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Bacteria Marker May Track Anthrax, Deter Corporate Theft
(Bloomberg) — Microorganisms may soon carry bar codes or labels created by the U.S. government, making it easier to locate bioterrorists and more difficult for companies to steal a competitor’s work. The federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a developer of the Internet and stealth fighter jets, plans to pay teams Read More »
- May 2, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Countermeasures
Scientific panel urges more Army transparency in planning for Fort Detrick
FREDERICK, Md. — A panel of civilian scientists is urging the Army to be more transparent about its plans for an animal biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick. The National Academy of Sciences committee expressed its concerns Friday in a letter to the commander of the Army’s Medical Research and Read More »
- May 2, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
Kansas senator warns agroterrorism attack ‘likely’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A biological terror attack on the U.S. food supply could come soon, but many Washington lawmakers aren’t taking the threat seriously, a U.S. senator from Kansas said Thursday. A successful attack would disrupt the food supply of not just the nation, but the entire world, Republican Sen. Read More »
- April 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Bioterrorism
University of Houston wins NIH grant for vaccine study
It is spread to humans by mosquito bites, causing arthritic symptoms so severe that some victims can’t even walk. While rarely fatal, the effects of the chikungunya virus can last up to a year. More than two million people have contracted the chikungunya virus in the past five years. Most of Read More »
- April 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
U.N. Chief Lauds Renewal of Anti-WMD Panel
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday lauded the Security Council’s decision last week to renew for 10 years the mandate of a panel charged with overseeing U.N. member states’ implementation of an anti-WMD measure (see GSN, April 21). “Concerted international cooperation and action remains vital to the prevention of proliferation Read More »
- April 28, 2011
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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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 »