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Syria Conflict: Russia Warns West Against Unilateral Action On Syria Following Obama Threat

(Huffington Post) Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened “enormous consequences” if his Syrian counterpart used chemical or biological arms or even moved them in a menacing way. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking after meeting China’s top diplomat, said Moscow and Beijing Read More »

August 22, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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MMV develops framework to assess risk of resistance for antimalarial compounds

(EurekAlert) Medicines for Malaria Venture has developed a framework to evaluate the risk of resistance for the antimalarial compounds in its portfolio. A paper based on this work: A framework for assessing the risk of resistance for antimalarials in development has been published in the Malaria Journal today. Resistance defines the longevity of every anti-infective Read More »

August 22, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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Obama warns of US intervention if Syria moves, uses chemical, bio weapons

(The News Tribune) President Barack Obama on Monday for the first time threatened U.S. military intervention in Syria’s civil war, warning the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Assad against breaching a U.S. “red line” of moving or using chemical or biological weapons. Addressing a news conference, Obama indicated that his administration believes that Assad could Read More »

August 21, 2012
| Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, and International
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Obama Cautions Syria on WMD Usage

(Global Security Newswire) Any attempt by the Syrian government to employ or strategically field biological or chemical weapons would cross a “red line” that could lead the United States to change its posture on dealing with the Assad regime’s attempt to remain in power, Reuters quoted President Obama as saying on Monday. “A red line for us is (if) Read More »

August 21, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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New book tells story of 10-year-old malaria project

(EurekAlert) Few infectious diseases can rival malaria’s ability to kill and cripple. Each year the disease causes hundreds of millions of people to be sickened and more than a million — mostly African children under the age of five — die. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of Read More »