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By Region: Europe

Criminals and Terrorists in a Borderless, Technological Arms Race

(Forbes) At TEDGlobal 2012 in Scotland last month, Marc Goodman of Silicon Valley’s Singularity University delivered an inspired, yet potentially frightening look at how rapidly advancing technologies are changing our world. Not only is technology enabling unprecedented advances that let us live longer and better, but it is also at the core of fueling the Read More »

July 16, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, and Biological Weapons
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Smallpox Vaccine Approved for Wider Use in U.S.

Danish biotechnology firm Bavarian Nordic on Wednesday said its smallpox vaccine has been authorized for use across a broader section of the U.S. populace in the event of a crisis. While the United States has enough standard smallpox vaccine on hand to safeguard all residents against a biological strike involving the virus, the product could Read More »

July 15, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Syria’s Chemical Secret: Israel Raises Alarm

Orange UK News – Hundreds of tonnes of Syria’s stockpile of deadly nerve gas could fall into the hands of terrorist groups if the regime of Bashar al Assad falls apart amid widening concerns that Israel could go to war to try to stop this ‘Doomsday threat’. According to Middle Eastern and other intelligence sources, Read More »

July 11, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, and Biological Weapons
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Bird flu three steps from potentially lethal human strain

(Daily Mail) As scientists delve deeper into H5N1 bird flu, they have discovered it is only three steps away from mutating into a potentially lethal human pandemic form. The find has added new urgency to scientists’ quest for a way to prevent a deadly global outbreak that could kill millions. Culls of hundreds of thousands Read More »

July 11, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, Public Health, and Research
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First it was smallpox, now tropical infection poised to become second human disease ever eradicated

(Daily Mail) Scientists are on the verge of killing off a parasite that had plagued the human race since ancient times. Cases of Guinea worm disease have fallen by 99 per cent from 3.5million cases in 1986 to 1,060 in 2011. The disease has affected the poorest communities in Africa and is now found in Read More »