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Clinton County to hold anthrax-exposure drill

(Press Republican) Clinton County Health Department officials are looking for volunteer help from the community to practice a mass-immunization drill for anthrax exposure. As with all local health departments in New York state, Clinton County’s has to hold such an event to help employees train for a possible disaster, whether of natural or human origin.  Read More »

The Use of New Replikins Synthetic Vaccines to Prevent Pandemics

(The Sacramento Bee) In the lead paper to be presented at the Influenza Congress USA in Washington DC on November 12, 2012, Dr. Samuel Bogoch of Bioradar UK Ltd. will discuss how new synthetic Replikin vaccines may prevent the development of influenza virus outbreaks and pandemics. Pandemic prevention, not previously possible, is being considered for  Read More »

Further H5N1 Outbreak in Nepal

(The Poultry Site) The outbreak was reported to the OIE by Dr Nar Bahadur Rajwar, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Department of Livestock Services in Lalitpur, Nepal. The outbreak started on 27 August at Sanepa-2, Sanchal, Lalitpur in Bagmati. The latest outbreak occured in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality -3, Bode, Bhaktapur in the region of  Read More »

Study reports faster, more economical method for detecting bioterror threats

(Phys) The new process screens for pairs of affinity reagents – molecular magnets that bind to and hold on to their targets, be they toxins, viruses or bacteria. That will enable countermeasures to be selected and utilized much faster than the current practice. “Using crude extracts from E. coli, the workhorse bacterium of the biotechnology  Read More »

Advancing Transient Passive Immunity for Biothreats

(Global Biodefense) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking innovative methods of scalable passive immunization to protection personnel for a period of time, suitable to a military mission requirement or in a public health setting. Towards this goal, the agency is soliciting proposals for the development of nucleic acid platforms capable of in  Read More »

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