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Funding Cuts Seen Endangering Biothreat Response Network

(Global Security Newswire) Budget reductions could undermine a program designed in part to facilitate coordination between US laboratories responding to an act of bioterrorism, an organization of medical research facilities said on Tuesday (see GSN, Sept. 6). …

HHS Proposes Rule Regarding Possession, Use And Transfer Of Toxins

(Insurance News Net) EO 13546 also established the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel (FESAP) to advise the HHS and USDA Secretaries on the designation of Tier 1 agents and toxins, reduction in the number of agents on the Select Agent List, establishment of …

Africa: Fact Sheet On US Action to Address Global Health Security

(AllAfrica.com) Through fora such as the UN Security Resolution 1540, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States is pursuing a common vision where disease no longer threatens the security and prosperity of …

NOVAVAX Announces Contract Award from U.S. Department of Homeland Security

(MarketWatch) Department of Homeland Security to develop a virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine countermeasure to protect the United States from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of livestock and a potential threat to US agriculture. …

BARDA Strategic Plan 2011-2016 Released

Over the last decade, our nation has responded to deliberate biological attacks – the mailing of anthrax-laden letters – and severe naturally occurring disease outbreaks including SARS and the 2009-H1N1 influenza pandemic. On October 4, 2011, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) issued the BARDA Strategic Plan 2011-2016, which articulates the guiding principles,  Read More »

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