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Censored H5N1 Bird Flu Studies: Much Ado About Nothing?

(TakePart) Why we might have all freaked out for the wrong reasons. You may have heard the hubbub surrounding two different studies on H5N1 —aka Bird Flu—recently conducted in Wisconsin and The Netherlands. The researchers in both cases put the virus through a series of mutations in order to better understand how it may eventually Read More »

June 6, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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WHO hopes for meeting on dual-use research in late fall

(CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to hold a meeting late this fall to discuss “dual-use” research issues raised in the controversy over publication of two studies involving lab-modified H5N1 viruses with increased transmissibility, a WHO official said today. “We hope to hold a second meeting to discuss the broader concerns related to Read More »

June 1, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Veterinary workshop in Kazakhstan provides advanced training to diagnosticians, technicians, inspectors

(AgriLife Today) ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Veterinary diagnosticians, technicians and inspectors from the Republic of Kazakhstan received advanced training in molecular methods, biosafety measures and diagnostic epidemiology during a recent two-day workshop here, led by the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense.

May 31, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Questions Persist Over Biodefense Board’s Review of Bird Flu Research

(Global Security Newswire) A U.S. biodefense panel’s 2011 recommendation to withhold certain details from two avian influenza virus studies and its subsequent reversal of that call have prompted questions among participants and other experts over the board’s readiness to advise on future research with possible biological weapons applications, the journal Nature reported last week.

May 31, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biological Weapons, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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£38M Investment to Protect UK Livestock

(ThePoultrySite.com) UK – The Institute for Animal Health (IAH) has been awarded £38M of strategic investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This investment will enable the Institute to maintain its status as a world-leading centre for virology doing work that protects livestock from economically important diseases such as foot-and-mouth, bluetongue, and Read More »