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How Safe Are We? Preparing for the Next Terrorist Attack

(Newswise) He immediately went to work warning public health officials about the threat of bioterrorism, or terrorist attacks using biological agents such as anthrax, ricin or small pox. But his warnings fell on deaf ears. In a national survey Evans conducted …

Issues Before the 7th Biological Weapons Review Conference

(Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses) Russia pursued a bio-weapons programme during and after the end of the Cold War. So did Iraq. Although the Convention provides for an approach to the UNSC to carry out investigations, this provision has not been invoked so far. …

From mild-mannered to killer plague

(Northwestern University) How did a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation rapidly evolve into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history? New DNA sequencing techniques reveal how Yersinia pseudotuberculosis became Yersinia pestis, otherwise know as the plague. The new study offers a glimpse into how the new technology might aid  Read More »

The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

This report discusses lessons learned from the smallpox vaccination program, concludes that there is a need to balance scientific communication with national security imperatives in the context of such programs, and recommends that smallpox preparedness should be comprehensively assessed.

NIH May Grant Licenses to Produce Anthrax Vaccine

(Occupational Health & Safety) The National Institutes of Health announced that it may grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions in several patent applications involving anthrax vaccines to Biologics Resources LLC, which is located in Boyds, Md. The patent rights in …

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