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Biodefense Bill Progresses to House Vote

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday gave voice-vote approval to legislation intended to reauthorize leading U.S. biological defense programs (see GSN, July 27). H.R. 2405 is intended to renew the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, notably the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and Project Bioshield, according to Representative Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). Read More »

August 1, 2011
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Polio Can Be Beaten If U.S. Protects Worldwide Vaccination Efforts

Smallpox, which claimed 2 million lives in 1967, was stamped out by 1980 through an enormous vaccine campaign. Today the world has a shot at a second such triumph, this time over polio. It will take more than good medicine to succeed. …

July 29, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Renewal of 2006 preparedness law advances in US House

CIDRAP – The report for calendar year 2010, released this week, lists the amounts of countermeasures that have been acquired for anthrax, botulinum toxin, smallpox, and radiation exposures. The products are stored in the Strategic National Stockpile.

July 29, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Court Restricts Withdrawal of Anthrax Mailings Statements

A U.S. federal court on Monday required the Justice Department to “show good cause” for its request to withdraw legal statements that appeared to question evidence critical to a federal investigation’s conclusions on the 2001 anthrax mailings, three news organizations said on Wednesday in a collaborative report published by McClatchy Newspapers (see GSN, July 21). Read More »

July 29, 2011
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U.S. House Panel Endorses Biodefense Legislation

A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday endorsed a bill that would reauthorize key federal biodefense programs, including the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and Project Bioshield (see GSN, July 25). The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced it had signed off on the legislation to renew the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Read More »