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Lab Samples Of Live Smallpox Should Not Be Destroyed To Ensure Critical …
Medical News Today – In a Comment published Online First by The Lancet to coincide with the World Health Assembly (WHA), scientists appeal to the internationally community not to set an arbitrary date for the destruction of the final smallpox-causing variola virus samples
- May 20, 2011
- | Filed under Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Secrets of plague unlocked with stunning new imaging techniques
Sandia Labs researchers have developed a super-resolution microscopy technique that is answering long-held questions about exactly how and why a cell’s defenses fail against some invaders, such as plague, while successfully fending off others like E.coli
- May 20, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Research
Interpol launches nuclear terror prevention unit
LYON, France – Interpol on Wednesday announced the creation of a nuclear terrorism prevention unit to counter threats "facing all" nations. anti-bioterrorism activities to take in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNe) threats.
- May 20, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
FAO acts to cut foot-and-mouth disease in S. America – Xinhua
SANTIAGO, May 19 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday it has launched a program aimed at eradicating foot-and-mouth disease in South America by 2020. Under the initiative, owners of about 70 percent of …
- May 20, 2011
- | Filed under South America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
‘Bizarre Bits’ Exhibition Took a Strange Turn When Feds Arrived
A 135-Year-Old Piece of Skin Launches a Smallpox Scare at a Virginia Museum. An outbreak of smallpox was the farthest thing from Paul Levengood’s mind when his staff at the Virginia Historical Society put together an exhibit of “bizarre bits” in the society’s collection since its founding in 1831. here was Read More »
- May 20, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Agents & Toxins
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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 »