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Scientists volley ahead of more dual-use H5N1 debate

(CIDRAP News) As researchers from both sides of the debate over two controversial H5N1 studies weighed in yesterday on full publication versus a more cautionary approach, two US journals said they are developing policies to address any future such instances. Martin Hirsch, MD, editor of the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID), wrote in an editorial  Read More »

How bad could it be?

(CattleNetwork.com) An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United States could shut down beef and pork exports and profoundly disrupt our markets for years. Fortunately, we have not had FMD in this country since 1929, and experts around the country are working to keep it that way. But today, with more international movement  Read More »

Genetic weapons, you say?

(Foreign Policy) In the Russian government lately, there’s been some careless talk about biological weapons. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin published a series of essays about the country’s problems as part of his bid to return to the presidency. The essay on national security, published in Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Feb. 20, argued that Russia needs to  Read More »

Mandela reappointed me: Basson

(Times LIVE) Cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson told a professional conduct committee on Tuesday that president Nelson Mandela had re-appointed him to the SA National Defence Force in 1995 because the United States and British governments regarded him as a threat. Basson was in the witness stand for a second day to fight charges of unethical  Read More »

Egyptian foot and mouth threatens region’s food security

(ABC Online) A new strain of Foot and Mouth Disease, known as SAT2, has broken out in Egypt and is threatening to spread to other areas of northern Africa and the Middle East. Already there are more than 40000 suspected cases of the disease in Egypt …

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