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Postal Service to continue post-anthrax safeguards

(Washington Times) Despite being mired in the worst financial crisis in its history, the U.S. Postal Service has no plans to cut back on any of the bioterrorism preparedness measures that began in the wake of anthrax attacks through the U.S. mail system 10 years ago this month. The attacks, which killed five people, including Read More »

October 10, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Countermeasures
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Bioweapon Countermeasure Progress Seen Within Half-Decade

(GSN Daily News) A significant number of experimental vaccines and other drugs for treating people exposed to biological weapons agents are due within a half-decade to undergo federal assessment, a U.S. Health and Human Services Department office said in a five-year plan issued on Tuesday (see GSN, Sept. 30). The department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Read More »

October 10, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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First International VBC Conference: Video Available

The First Virtual Biosecurity Center international conference, 1 September 2011, can be accessed here. This conference explored the role of web-based networks in promoting global biosecurity, and provided an opportunity for experts from around the world to identify best practices and partnerships, and determine the feasibility of linking existing networks for global communication.

October 7, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Navy Continues Warship Biowarfare Protection Project

(GSN Daily News) The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it has installed biological defense technology on 50 warships, leaving 78 vessels to be similarly equipped (see GSN, Feb. 11). The Joint Biological Point Detection System, placed on the guided missile destroyer USS Ross last month, provides the capacity for “near real-time biological warfare agent detection, Read More »

October 7, 2011
| Filed under North America and Countermeasures
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BARDA: Many biodefense products to mature within 5 years

(CIDRAP) In large part the new plan reflects the goals and recommendations of a major HHS review of the nation's biodefense efforts released in August 2010: the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review: Transforming the Enterprise to …