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Field Epidemiology Framework for Cooperative Biological Engagement

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is seeking potential sources to support the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) in a restructure of its Field Epidemiology training program through the creation of a measurable, goal-oriented framework that is internationally recognized and … Continue reading →

Killer cure: why is the US creating new viruses, and stockpiling the vaccines?

(TheVerge) Is the US government prepared to respond to a major biological weapons attack or lethal outbreak of disease in this country? If you look at one effort — a quietly growing national stockpile of vaccines and drug treatments for such horrors as anthrax and avian flu — the answer is yes. But one agency  Read More »

US Army awards Gainesville firm $136M contract to fight bioterrorism

(BusinessJournal) The U.S. Army has awarded a Gainesville-area company a contract to make and develop treatments for bioterrorism and radiological threats to military personnel, according to a government contracts website. The company, Nanotherapeutics, plans to build a $150 million, 145,000-square-foot expansion and add as many as 150 new employees with an average salary of $90,000  Read More »

2014 Budget Request: NBAF

(FierceHomelandSecurity) The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kan., would receive $714 million under the fiscal 2014 budget proposal the Obama administration sent to Congress on April 10. The administration also calls on the state government of Kansas to provide an additional $202 million, which when combined with the fiscal 2014 request should be  Read More »

The tricky task of protecting plants in a globalized age

(FAO) Odds are, today you ate something that came from another hemisphere. A mind-boggling $1.1 trillion worth of agricultural products are traded internationally each year, with food items accounting for 82 percent of the total. And where fruit or plants can travel, so too can less-savory characters. Fruit fly eggs hidden in the skins of  Read More »

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