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H5N1: Bungling dual-use governance

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Recent months have seen an increasingly confusing debate about new research on the adaptability and transmissibility of avian influenza A/H5N1, which was undertaken by groups in the Netherlands and the United States. Both studies were funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and research results were sent for  Read More »

H5N1 surveillance: Shift expertise to where it matters

(Nature.com) Tools and training for responding to diseases such as avian flu must relocate to countries where infections are most likely to emerge, says Jeremy Farrar. Every day on my way to the hospital, I pass streets lined with poultry. The birds disappeared a few years ago, but have gradually returned. This would be of  Read More »

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 »

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 »

EGYPT: Livestock disease puts livelihoods, food security at risk

(IRIN) A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease in Egypt has killed several thousand livestock, put farmers’ livelihoods at risk and could threaten regional food security, say local and international experts.

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