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Educating the life scientists
(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) There are increasing signs that state parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) realize that the lack of biosecurity awareness and education among life scientists represents a serious gap in the overall web of policies designed to prevent bioterrorism and biowarfare. Without such awareness and education, Read More »
- November 2, 2011
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Ten years after anthrax, how safe is your mail?
(Washington Post) DeVaughn was sentenced to six years in federal prison for the incident, which, although no one was harmed, raised the obvious specter of another anthrax attack. A decade ago, anthrax spores delivered in letters killed five people, injured 17 and …
- November 2, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
PharmAthene Progresses Second Generation rPA Anthrax Vaccine
(Sacramento Bee) PharmAthene, Inc. announced today further development progress of its second generation rPA anthrax vaccine, SparVax™. The new vaccine is being developed to provide rapid manufacturing scale-up to respond to a national security emergency. The Company completed its first cGMP manufacturing run at 1,500 liter commercial scale. Final analytical testing Read More »
- November 1, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
Key To Anthrax Defense Could Be Natural Killer Cells
(Medical News Today) One of the things that makes inhalational anthrax so worrisome for biodefense experts is how quickly a relatively small number of inhaled anthrax spores can turn into a lethal infection…
- November 1, 2011
- | Filed under Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
Deal reached in US 2001 anthrax death suit
(Reuters) The widow of a Florida tabloid photo editor who was the first of five people to die in 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States has reached a settlement with the US government in her wrongful death damages lawsuit against it, …
- November 1, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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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 »
Public Health 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 »