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White House cuts NBAF funding

(Wall Street Journal) President Barack Obama is recommending no additional funding in the next federal budget for construction of a new biosecurity lab in Kansas. The budget released Monday raises questions about the future of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility …

Governor Expects Extended Fight Over Planned Kansas Biodefense Lab

(Global Security Newswire) Plans to establish a new biological defense facility in Kansas might continue to face challenges from U.S. lawmakers for another half-decade, Governor Sam Brownback said last week. U.S. Representative Timothy Bishop (D-N.Y. ), whose district encompasses the Plum Island Animal Disease Center near Long Island, N.Y., has pressed the Obama administration not  Read More »

India Committed to Control Foot and Mouth Disease of Cattle: Shri Rawat

(Press Release) The Minister said, “The biggest impediment to growth of the livestock sector is the prevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease in the country after Rinderpest. This adversely affects the performance of the animals, resulting into direct economic losses, …

BIRD FLU MENACE

(Republica) Following the discovery of H5N1 virus, hundreds and thousands of chickens were culled in Sunsari, Ilam and Panchthar last week. Perhaps this is the first time such a huge number of birds have been affected by bird flu in Nepal.

Kan. gov. says state faces ‘continuous fight’ for federal funding to build new …

(The Republic) Brownback told two-dozen lawmakers during a Monday evening meeting at his official residence that he expects the legislative battle over the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility to last another five years. A site in Manhattan, near the Kansas State University campus, has been cleared for construction of the $650 million biosecurity lab.

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