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Building Partnerships for Biological Threats Prevention, Preparedness and Response

(U.S. Department of State) As you know, President Obama is committed to creating an unprecedented level of transparency and openness in our own Government and working together with our partners in the Open Government Partnership, to ensure greater transparency, accountability and effectiveness in governance. Transparency also is the word of the day in numerous arms Read More »

September 7, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Soligenix reports positive results from Phase 1B trial of RiVax

(PBR) Soligenix has announced that the Phase 1B clinical trial demonstrated that the Aluminum hydroxide adjuvanted RiVax has induced immune responses in human volunteers. The adjuvanted RiVax was found to be safe and well tolerated in the study, conducted in healthy volunteers, and induced better ricin neutralising antibody levels in humans compared to adjuvant-free RiVax. Read More »

August 31, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Boston subways to see bioterror test

(UPI) A series of tests in Boston’s subways will measure the performance of new bioterrorism sensors developed to detect biological agents, U.S. officials said. The “Detect-to-Protect” Bio Detection project will assess several sensors developed by U.S. companies and designed to alert authorities to the presence of biological material, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science Read More »

August 27, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Ebola Vaccine Might Never Reach Market, Scientists Say

(Global Security Newswire) Ebola specialists are doubtful that a vaccine to protect people against the virus will ever be available on the market, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The virus that causes the hemorrhagic fever is considered a potential bioterror agent. Ebola is lethal in as many as 90 percent of cases, according to the Read More »

August 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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West Nile Virus Death Toll Reaches 16 in Texas

(Global Biodefense) Dallas County officials have declared a state of emergency after the West Nile Virus (WNV) infected at least 190 people, killing 10 in their county, as the nation’s worst outbreak hits Texas. Dallas County Health and Human Services yesterday confirmed the county’s tenth WNV related death in a patient that had been diagnosed Read More »