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White House Issues New Regulations for Dangerous Biological Research
NewYorkTimes: The Obama administration on Wednesday issued new guidelines intended to strengthen the oversight of federally funded biology research that could inadvertently produce bio-weapons. The new policy shifts the burden of finding and disclosing the dangerous aspects of research from the funding agency — usually the National Institutes of Health — to the scientists who Read More »
- September 29, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
Years of Preparation Pay Off with Ebola Diagnostic
- September 29, 2014
- | Filed under Biosafety, Countermeasures, and Research
Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic — Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014–2015
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: The CDC predicts that the Ebola virus outbreak could affect nearly one million people by January 2014 if containment measures are not immediately implemented.
- September 25, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, North America, Biosafety, Countermeasures, and International
Development of Self-Powered Chemical and Biological Sensors
GlobalBiodefense: New types of smart materials that can respond to selective stimuli hold promise in the development of novel platforms for self-powered chemical and biological (CB) sensors that can sense and destroy threat agents.
- September 11, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Biosafety, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
Vials of Smallpox Virus Found in Unapproved Maryland Lab
ABCNEWS: Vials of the virus that causes smallpox were found in a National Institutes of Health research building that was unequipped and unapproved to handle the deadly pathogen, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- September 8, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and Public Health