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NATO Pursues Unified Biothreat Alert Mechanism

(Global Security Newswire) NATO could use a French-controlled disease monitoring technology as part of a planned system for detecting potential biological strikes against its military assets, the alliance said on Monday. To date, the “ASTER” equipment has served to warn of spikes in natural infections among French and German armed personnel in Djibouti, enabling the Read More »

October 3, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Talk on biosafety of GM organisms

(Deccan Chronicle) The inaugural session of Meeting of Parties (MoP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre here on Monday. There will be deliberations on the safe usage of genetically modified organisms for the benefit of humanity. The Cartagena Protocol, which came into force in September 2003, Read More »

October 1, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Biosafety, and International
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UN: ‘More should be done’ to prevent bio-terrorism

(BBC News) A UN official delivered the warning at the BioDesign Forum on synthetic biology being held in the UK. Piers Millet from the UN’s Biological Weapons Convention said there was no global organisation to ensure biotech was not used for “nefarious” purposes. But international bodies did exist to watch out for nuclear and chemical Read More »

September 28, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, International, and Public Health
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Why Animal Welfare Could be the Key to Wiping Out the World’s Deadliest Disease

(The Huffington Post) According to the World Health Organisation, more than 55,000 people die a terrible death from rabies every year. 40% of them are children. The suffering endured by people who get rabies is horrible – an awful way to die, and for others to see. Our natural and understandable fear of rabies, though, Read More »

September 27, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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Anthrax outbreak kills 100 animals in Turkana

(Standard Digital) About 100 livestock have died following an outbreak of anthrax in Kibish Division, Turkana North District. District Veterinary Officer Lucas Kemboi said the disease was first reported in Natomeri village before spreading to Korimunyang and Koesa locations. The official said the disease, which was reported early this month, killed 40 animals in the Read More »