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Vaccination decisions and the spread of disease strongly influenced by social norms

(Medical News Today) Our response to societal pressures about vaccination has a direct effect on the spread of pediatric infectious diseases in areas where inoculation is not mandatory, says new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. By incorporating social norms into predictive mathematical modelling, a research team from the University of Guelph Read More »

February 18, 2014
| Filed under Europe, International, Public Health, and Research
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Nazis planned to use malaria-infected mosquitoes as biological weapons

(Telegraph) Hitler’s scientists planned to use malaria-infected mosquitoes as biological weapons by sending them behind enemy lines in the Second World War, according to research. SS leader Heinrich Himmler ordered secret research into how insects infected with the disease could be kept alive long enough to be used against the allies, German academic Dr Klaus Read More »

February 16, 2014
| Filed under Europe, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Mosquito Wars: Secret Bioweapons Development In Nazi Germany

(Science 2.0) The Nazis studied everything to gain an advantage. Those stories about mysticism and artifacts aren’t wrong, and the advanced weapons projects are well known, that is why US President Harry Truman authorized “Operation Paperclip” to recruit their scientists and engineers, rather than just kidnapping them the way Communist leaders in the USSR did. Read More »

February 14, 2014
| Filed under Europe, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Danish initiative strengthens biosecurity and improves health in East Africa

(Bio Prep Watch) The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that they will work together on a pilot project to improve biosecurity and health in East Africa. The Danish Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness at Statens Serum Institute under the Ministry of Health will Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Europe, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Kuntal Patel charged with attempted murder following counter terrorism raids

(Daily Mail) A suspected plot to kill a magistrate with a rare poison extracted from the seeds of a Peruvian plant has been uncovered by police. Detectives believe Meena Patel, 54, was the target of an unprecedented attack with abrin, a substance described as ‘more poisonous than ricin’. Her daughter Kuntal, 36, is accused of Read More »