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BioWatch Gen-3 behind schedule

(Fierce Homeland Security) Attempts to create an automated aerosolized biological agent detection system are behind schedule, acknowledged Alexander Garza, the head of the Homeland Security Department’s office of health affairs, during a congressional hearing March 29. “There’s going to be slips in the schedule, and there’s nothing that I can do–that anybody can do–to prevent Read More »

April 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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London prepares for Olympian disease-monitoring task

(Nature News Blog) As the world’s athletes limber up for the forthcoming Olympic games in London, infectious-disease experts are preparing for their own trials. Their competition is with the diseases that millions of athletes, officials, media and spectators bring with them as they converge from across the globe on the UK capital. There is already Read More »

April 4, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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IIL’s Raksha-Ovac becomes Rs 100-cr brand

(Business Standard) Raksha-Ovac is a vaccine that offers protection to cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats against the foot and mouth disease (FMD). Vaccination is the only means to control the FMD, which is identified as an economically-devastating disease of the …

April 4, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Anthrax Kits in 114 Million US Homes Gets FDA Scrutiny

(BusinessWeek) Making anthrax-antidote kits available to the 114 million households in the US in case of a bioterrorism attack may lead to misuse of the medicines and stir up public fears, regulatory advisers said.

April 3, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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FDA Mulls Need for Anthrax Protection Kits

(MedPage Today) WASHINGTON – Should the average household have an emergency supply of antibiotics on hand to protect inhabitants from an anthrax attack? That question will be considered by a joint FDA advisory committee, which will meet Monday to discuss the feasibility of stocking a “personal antibiotic medkit” in homes to be used if terrorists Read More »