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Research Aims to Reduce E. coli Shed by Cattle

Michigan State University has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to find ways to reduce the amount of E. coli released by cattle, and in effect, decrease the number of foodborne illness in humans."More than 70,000 people become ill due to shiga toxin-producing E. coli every year," said Roger Beachy, Read More »

March 15, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Activists Appeal Ruling Over Livermore Biodefense Work

An activist organization on Friday filed an appeal to a federal court ruling that allows research into potential biological weapons materials such as anthrax and plague to continue at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the Contra Costa Times reported. Watchdog group Tri-Valley CAREs is appealing a September decision by the U.S. District Court Read More »

March 14, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
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Committee Sharply Critiques WHO’s Pandemic Response

Eight months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the swine flu pandemic officially over, an independent expert group has given the global health agency a decidedly mixed evaluation of how it handled the entire episode, from the outbreak’s…

March 14, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Public Health
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Libyan rebels put responsibility on US – Washington Times

Mr. Shalgam told US officials the international community would be responsible if Col. Gadhafi's forces attack the residents of the rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi with chemical and biological weapons.

March 14, 2011
| Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Iraqi defector “Curve Ball” speaks out – CBS News

The Iraqi defector's fabricated story of mobile biological weapons drove the US argument for invading Iraq. Next Saturday will mark the eighth anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq. And after all this time, questions still remain as to why the United States launched the war in the first place. The Bush administration said it was Read More »