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Second Drug Is Allowed for Treatment of Ebola
( NY Times) The Food and Drug Administration helped clear the way on Thursday for a second experimental drug to be tried by people in Africa stricken with the Ebola virus. The drug, being developed by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals of British Columbia, was in the initial phase of human testing, which is on healthy volunteers, when the Read More »
- August 11, 2014
- | Filed under Countermeasures, International, and Research
Biological Weapons Convention Experts Meeting Concludes
(United Nations Office at Geneva) The 2014 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 August 2014. Formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, the Convention was Read More »
- August 11, 2014
- | Filed under Biosafety, International, and Policy & Initiatives
DoD Establishes Ebola Task Force
(Global Biodefense) Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has established an internal Ebola task force to evaluate how the department can most effectively support overarching U.S. government and international efforts to prevent further transmission of the virus, the Pentagon press secretary said today.
- August 11, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, North America, Countermeasures, International, and Policy & Initiatives
Expert Panel to Consult on Ebola – NYTimes.com
- August 7, 2014
- | Filed under Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and International
Resistant Malaria Spreads to Critical Border Regions
- August 7, 2014
- | Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, and Research