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NIH Funds Provides $8.1M for Virus Countermeasure Research

(Global Security Newswire) An $8.1 million federal funding package is expected to aid in advancing two potential biological defense virus countermeasures toward testing in people, the University of Washington said on Tuesday. The Washington state-based biotechnology firm Kineta would also use the funding to investigate the drugs’ applications against rarer diseases including Ebola, Marburg, plague Read More »

May 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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UM Researchers Identify Potential Target for Anthrax Drug

(eNews Park Forest) Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified new targets for drugs that could potentially treat anthrax, the deadly infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. The team, led by David Sherman, a faculty member at the U-M Life Sciences Institute and a professor in the departments of medicinal chemistry, chemistry, and microbiology and Read More »

May 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
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Free Disaster Preparedness Online Training Course

(Press Release) Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) announced today that in response to continued recent devastating natural and man-made disasters, it will extend free unlimited access to the HCCS online training course, “Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparation” for an additional year. “HCCS CARES” allows any healthcare administrator or staff member to register for the course Read More »

May 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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Baltimore region to start bioterror drill Tuesday

(Maryland Community News Online) Residents of the greater Baltimore region might see local health officials preparing for a major bioterrorist event this week, but have no fear, it’s only a drill. An exercise planned for Tuesday and Wednesday will test the emergency readiness of local health departments by staging a hypothetical outbreak of anthrax and Read More »

May 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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H1N1 discovery paves way for universal flu vaccine: UBC research

(EurekAlert!) University of British Columbia researchers have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations. Each year, seasonal influenza causes serious illnesses in three to five million people and 200,000 to 500,000 deaths. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic killed more than 14,000 people worldwide. Meanwhile, public health Read More »