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State Department Elevates Office of Counterterrorism to Full Bureau

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced the elevation of its counterterrorism office to a full-scale bureau in accordance with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s call last year for a global effort “that is as nimble and adaptive” as the violent extremists it seeks to defeat. Establishing the Counterterrorism Bureau was one Read More »

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Experts say US needs better tracking of lab accidents

(CIDRAP) Except for requirements in the CDC’s Select Agent Program, which covers certain dangerous biological agents and toxins, such as Bacillus anthracis, there is no national system for reporting medical laboratory exposures and resulting infections, …

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Biosafety
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Flu Season

(Foreign Policy) 7, addressing the review summit on biological weapons. Concern reached such heights that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a surprise visit to Geneva on Dec. 7, addressing the review summit on biological weapons. No American official of her stature had attended the bioweapons summits in decades, and Clinton’s presence stunned observers.

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Trading spaces: Biosecurity Research Institute to house Plum Island’s pathogen …

(EurekAlert!) Instead much of it will transition to Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute at Pat Robert’s Hall before eventually transitioning to NBAF. Stephen Higgs, research director at the Biosecurity Research Institute, or BRI, …

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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NIAID Awards $9.4M for Anthrax Vaccine Project

(Global Security Newswire) A New Jersey firm has won $9.4 million in federal funding for work on a new anthrax vaccine in conjunction with Harvard University, the Times of Trenton reported on Tuesday. The funds, provided by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, would support efforts by the biopharmaceutical company Soligenix to Read More »