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Scientists Debate How To Conduct Bird Flu Research

(NPR)(Audio) This time around, fears revolve around experiments on the bird flu virus H5N1. Scientists tweaked its genes and made it more transmissible between ferrets, which are the laboratory stand-in for people. Some experts fear that if this virus ever escaped …

Forum: H5N1 research tussle shows need for clear policies

(CIDRAP News) The acute need for clearer policies concerning the handling of potentially risky life-sciences research was the main theme that came across today in a Harvard forum on the controversy over studies on H5N1 avian influenza …

H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought — Or Not

(Huffington Post) A simple math problem lies at the heart of a heated debate over whether scientists should be allowed to publish provocative research into the transmissibility of H5N1 flu. Assuming the avian virus could spread easily among people, …<

Planned Kansas Biodefense Laboratory Over the Rainbow?

(Science Now) Four years ago, scientists and lawmakers in Kansas rejoiced when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had chosen Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for a new $650 million federal lab to replace the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the country’s premier veterinary research facility off the coast of  Read More »

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Vietnam, Nepal; Hong Kong swine flu hybrids; FDA in China …

(CIDRAP) Vietnam and Nepal have each had several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in poultry and wild birds, according to recent reports filed with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In Vietnam, officials confirmed four outbreaks in …

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