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Twin Cities medicine-by-mail test called successful

(CIDRAP News) Without any major hitches, mail carriers delivered empty pill bottles and fliers to about 37,000 Twin Cities area homes yesterday to rehearse part of the planned response to an anthrax attack or widespread disease outbreak, according to officials involved in the exercise. Mail trucks hit the streets at 6 o’clock in the morning, Read More »

May 8, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Emergency medical delivery test went well, officials say

(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Sunday’s test of an emergency system for delivering medication to Twin Cities households via the U.S. mail went off without obvious hitches, but it’ll take time to assess it for less obvious problems and barriers, a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health said Sunday evening. Operation Medicine Delivery was the first Read More »

May 7, 2012
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Canadian doctor zeroes in on vaccine for Ebola virus

(Globe and Mail) Gary Kobinger has been chasing vaccines since childhood. Growing up in Quebec City in the early 1990s, he remembers being galvanized to action by documentaries about people infected with HIV-AIDS – back when the illness was still new, mysterious and terrifying. “In my mind, as a teenager, this was unacceptable. So I Read More »

May 7, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Indian University Prepares Anthrax-Fighting Vaccine, Antibodies

(Global Security Newswire) Biological technology specialists at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India are at work on a vaccine and antibodies to prevent or overcome infection by anthrax bacteria, the Times of India reported on Wednesday. Antibodies developed at the institution’s Biotechnology School have been shown to function as intended in animal trials; work on producing Read More »

May 7, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Countermeasures, and Research
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National Biosecurity Training Program Participation Exceeds Expectations

(Farmscape Online) The Canadian Swine Health Board’s biosecurity coordinator for Manitoba reports participation among the province’s pork producers in the National Biosecurity Training Program has exceeded all expectations. The National Biosecurity Training Program is based on the Canadian Swine Health Board’s National Biosecurity Standard and was developed to familiarize Canada’s pork producers with the principles Read More »