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New way to boost vaccines

As the medical community searches for better vaccines and ways to deliver them, one scientist believes he has discovered a new approach to boosting the body’s response to vaccinations. He found that the same molecules used in drugs that treat diabetes also stimulate B cells in the immune system, pushing them to make antibodies for Read More »

August 6, 2010
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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6 cities to train mail carriers to dispense anti-terror drugs

The Postal Service is ready to deliver lifesaving drugs to a quarter of the residents of Minneapolis-St. Paul after a bioterror attack.

August 2, 2010
| Filed under North America and Countermeasures
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Researchers Create New Anthrax Detector

A Dutch research site announced last week that its nanotechnology specialists had created an anthrax detector that improves upon all existing systems.The sensor was developed by the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente. It is capable of identifying a biomarker of anthrax spores at levels 1,000 times below the concentration at which Read More »

July 20, 2010
| Filed under Europe, Countermeasures, and Research
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Vaccine-delivery patch with dissolving microneedles eliminates ‘sharps,’ boosts protection

A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza.

July 19, 2010
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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First Smallpox Vaccine for Special Populations Delivered Under Project BioShield

Delivery to the Strategic National Stockpile of the first 1 million doses of the nation’s first smallpox vaccine for certain immune-compromised populations is now complete, the result of a Project BioShield contract.