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Could Bird Flu Be a Weapon? Dutch Law May Keep Flu Research Bottled Up

(Discover Magazine) But in a new, international twist, one of the papers is encountering another obstacle: NPR reported that the Netherlands-based team behind one of the studies is being stifled by Dutch law, which limits the export of technology that could be weaponized. So now there are two main questions about whether the flu research  Read More »

Govt takes preventive steps against ‘foot and mouth disease’

(Financial Express Bangladesh) The government has, for the first time, decided to introduce ‘special zoning system’ to fight ‘foot and mouth disease’ (FMD) in cows and help boost the country’s export of beef, officials told the FE. The country’s export promotion office along with other relevant government agencies took a decision to this effect as  Read More »

Scientist Blasts Feds on Bird Flu Briefing

(Global Security Newswire) A member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has suggested that a federal agency rigged the panel’s deliberations on two avian influenza virus studies last month so that the group would endorse unredacted release of the research, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Friday. The board  Read More »

Expert slams process for releasing bird flu studies; ‘kicked can down the road’

(Winnipeg Free Press) A member of the U.S. biosecurity panel that recently lifted its objections to the publication of two controversial bird flu studies has slammed the way the decision was reached, saying the meeting held to reconsider the issue was “one-sided” and designed to produce the eventual outcome. Michael Osterholm, a flu expert and  Read More »

Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo agree to share information on food security

(Yonhap News) South Korea, China and Japan agreed Sunday to share information on food security and to enhance their trade of agricultural products. The agreement was made at a trilateral meeting on the southern resort island of Jeju attended by agriculture ministers of the three neighboring Northeast Asia countries, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry  Read More »

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