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Revamped WA biosecurity laws finally take effect

(ABC) Six years after it passed Parliament, Western Australia’s Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act has come into effect. The BAM Act, as it’s commonly known, will replace 16 older acts designed to protect the state from outside biosecurity threats. It also aims to help farmers and pastoralists manage the threats that are already present, including  Read More »

The Changing Landscape of Global Health Diplomacy

(CSIS) In late 2012, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center organized a working group to analyze the opportunities for global health diplomacy in Barack Obama’s second term. This volume presents those analyses. Taken together, the studies show that the world of global health diplomacy is quite dynamic at the moment, with new partners setting trends  Read More »

Aus-NZ action plan targets foot and mouth threat

(NewZealandHerald) A new action plan between Australia and New Zealand will see defences strengthened against the threat of foot and mouth disease. Australia and New Zealand will work together to develop a trans-Tasman foot and mouth action plan. Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy and Australian Minister for Agriculture Senator Joe Ludwig announced the two  Read More »

OIE expert mission finds live bird markets play a key role in poultry and human infections with influenza A(H7N9)

(OIE) The Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China asked the Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to send OIE experts to assess the situation with influenza A(H7N9) in animals and provide advice. The mission took place in the spirit of the Tripartite framework between the OIE, the World  Read More »

Factbox: FBI revisiting bioterror case lessons

(Reuters) Since deadly anthrax-laced letters were sent through the U.S. mail in 2001, killing five people and spreading nationwide panic, the FBI has beefed up its bioterror capabilities and created a Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate to focus on lethal threats. The branch has had some successes, such as the 2008 arrest of a Las  Read More »

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