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Public health leaders cite lessons of 2001 anthrax attacks
(CIDRAP News) Public health leaders, recalling and reflecting on the anthrax letter attacks of 2001 in a lengthy report released today, say the nation is better prepared to respond to such an emergency than it was 10 years ago, …
- September 6, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
The germ hunters: lessons from Iraq
(Foreign Policy) An important new book on biological weapons and nonproliferation is being published this week. Amy E. Smithson's Germ Gambits: The Bioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond (Stanford University Press) is a carefully researched and fascinating study of the …
- September 6, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, North America, and Policy & Initiatives
Scientific Experts for 9/11 Biosecurity, Microbial Forensics and Anthrax Stories
(Newswise) She is one of the most highly cited investigators in the field of microbiology, is a leading researcher in microbial forensics, and advises US agencies involved in biosecurity and serves on the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.
- September 6, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Research
Public health agencies learned to work together after Sept. 11, anthrax attacks
(The Augusta Chronicle) Pam Tucker remembers people undressing outside businesses and being sprayed down with firehoses. “Not to take any chances of course, measures were taken to decontaminate people who may have been contaminated with anthrax,” she said. “We just didn’t know.” The fearful and sometimes chaotic response to those anthrax Read More »
- September 6, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Public Health
Anthrax vaccine in works in NC
(News & Observer) North Carolina was not targeted in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people in Florida and the Northeast. But the Triangle is home to the development site for a new vaccine against the deadly bacterial powder …
- September 6, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, 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 »
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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 »