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Co-defendant: Ga. men accused in plot not violent

(Columbus Ledger Enquirer) A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to federal explosives charges in what prosecutors described as a plot against the government testified in federal court Thursday that two other men accused in the plot aren’t violent. Dan Roberts testified in the trial of Ray Adams and Samuel Crump before U.S. District Judge Richard Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Emphasis on bioterror can limit efforts needed to fight viruses

(Philly.com) America’s focus on a hypothetical bioterrorism attack is leaving our country more vulnerable to the real threat of a natural spread of deadly viruses. Avian flu recently reappeared in Australia and China. In the Middle East, more than 100 cases of the SARS-like virus MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) have been documented in Saudi Read More »

December 16, 2013
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Public Health
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Bio-Intelligence Chips for Countering Bioterrorism Threats | Global Biodefense

December 10, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety, Bioterrorism, and Research
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Toxic Agents Easily Bought Online, Pose Public Threat

(Newsmax) When the editor of a health newsletter opened a cardboard box containing a bubble-wrapped surplus lab instrument shipped from an online university outlet, he said he was “freaked out” to find a highly toxic chemical sloshing inside. NaturalNews.com Editor Michael Adams said the $100 instrument he purchased online from Michigan State University last month Read More »

November 19, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Bioterrorism
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Pentagon To Develop Q Fever Vaccine; U.S. Military To Focus On Biological Weapons Defense

(MedicalDaily) Next month, the Pentagon will host a seminar for researchers interested in developing a vaccine for the virus that causes Q fever, an animal-borne illness “weaponized” first by the U.S. and then the Soviet Union decades ago.