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Emergency Alert System Expected for Cellphones

NY TIMES — WASHINGTON — The emergency broadcast system is coming to cellphones. Updating the national emergency alert system, federal officials planned to announce on Tuesday in Manhattan that some cellphone users in New York and Washington will soon be able to receive alerts by text message in the event of a national or regional Read More »

May 11, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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US pours millions into SA lab to develop bioterrorism vaccine

KENS 5 NEWS — (San Antonio) Physical violence isn’t the only threat from terrorists. Our government is constantly preparing for potential attacks by criminals using bioweapons, too. Some San Antonio scientists are on the forefront of the strange new world of bio-threats. The government is pouring millions into a local lab to come up with Read More »

May 9, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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Response drills for foot and mouth disease begin [this] week

DAIRY HERD NETWORK — The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has prompted heightened awareness of a possible retaliatory terrorist attack. And, the livestock community is not immune to the threat. At last week’s International Symposium on Agroterrorism, hosted by the FBI, some of the speakers mentioned that the U.S. food and agricultural system Read More »

May 9, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Texas Biomed seeks vaccine for Ebola

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS – Scientists in San Antonio and Georgia have been awarded $5.4 million from the federal government to develop a promising experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic viruses. The vaccine, which uses noninfectious bits of the virus to trigger immunity, has proved both safe and effective in rats. Researchers now Read More »

May 3, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Countermeasures
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NRC seeks detailed risk assessment for Army biodefense lab

CIDRAP News – The National Research Council (NRC), in a letter report, has advised the US Army to prepare a more comprehensive risk assessment than it initially proposed for a biodefense laboratory to be built at Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Md. The lab, called the Medical Countermeasures Test and Evaluation (MCMT&E) Facility, will work on Read More »