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Little Chance Seen of U.S. Reopening Anthrax Mailings Case
(GSN Daily News) A top Republican lawmaker said he sees little chance of the U.S. Justice Department reopening its probe into the 2001 anthrax mailings, despite persistent concerns about the conclusion that deceased Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins carried out the attacks, three news organizations reported on Friday (see GSN, Oct. 11). Read More »
- October 18, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
Why the Anthrax Murders Are Re-Surfacing 10 Years Later
(Gizmodo) Three scientists who recently published their concerns in the Journal of Bioterrorism and Biodefense say that the trace amounts of tin may have been used as a coating to make the anthrax easier to inhale, and that Ivins didn't have the skill required …
- October 18, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
BU BioLab Triggers Community Concern
(BU Quad) According to the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory's (NEIDL) website, there are four levels of increasing containment labeled Biosafety levels 1-4 (BSL-1 to BSL-4) within the facility. BSL-1 and BSL-2 labs are considered low-level …
- October 18, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Anthrax tests on cow are negative
(BBC News) Anthrax tests on cow are negativeBBC NewsThe results of tests for anthrax on a dead cow at a Herefordshire farm were negative. Health officials from the environment department Defra have confirmed that the animal was not infected with the disease when it died in a field in Bartonsham near Read More »
- October 17, 2011
- | Filed under Europe and Agriculture
Tracking diseases from anthrax to cholera
(Science News) And some wondered whether the new cases could be linked to 1950s-era government biological weapons testing on the Scottish island of Gruinard. Comparing the strain found in the heroin users to the Arizona anthrax library revealed that it was very …
- October 17, 2011
- | Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, International, 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 »
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 »