virus samples taken from an Alberta woman who died with the infection say that so far it seems to resemble a Chinese strain. Researchers at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory and Alberta’s provincial laboratory isolated samples of the virus and are working on sequencing it.

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Co-defendant: Ga. men accused in plot not violent

(Columbus Ledger Enquirer) A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to federal explosives charges in what prosecutors described as a plot against the government testified in federal court Thursday that two other men accused in the plot aren’t violent. Dan Roberts testified in the trial of Ray Adams and Samuel Crump before U.S. District Judge Richard Read More »