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Bag Found Under Gas Main Cover Tests Positive for Ricin

(NBC10 Philadelphia) A bag recovered last week from inside the cover of a gas main tested positive for ricin, investigators tell NBC10.com. On March 20, hazmat crews recovered a package from under the cover of a gas main on South New Street in Hatboro, Montgomery County — near the Byberry Road  Read More »

Officials dispense antibiotics at Damascus High during simulated bioterrorist attack

(Gazette) The county’s public health scenario assumed a crop duster plane had flown low over Montgomery County, releasing deadly white clouds of anthrax spores in a bioterrorist attack. In response, officials organized teams of people to dispense antibiotics — doxycycline and ciprofloxacin — to 1 million people within 48 hours. The  Read More »

Bioterrorism workshop presenters call for greater safety measures

(Bio PrepWatch) The Quaid-i-Azam University Department of Biotechnology and the School of Politics and International Relations held a workshop on March 26 that explored concerns in biotechnology. The workshop, titled “Raising awareness on dual use concerns in biotechnology,” focused on the misuse of knowledge and emerging techniques, including the creation of  Read More »

Will hackers find bioweapon secrets in the cloud?

(FCW) The collision of big data and decoded genetic information is creating a wealth of opportunities for biologists, engineers and public health researchers. However, there is also the potential that advances in computing and genetics are providing potentially catastrophic opportunities for malefactors to hack into research computers to find information that  Read More »

Biosecurity agency hails awareness drive a success

(Fiji Times Online) IT is important to know issues of biosecurity and what channels to follow when seeking assistance, says Biosecurity Authority of Fiji executive chairman Xavier Riyaz Khan. His comment follows the successful community awareness recently held around the country. Yesterday, the awareness in Labasa attracted a huge crowd throughout  Read More »