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H5N1 Researcher to Defy Dutch Gov’t?

(Scientist) A virologist at the center of the avian flu research controversy says he’ll publish without government permits. Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, who last September announced the creation of a mutant version of the H5N1 avian flu virus transmissible between ferrets, says that he is prepared to defy the Dutch  Read More »

Penniless Bulgaria to Give Up Building Turkish Border FMD Fence

(Novinite.com) Bulgaria’s government will reverse its decision to build a fence along its border with Turkey, a measure which was supposed to tackle the infiltration of foot-and-mouth disease-infected animals. This has been announced Tuesday night by the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, ahead of the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet on  Read More »

White House Responds to Congressman’s Questions About H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science AAAS) White House science adviser John Holdren has replied to questions asked last month by Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) about how the Obama Adminstration has handled the controversy surrounding two studies that showed how to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible between mammals. On 1 March, Sensenbrenner—a former head of the House of  Read More »

Flu Review Criticized

(Scientist) The process leading to the US biosecurity board recommending full publication of two controversial H5N1 flu papers has been criticized by a board member in a letter sent to the National Institutes of Health last week (April 12). Influenza epidemiologist Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, outlined his criticisms to Amy  Read More »

NSABB wants clarifications in Fouchier’s H5N1 manuscript

(CIDRAP News) The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) says in a new report that one of two controversial H5N1 avian flu studies needs some clarifications before publication and that some additional information the board heard from the lead author should not be included in the paper. Over the weekend the NSABB released  Read More »

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