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UW bird flu research seen as bioterror threat

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) His work and similar research independently done by a Dutch scientist have raised concerns in science journals and on an NBC News report that aired Thursday night that touched on such controversial issues as bioterrorism and scientific freedom. …

December 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Emory and US CDC partner to continue building global public health network with $6 million grant

(Emory University) Emory University’s Global Health Institute has received a three-year, $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop a model for strengthening national public health institutes (NPHIs) globally. The grant will build upon a previous foundation grant to the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), which since Read More »

December 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Defence against bioweapons demands more action

(New Scientist) Since the previous five-yearly review conference in 2006, parties to the convention have been discussing and promoting biosafety and biosecurity, promoting oversight of dual-use biological research and working on raising awareness among scientists and …

December 16, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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Africa and the Convention Banning Biological and Toxin Weapons

(AllAfrica.com) Africa is also the region where more could, and should, be done with regard to improving scientific research and diagnostic facilities and where biosafety measures remain insufficient and under-resourced. The establishment, as announced by South Africa during the 2009 Meeting of States Parties to the BTWC, of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Read More »

December 14, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Pentagon Analyzing Chem, Bio Defense Programs

(GSN Daily News) The U.S. Defense Department in August initiated a “strategic review and analysis” of its defense operations against biological and chemical weapons threats, Defense News quoted a high-level Pentagon official as saying on Thursday (see GSN, Sept. 29, 2010). “We needed to relook the whole” of the department’s activities on biological and chemical Read More »