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House Votes Again to Extend Biodefense Measures

(Global Security Newswire) The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to reauthorize several programs designed to bolster U.S. medical capabilities for responding to disease agents and other potential WMD threats. The latest version of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, endorsed in a 395-29 decision, is “virtually identical” to a version of the text Read More »

January 24, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Select-agent safety reports find little public health risk

(CIDRAP) The risks in working with potentially dangerous pathogens in US labs are low to the scientists involved as well as to the general public, according to two recent reports on safety incidents. One of the reports details theft, loss, and release (TLR) of select agents and toxins that occurred at US labs from 2004 Read More »

January 23, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Questions about biosafety? Ask a biosafety expert – Science Codex

Questions about biosafety? Ask a biosafety expertScience CodexWASHINGTON— The rapid decline in costs associated with many common laboratory techniques, such as DNA sequencing and synthesis, has led to their adoption by individuals outside of traditional university or industrial settings, giving rise to a rapidly …Is it safe to dump this down the drain? Ask a Read More »

January 17, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety
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CDC: 11 lab workers infected from 2004 to 2010

(USA Today) At least 11 workers at U.S. biological laboratories were infected with dangerous pathogens from 2004 to 2010, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in a report on security measures stemming from the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. None of the infected workers died. The Atlanta-based agency said the infection rate Read More »

January 16, 2013
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Web page provides Fort Detrick biolab safety info – Albany Times Union

Web page provides Fort Detrick biolab safety infoAlbany Times UnionThe page says data for 2012 should be posted during the first quarter of 2013. _____. Online: USAMRIID biosafety page — http://www.usamriid.army.mil/biosafety/index.cfm. ___. Information from: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, http://www.fredericknewspost.and more »