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This Sunday: Excuse Me While I Get Fitted for a Hazmat Suit
(New York Times blog) But I urge you to at least read the first section of Wil Hylton’s story about the state of bioterrorism preparedness — it’s only 400 words — and I’ll be surprised if you don’t feel compelled to keep going. Yes, you’ll be a little freaked. …
- October 31, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
The FBI Responds To Our Anthrax Stories
(ProPublica) The letter from FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs Michael P. Kortan followed editorials in the Times and The Washington Post that called for new, independent investigations into the anthrax case, which the FBI officially closed 18 months after …
- October 31, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
Testing the Anthrax Vaccine in Children
(Science Blogs) In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, our government intelligence agencies invented a biological weapons threat, imagining Iraqi stockpiles of smallpox virus and anthrax spores; stockpiles that were never found. Trust dissipated. …
- October 31, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
Anthrax labs are secure, Battelle says
(Columbus Dispatch) Anthrax and other deadly biological agents at Battelle's West Jefferson labs are examined under strict security procedures that are intended to keep scientists and the public safe, officials with the research giant said today. …
- October 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and Research
How to Test the Anthrax Vaccine in Children
(ABC News) ANTHONY ROBBINS Later this week, a Federal advisory committee, the Health and Human Service Department's National Biodefense Science Board will recommend whether and how the anthrax vaccine should be tested in children. Why is the board, …
- October 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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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 »