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It’s more than a Farm Bill, US Ag official says
(New Philadelphia Times Reporter) When people talk about the federal Farm Bill, they’re not covering nearly enough territory. That’s the opinion of an authority on the matter — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. He prefers to call it the Food, Farm and Jobs Bill. That’s “because it really deals with Read More »
- June 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
Brown University Develops SMART Biochip
(Global Biodefense) Biomedical engineers at Brown University and Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island have developed a biochip that can detect the presence of influenza by zeroing in on the specific RNA sequence and then using tiny magnets in a tube to separate the flu-ridden sequence from the rest of the RNA Read More »
- June 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America and Countermeasures
Food Safety Compromised As Global Trade Expands
(Food Safety News) As the web of global food trade becomes more and more complex, humans become increasingly vulnerable to prolonged foodborne illness outbreaks, says a team of international researchers. The interconnectedness of the world’s food supply is putting global food safety in jeopardy, according to a study published last month in Read More »
- June 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, International, and Public Health
US officials investigate E. coli outbreak
(Nature News Blog) Public health officials have yet to pinpoint the source of an outbreak of infections from a rare strain of Escherichi coli that resulted in the death a 21-month old girl in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has infected thirteen others. Details of an ongoing investigation by federal and state health Read More »
- June 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America and Public Health
Now open: Broad Agency Announcements
(MedicalCountermeasures.gov) Now open: Broad Agency Announcements for Advanced Research and Development of Medical Countermeasures for Pandemic Influenza and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats. BARDA is soliciting proposals for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures (MCM) such as vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics and devices. Specifics of the solicitation can be Read More »
- June 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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BAA – Medical Countermeasures for Priority Pathogens
(Global Biodefense) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has released Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
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FDA Accepts BLA for Inhalational Anthrax Countermeasure
(Global Biodefense) Anthim (obiltoxaximab) is for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax, Read More »
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South Korea MERS death toll rises to 20
(CNN) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of new cases Read More »
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What you should know about MERS, the mystery disease that has South Korea on edge
(Washington Post) The spread of MERS, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last Read More »
Research More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Scientists find new variant of streptococcal bacteria causing severe infections
(Imperial College London) Scientists have discovered a new variant of streptococcal bacteria that Read More »
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VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Read More »
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Researcher who spiked rabbit blood to fake HIV vaccine results slapped with rare prison sentence
(Washington Post) Dong Pyou Han, a former Iowa State University researcher charged with Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
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How Yelp Can Be Used to Track Outbreaks of Food Poisoning
When a Shigella outbreak at a San Jose, California, seafood restaurant sickened dozens Read More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Legionnaires’ Bacteria Regrew in Bronx Cooling Towers That Were Disinfected
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The 15 water-cooling towers that were found to be contaminated this week Read More »
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Millions More Need H.I.V. Treatment, W.H.O. Says
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put Read More »
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Sentencing scheduled for peanut executive in salmonella case
(Washington Post)- ALBANY, Ga. — A former peanut executive convicted of shipping tainted Read More »