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HHS Curbs Smallpox Antiviral Purchase
(GSN Daily News) The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has dropped an option in a $433 million smallpox antiviral drug contract to purchase 12 million additional courses of the treatment, the Corvallis, Ore., Gazette Times reported (see GSN, May 17, 2011). The department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Developmental Authority included Read More »
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Countermeasures
Universal Detection Technology Wins Tender for Biological Weapon Detection Equipment From the Singapore Civil Defense Force
(Press Release) LOS ANGELES, CA-Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies that protect against biological, chemical, and radiological threats, announced today that is has won a tender for Biological Weapon Detection Equipment from the Singapore Civil Defense Force. The tender included equipment for the detection of Anthrax, Ricin, Botulinum, Read More »
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, and Countermeasures
Scientist honoured for contribution to eradication of cattle plague
(Farming UK) Dr John Anderson MBE, former Head of the Institute for Animal Health’s (IAH) Pirbright Laboratory, which receives strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, was awarded a medal and certificate by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for his personal contributions to the eradication of rinderpest Read More »
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under Europe, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Philippines backs international initiatives against biological weapons – Philippine Information Agency
Philippines backs international initiatives against biological weaponsPhilippine Information AgencyThe Philippines is hosting a regional workshop for countries from East Asia and the Pacific until July 1 in preparation for the upcoming Biological Weapons Convention 7th Review Conference and the Biosecurity and Biosafety cooperation scheduled before …Philippines Supports Global Non-Proliferation Of Biological Read More »
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under Research
Battle against plague and bacterial pneumonias: Researchers identify new component that can be used as a vaccine
(ScienceDaily) Researchers from the Smiley lab at the Trudeau Institute have now identified a single component of the plague causing bacterium that can be used as a vaccine. This single “subunit” could potentially be used to create a safer form of a T cell-stimulating plague vaccine.
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America 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 »
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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 »