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Row at WHO meeting over smallpox – News24
Geneva – The World Health Organisation on Monday held a stormy discussion over the future of smallpox virus samples, which Russia and the US are seeking to preserve while others want them destroyed. The question surrounding the destruction of the last …
- May 23, 2011
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
Fate of last smallpox virus samples to be determined today
The World Health Organization officially declared in 1979 that smallpox has been eradicated; in the three decades since the WHO declaration, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Russian government laboratory near Novosibirsk have been the last two places to keep samples of the smallpox virus; during this time, Read More »
- May 23, 2011
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World Health Assembly opens 64th session in Geneva
CIDRAP — Delegates from 193 countries met today in Geneva at the start of the World Health Assembly (WHA), which will address several infectious disease topics, including a report from an independent pandemic review committee, a virus-sharing agreement, and the fate of the world’s remaining smallpox virus stocks. The WHA is the decision-making body of Read More »
- May 17, 2011
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LeT trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction with help from Qaida
TIMES OF INDIA — NEW DELHI: One of LeT’s most important leaders who was indicted by the US treasury department for the July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Arif Qasmani, is helping the India-centric terror group acquire biological weapons and anthrax through his al-Qaida links.
- May 11, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, South Asia, Bioterrorism, and International
US official warns of bio terror despite bin Laden death
XINHUA — Terror kingpin Osama bin Laden was dead already, but the threat remains that extremists could still launch biological attacks on the public, a U.S. official told Xinhua in a recent interview. “There is no doubt that al Qaida will continue to pursue attacks against us,” said Ambassador Laura Kennedy, U.S. special representative for Read More »
- May 5, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, North America, and Bioterrorism