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HHS funds drug for bioterrorism, antimicrobial-resistant infections

(HHS) A new drug to help protect the public against two bioterrorism threats and provide a new option to treat antibiotic-resistant infections will advance in development under a public-private partnership, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today.

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Par panel suggests wider consultation on agri-biosecurity bill

(Business Standard) A Parliamentary panel today pulled up the Centre for not consulting state governments, experts and stakeholders before introducing a Bill that aims to set up an authority to ensure biosecure global trade in farm items. The Agricultural Biosecurity Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 11, 2013. The Bill aims to Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Agriculture, Bioterrorism, and International
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The Biohacker: A Threat to National Security / ISN

February 4, 2014
| Filed under Bioterrorism and Countermeasures
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The Biohacker: A Threat to National Security

(ISN) The ability of non-scientists to create and deploy biological weapons represents the emergence of a new threat – the “biohacker.” As John Wikswo and others see it, it’s time to improve our detection and disruption capabilities if we hope to keep this next-step nemesis in check.

February 4, 2014
| Filed under Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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Two Georgia men convicted in ricin plot against U.S. government

(Reuters) A federal jury on Friday convicted two alleged members of a Georgia militia group with conspiring to produce a toxic agent to poison government officials. The jury in Gainesville, Georgia, convicted Samuel Crump, 71, and Ray Adams, 57, of conspiring to produce ricin for use as a weapon, according to federal court records.