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Fact Sheet on the Successful Conclusion of the Seventh Review Conference of …

(Whitehouse.gov) During the next five years experts will address, inter alia, capacity-building in biosafety and biosecurity, preparedness, response, and crisis management; States Parties also decided that a database system to facilitate requests and offers for …

Lawmaker renews call to halt biodefense lab’s move to Kansas

(Topeka Capital Journal) AP GARDEN CITY, NY — A New York congressman wants to take the “For Sale” sign off Plum Island. In a letter this week, Rep. Timothy Bishop argues it is ludicrous for the federal government to be spending as much as $1 billion to …

Outcomes Related to the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review …

(US Department of State) And these will include such topics as biosafety, biosecurity, preparedness, surveillance, response, and crisis management. Now, so the specifics are not covered in the final document, but of course the United States has a well established set of …

Biological Weapons Convention Conference Issues Final Document

(Global Security Newswire) The seventh review conference for the Biological Weapons Convention ended on Thursday with a call for all member states to demonstrate their adherence to the accord’s rules, the United Nations announced. Participating states agreed to a revised reporting document that nations would submit annually as a means of promoting confidence that their  Read More »

Experts Question Call to Withhold Flu Research

(Global Security Newswire) A U.S. expert panel’s apparently successful bid to halt the publication of key information from recent flu studies could pave the way for further stifling of scientific discourse, a number of virology specialists said on Wednesday, Dec. 21). The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity on Tuesday called for the journals Science  Read More »

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