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Study simulates effects of foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Mexico

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) In a worst-case scenario simulation of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Mexico, researchers found that establishing a good surveillance system and raising a more resilient breed of cattle could lessen the blow to the Mexican cattle industry should an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease or other Read More »

February 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Obama Budget Would Shift Funds From Project Bioshield

(Global Security Newswire) The White House’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal would shift hundreds of millions of dollars from a federal program to promote development of medical countermeasures against WMD threats to the initiative’s parent agency, Nature reported on Wednesday. Project Bioshield was established in 2004 as a $5.6 billion war chest for the purchase of Read More »

February 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Major Hurdles Remain for Biothreat Detection Project, Experts Say

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Homeland Security Department still must contend with significant hurdles in establishing a federal system for tracking potential biological health dangers to people and animals, a working group of experts concluded in assertions reported on Tuesday by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The National Biosurveillance Integration System still Read More »

February 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Immunovaccine’s delivery platform to be tested in fight against bioterrorism

(TheChronicleHerald.ca) The company said preliminary research with an anthrax antigen demonstrates the DepoVax-based vaccine was able to raise antibody levels exceeding those of traditional delivery platforms. “Persisting high antibody levels were induced within four weeks …

February 15, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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Courtagen to Partner with Tetracore in Biodefense Initiative

(Press Release) Some of the target agents include those which cause significant diseases such as anthrax and plague, as well as dangerous toxins such as ricin and botulinum. The combined effort will focus on addressing the critical need to quickly and accurately …