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Hunt For New Antibiotics Turns To Deep Sea Trenches

Around the world, as disease-causing bugs become more and more resistant to current effective antibiotics, doctors fear there will be no means to treat seriously ill patients in the future. Now scientists have widened the search for new drugs to include some of the deepest and coldest places on the planet…

FDA Report Supports Botulinum Antidote

(NTI) A new report by U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff indicates an antidote to the lethal botulinum toxin could be safely and effectively used in humans, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Canada-based biopharmaceutical firm Cangene in 2006 received a U.S. contract now worth $476 million for final preparation and production of 200,000 doses of the  Read More »

Canadian Dairy Farm Biosecurity Standard Introduced

(Farms) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) launched a biosecurity standard for all Canadian dairy farms. The new standard was developed over a two-year period in collaboration with the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and the CFIA.

Scientists debate CDC recommendations during meningitis outbreak

(Eurekalert) A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for treatment of exposed individuals during last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak. Manuscripts of the commentaries were published ahead of print  Read More »

Israel’s constructs underground hospital to prepare for CBRN attacks

In order to prepare for a possible chemical, biological or nuclear attack from Iran, Israel has constructed a four-story hospital almost entirely underground. The hospital, located in Tel Aviv, can be fully self-sustained for a period of seven days. Dr. … Read More…