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US Biosecurity Board to Reconsider Revised H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science Now) The US government will ask a government biosecurity advisory board to conduct a new review of revised versions of two controversial H5N1 flu research manuscripts. The review could open the way …

New foot-and-mouth disease hotbed found in south of Kazakhstan

(Trend.az) Signs of foot-and-mouth disease were revealed in 26 head of cattle and 280 head of small cattle in the Ulken-Sulutor rural district in the Zhambyl region, Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry said. “Information was received from the Ulken-Sulutor rural …

Op-Ed – Balancing Research Capability, Oversight, and Communication Post the H5N1 Controversy

Applied Biosafety, the journal of the American Biological Safety Association has provided the following pre-publication release of an editorial addressing the H5N1 publication controversy, with recommendations for strengthening biosafety and biosecurity at the institutional level. It will be published in print in Applied Biosafety, in Volume 17.1 March 31, 2012. Over the past months, numerous  Read More »

Author Interview: Jeanne Guillemin, Author Of American Anthrax

(Prague Post) Her latest book, American Anthrax, documents several cases in which letters with anthrax spores were mailed to members of the media and several US Senators, beginning Sept. 18, 2001. Five people were killed in the attacks and 17 were infected.

Webcast: H5N1 Research Discussion from the ASM Biodefense Meeting

Watch Tomorrow’s Complimentary Live Stream of the H5N1 Research Discussion from the ASM Biodefense Meeting! Moderated by the Chair of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), Paul Keim, Ph.D., this newly added session at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting will include discussions of the NSABB’s recommendations for the publication of  Read More »

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