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NYT to White House: Move Forward on Food Safety Rules

(Food Safety News)The New York Times over the weekend called on the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to release food safety rules that the agency has been reviewing for 8 months — adding to a growing chorus of consumer advocates, industry groups, and lawmakers asking for the rules to move forward. Nineteen months Read More »

August 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biosafety, and Policy & Initiatives
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Scientists describe antibodies that protect against large variety of flu viruses

(EurekAlert)A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and Crucell Vaccine Institute in the Netherlands describes three human antibodies that provide broad protection against Influenza B virus strains. The same team had previously reported finding broadly neutralizing antibodies against Influenza A strains. The isolation of the new broadly neutralizing antibodies, which was reported Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Ebola in Uganda: Should we worry in the US?

(Fox News) In Uganda’s western town of Kagadi, a drama is playing put that has both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on high alert. In the town, 53 cases of the dreaded hemorrhagic fever disease Ebola are suspected, with 16 deaths reported so far. Physicians from the French Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Biosafety, International, and Public Health
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Pentagon IG Wants More Oversight of Guard WMD Response Teams

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general in report issued last month said it believes there should be tighter management of the National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams.”We determined that the four Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD CSTs) reviewed had plans in place to respond to chemical, Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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California BSE Case Study Completed

(Beef) A California Holstein discovered to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in April was an isolated case and didn’t pose a threat to the food supply, a report issued by USDA says. A three-month investigation looked into the movements of the infected dairy cow, her offspring and the food eaten by the herd. The investigation turned up Read More »