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Report: 395 mishaps at US labs risked releasing select agents

(CIDRAP) In response to a CIDRAP News query today, CDC spokesman Von Roebuck said he couldn't give more details but said that the agency plans to publish a report next spring on potential select-agent releases. He said the CDC for security reasons does not …

ISU providing swine FMD guide

(American Veterinary Medical Association) Iowa State University is providing a guide on identifying the lesions caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus in domestic and feral swine. Electronic copies of the guide are available free from the university's Center for Food Security and Public Health …

Pentagon Awards $3.1M For Tularemia Study

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded $3.1 million to an Albany Medical College researcher conducting a study on tularemia, the New York Business Review reported on Tuesday (see GSN, April 13). The bacterial disease is considered potential candidate for terrorists to use in a biological weapons attack. Albany Medical College Center for Immunology and Microbial  Read More »

Uganda: How Uganda Got Rid of Rinderpest

(AllAfrica.com) Rinderpest is a word of German origin translated as 'cattle plague' in English. It is a devastating viral cattle disease and some wildlife species such as buffaloes, giraffes and antelopes. It is said to have killed up to 95% of the cattle population …

Albany Med professor awarded $3.1M for bioterrorism research

(Bizjournals.com) Over the next five and a half years, Dr. Karsten Hazlett, assistant professor in the Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease at Albany Med, will study the biological differences between naturally occurring and lab-grown Francisella tularensis, …

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