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Hearing set for ricin-laced letters suspect

(DenverPost) Federal authorities don’t want bond set for a Texas woman accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama threatening violence against gun-control advocates. Shannon Richardson’s detention hearing is set for Thursday in Texarkana. She’s been in custody since her June 7 arrest. Authorities say the 35-year-old pregnant actress sent the letters to Obama  Read More »

House panel questions value of biosurveillance program

(TheHill) More than a decade after the 2001 anthrax attacks, a House oversight committee on Tuesday questioned the track record of a controversial surveillance program launched to prevent future incidents of bioterrorism. BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to detect early signs of anthrax or other deadly agents in the air, was denied further funding by  Read More »

Organic Hepatitis A Outbreak

(FoodSafetyNews) How safe are organic foods, especially when compared to conventionally grown varieties? Not as safe as many assume. Three weeks ago, a recall was announced for certified-organic berries sold at Costco. According to the Centers for Disease Control, at least 118 people in 8 states have now contracted hepatitis A infection linked to Townsend  Read More »

A shot in the arm for old antibiotics

(EurekAlert) Slipping bacteria some silver could give old antibiotics new life, scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University reported June 19 in Science Translational Medicine. Treating bacteria with a silver-containing compound boosted the efficacy of a broad range of widely used antibiotics and helped them stop otherwise lethal infections in  Read More »

A Biological Threat Prevention Strategy: Complicating Adversary Acquisition and Misuse of Biological Agents

(CSIS) The risk of a biological attack is ever present. The relevant knowledge and material are becoming more widely available because of the global dispersion and rapid advances of technology, combined with its inherent dual-use nature. While technical challenges remain to a successful large-scale, high-impact biological attack, such an attack could kill tens of thousands  Read More »

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