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Health security effort to boost global disease response

(The Dolphin) Top administration officials joined representatives from federal agencies and 26 nations to launch an international effort that will help to boost the global capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks, Feb. 13. At the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Lisa Monaco, assistant to the Read More »

February 20, 2014
| Filed under Agriculture, Biosafety, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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UN to organise Biological Weapons Convention in Nepal

(The Himalayan Times) he United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the UNODA-Geneva Branch, and with financial support from the European Union (EU), is organising a national workshop on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with Read More »

February 19, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Nottage: Threat of biological attack occurring is ‘very real’

(Bahamas Island Info) The threat of a bioterrorist attack occurring anywhere in the world is “real” and should be taken seriously by all global countries, Minister of National Security Dr. the Hon. Bernard J. Nottage said Tuesday. This includes small-island States such as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dr. Nottage added. Addressing the Opening Session Read More »

February 19, 2014
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Hours to save the world: New software program aims to stop deadly pandemic spread

(Fox News) It’s a terrifying doomsday scenario: A novel infectious disease is sweeping through the world’s population, and health officials have only a day or two to stop its deadly spread. While this may sound like the plot of a movie thriller, health officials argue that an event of this kind could become a reality Read More »