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Senators Introduce Bill to Prepare Nation for the Threat of Pandemics

(PoliticalNews.me) … “This reauthorization builds on a record of bipartisan cooperation that has strengthened our ability to respond to medical and public health emergencies over the past decade,” said Harkin, who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “Applying lessons we’ve learned during the past few years, this bill enhances existing  Read More »

Obama Rationale for Smallpox Drug Contract Called Into Question

(GSN Daily News) The Obama administration’s decision to award a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to manufacture a smallpox antiviral of questionable efficacy has been called into question, particularly because a principal shareholder in the contracting firm is a longtime campaign donor, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday (see GSN, June 28).  Read More »

54th ABSA International Conference

(Associated Press of Pakistan) The event was attended by more than 500 Biosafety experts from more than 20 countries including Pakistan. Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Karachi and Chairperson of BioSafety Association of Pakistan, who attended …

No end to bio-chemical weaponry

(Financial Express Bangladesh) Russia also went ahead to become one of the sponsors of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention which bars the possession and production of weapons designed to unleash deadly bacteria, viruses, fungi or toxins. But is it working at all ? …

We Are Still Not Ready

(New York Times) Wil Hylton’s article “How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?” raised important concerns about how hard it is to protect the country from naturally occurring and man-made biological threats. He outlined how the lack of profitability and the bureaucratic …

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