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Scientists Warn Melioidosis Bacteria is Growing More Hardy

(Global Security Newswire) Colorado State University announced on Monday that scientists have discovered that the bacteria that causes melioidosis can develop a novel resistance to the antibiotic generally used to kill off the potential bioterror agent (see GSN , July 11, 2008). …

Strange sorority fixation was link that led to anthrax suspect

(CNN) A scientist shows the anthrax-tainted letter sent to Sen. Tom Daschle’s Capitol Hill office in fall 2001. Editor’s note: In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States faced a second wave of terrorism: …

U.S. Biodefenses Improve, But New Threats Develop

(GSN Daily News) Biodefense officials in the United States are concerned about the implications of evolving synthetic biology capabilities even as they note the significant strides the nation has made in the last decade in preparing for a potential disease-based attack, USA Today reported on Friday (see GSN, Feb. 11). “We are certainly better prepared  Read More »

Report: Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax

If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of the deadly disease anthrax – caused by the B anthracis spores – unless they had rapid access to antibiotic medical countermeasures (MCM). The spores can be inhaled, be ingested, or come into contact with the skin.  Read More »

What Contagion Missed

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) It’s not often that Hollywood ventures into the realm of epidemics and public health, and when it does, the outcome is usually laughably out of touch with reality — like Outbreak, the 1995 movie about a deadly Ebola-like virus that infected a city. To prevent the virus from spreading, the  Read More »

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