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Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine developed in US

(BBC News) With the US livestock industry on alert after a diagnosis of “mad cow” disease in California, the BBC has gained rare access to a high-security compound where a vaccine for another deadly animal virus is close to completion. Hijacked planes, dirty bombs and cyber attacks are all terror threats the US takes very  Read More »

The Technology Corner: 3 Companies That Could Eradicate Ebola Virus

(OneMedPlace) To the scientific community, the Ebola virus is one of the most noxious pathogens identified to date. To the general population, the virus is dreadful, made especially frightening in pop culture. In addition to a high mortality rate of approximately 70 percent per case (average)1, the health deterioration caused by an Ebola infection is  Read More »

Navy taking steps against bio weapons

(The Virginian-Pilot) Consider a hypothetical scenario: A foreign enemy launches a biological attack against a U.S. Navy ship passing close to shore, and no one on board sees it happen. How long before the crew knows something is wrong? A decade ago, the answer would have been when people started getting sick, and as recently  Read More »

Potential vaccine carrier may give stockpiling efforts a shot in the arm

(ScienceDaily) A researcher at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)/San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) presented findings this week on a new potential vaccine carrier that he hopes will extend the shelf life of and aid in the stockpiling of critical vaccines. U.S. Army Maj. Jean M. Muderhwa presented findings April 22, at the Experimental  Read More »

Control on Bulgarian-Turkish border will be stepped up: agriculture minister

(Focus News) Tsarevo – Control on the Bulgarian-Turkish border will be stepped up after the Bulgarian government cancelled the construction of a facility against the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov said in the southeastern town of Tsarevo, cited by FOCUS – Burgas Radio. Both vets and forestry  Read More »

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