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Biodefense Consortium Effort Enters New Phase – Inside INdiana Business (press release)

An effort to win federal funding for an Indiana facility focusing on the production of vaccines for pandemic flu has taken a significant step forward. The Indiana Biodefense Consortium submitted its proposal to officials in Washington, D.C. last week. The effort is now shfiting to raising at least $25 million in private capital for the Read More »

July 26, 2011
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Global bioterrorism threat analyzed for world animal health office – AgriLife Today

COLLEGE STATION – Around the globe, many nations are realizing that the potential for bioterrorism isn’t just about the U.S., officials say. And because an intentional introduction of bacteria, a virus or a toxin could happen anywhere, the World Organization for Animal Health is issuing a paper aimed at prevention. “Any emerging country that is Read More »

July 26, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Agriculture
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HHS Official Warns of Biodefense Vulnerabilities

A senior Obama administration biodefense official on Thursday told House lawmakers that the United States does not yet have all the medical countermeasures it might need to respond to an act of biological terrorism, Congressional Quarterly reported (see GSN, June 30). Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie spoke during Read More »

July 26, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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FREE-B: A New Tool for Outbreak Readiness

Firefighters train by burning empty houses and pilots practice emergency landings. But foodborne illness response teams aren’t called into action until a real crisis is at hand. Until now, that is. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week launched the Food Related Emergency Exercise Boxed set, or “FREE-B,” a set of five simulated foodborne Read More »