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Lawmakers Move to Renew Biodefense Law

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday heard testimony from public health officials and experts on how to more effectively counter a potential bioterrorism event or influenza outbreak, marking one step to extend a statute for bolstering U.S. public health emergency response capabilities, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported (see GSN, July 20,  Read More »

Texas A&M System Bidding for Biosecurity Center – Texas Tribune

The Texas A&M University System announced a bid today to become one of the nation's key centers for defense against infectious diseases and other biological threats. The A&M System has assembled a team of more than 20 companies, …

Row at WHO meeting over smallpox – News24

Geneva – The World Health Organisation on Monday held a stormy discussion over the future of smallpox virus samples, which Russia and the US are seeking to preserve while others want them destroyed. The question surrounding the destruction of the last …

Fate of last smallpox virus samples to be determined today

The World Health Organization officially declared in 1979 that smallpox has been eradicated; in the three decades since the WHO declaration, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Russian government laboratory near Novosibirsk have been the last two places to keep samples of the smallpox virus; during this time,  Read More »

UCLA unveils new laboratory to fight bio-terrorism – abc7.com

In 2001, anthrax letters were sent to lawmakers and news organizations as the nation reeled in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. More recently, health officials across the globe were on alert after outbreaks of the swine flu and SARS. …

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