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Experts say US needs better tracking of lab accidents

(CIDRAP) Except for requirements in the CDC’s Select Agent Program, which covers certain dangerous biological agents and toxins, such as Bacillus anthracis, there is no national system for reporting medical laboratory exposures and resulting infections, …

Seventh Review Conference of Biological Weapons Convention Adopts Final…

(IEWY News) The Biological Weapons Convention opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975. It prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, retention, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons and is a key element – along …

Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret?

(PBS NewsHour) Ray Suarez discusses the question that many in the science, bioterrorism and national security fields are considering with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Bruce Alberts of the journal Science. …

Fact Sheet on the Successful Conclusion of the Seventh Review Conference of …

(Whitehouse.gov) During the next five years experts will address, inter alia, capacity-building in biosafety and biosecurity, preparedness, response, and crisis management; States Parties also decided that a database system to facilitate requests and offers for …

Lawmaker renews call to halt biodefense lab’s move to Kansas

(Topeka Capital Journal) AP GARDEN CITY, NY — A New York congressman wants to take the “For Sale” sign off Plum Island. In a letter this week, Rep. Timothy Bishop argues it is ludicrous for the federal government to be spending as much as $1 billion to …

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