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New Product Helps Hazmat Responders Comply with EPA Anthrax-Remediation Regs

(Fire Chief) Fort Worth, Texas–based 1 Priority Biocidal recently unveiled its STERIPLEX Ultra, a product used to kill anthrax spores in 30 minutes. STERIPLEX is a non-corrosive, non-fuming and non-toxic …

Response to Dr. Salzberg’s Commentary in Forbes

(Biosecurity Blog) A few comments on Dr. Steven Salzberg’s  posting in Forbes on October 30:    Link Testing the Anthrax Vaccine of Children: Getting the Facts Right I cannot comment on the wide range of opinions within the biodefense, public health, and medical communities regarding the testing of the anthrax vaccine on children, but I will  Read More »

Malawi finally gets vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease

(Nyasa Times) Malawi government has finally procured viral vaccines to treat foot and mouth disease that has hit the lower shire particularly Chikhwawa district. The outbreak was reported in the area late September this year and put …

Security experts say Abbott system key bioterrorism defense

(Chicago Sun-Times) Global security experts say an Abbott Laboratories diagnostic system should be considered as a first line analytical tool for biodefense, biosecurity and microbial forensics programs. | Sun-Times Media file ABBOTT PARK — Global security experts say an …

Postal Service Taking Precautions Against New Bioterror Attacks

(GSN Daily News) The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a number of security changes including more human and machine checks of questionable mail, 10 years after the anthrax mailings that killed five people and sparked a national panic, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday (see GSN, Oct. 6). The mail system was used in fall  Read More »