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U.S. Asks Biodefense Board to Reassess Bird Flu Data

(Global Security Newswire) Public discussions have exaggerated the transmissibility and threat of an avian flu virus strain modified by scientists in the Netherlands to be more easily passed between mammals, the top researcher behind the effort said on Wednesday. The determination, described by study leader Ron Fouchier at an event in Washington, has resulted in  Read More »

Genetically Altered Bird Flu Virus Not as Dangerous as Believed, Its Maker Asserts

(New York Times) The scientist who made a deadly bird flu virus transmissible in mammals, touching off public fears of a pandemic, said Wednesday that the virus he created was neither as contagious nor as dangerous as people had been led to believe. His new revelations have prompted the United States government to ask that  Read More »

Expert Panel To Give Controversial Bird Flu Research A Second Look

AUDIO (North Country Public Radio) An expert panel that advises the government on biosafety in research had earlier said the findings should not be published, fearing the data could fall in the wrong hands. One week after saying “you’ll have to ask President Obama” when asked if he …

$600M research building at Fort Detrick tabled

(Maryland Community News Online) The lab is supposed to be part of the Interagency Biodefense Campus at the fort. The campus includes: the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; the Department of Homeland Security’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures …

With new data, NSABB may revisit H5N1 studies

(CIDRAP News) The mutant H5N1 virus generated in one of two controversial studies was less lethal and contagious than has been generally understood, and the US government’s biosecurity advisory committee will be asked to examine new and …

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