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Chile hosts OAS’ first mock bioterrorism attack

(Santiago Times) Tuesday morning marked the beginning of a mock bioterrorist attack in Chile run by the Organization of American States (OAS). The exercise is being funded by Canada. Chile was chosen as the location for the first mock bioterrorist attack due to the …

October 28, 2011
| Filed under North America, South America, Bioterrorism, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Pakistan Updates Bio, Nuke Export Control Lists

Pakistan said this week it has updated its lists of export restrictions intended to deter the proliferation of biological and nuclear weapons and their means of delivery (see GSN, July 15). (GSN Daily News) A press release from the Pakistani Foreign Affairs Ministry does not provide details on the revisions to the lists of controlled Read More »

October 24, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Scientists report major advance in the treatment of Hendra virus

(Boston University Medical Center) A collaborative research team from Boston University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Galveston National Laboratory, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, and the National Cancer Institute, reports a breakthrough Read More »

October 20, 2011
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH before the US Senate

(DHS) Ten years after anthrax was mailed to members of the US Congress and to media organizations, dozens of policy, intelligence, and technical reports have affirmed the viability of terrorist groups using biological weapons to cause death, suffering, …

October 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Tracking diseases from anthrax to cholera

(Science News) And some wondered whether the new cases could be linked to 1950s-era government biological weapons testing on the Scottish island of Gruinard. Comparing the strain found in the heroin users to the Arizona anthrax library revealed that it was very …