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Hawaii Senate Committees Hear Then Kill GMO Labeling Bill

(FoodSafetyNews) Three committees of the Hawaii Senate Thursday heard the House proposal to require labels on genetically modified food produced outside the state, and then they voted to table the bill for the current legislative session, effectively killing the bill. Once again. Just two days earlier, House Bill (HB) 174 was considered dead after the Read More »

March 22, 2013
| Filed under North America and Policy & Initiatives
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Senate Approves Measure to Avoid Meat Inspector Furloughs

(FoodSafetyNews) The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to avoid meat inspector furloughs that were slated to occur under the current across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester.

March 21, 2013
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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The Future of the U.S.-South Africa HIV/AIDS Partnership

(CSIS) South Africa has the highest burden of HIV/AIDS in the world, with 5.6 million people living with the virus and over 400,000 newly infected annually. Since 2004, the U.S. government has committed more than $4 billion to combating HIV/AIDS in South Africa—the largest U.S. investment in HIV/AIDS worldwide. Continued progress in controlling HIV/AIDS in Read More »

March 15, 2013
| Filed under Africa, North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Aeolus Provides Investor Update on Passage of Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2013

(Marketwire) Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: AOLS), a biotechnology company leveraging significant government funding to develop a platform of novel compounds to protect against radiological and chemical threats and for use in oncology, provided an update to investors on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA). The bill was signed into law today Read More »

March 14, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Policy & Initiatives
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Obama Signs Pandemics and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2013

The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) of 2013 was signed into law yesterday by President Barack Obama. The legislation reauthorizes provisions of the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 and the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) of 2006 … Continue reading →