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HHS creates new centers to develop, manufacture medical countermeasures

(HHS News) Centers are first major U.S. domestic infrastructure to address biodefense threats and pandemic influenza. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today established three new centers to develop and manufacture medical countermeasures, such as vaccines and medicines used to protect health in emergencies, and can transition quickly and cost effectively between products.  Read More »

Report doubts low-risk view of Kan. biohazard lab

(Wall Street Journal) TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials pressed the federal government Friday to move ahead with construction of a new biosecurity lab near Kansas State University, even though a new, independent report suggested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security still doesn’t have a good assessment of how safely it could operate. The congressionally  Read More »

US universities should be a leaner research machine, say National Academies

(Nature News Blog) America’s research universities need to give more bang for their buck. So says a report released today by the US National Academies that suggests they take steps to become more efficient and productive, such as streamlining laboratories. The long-awaited 228-page report, Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital  Read More »

Risk assessment of US agro-biosafety lab found wanting

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US government faulted over risk of pathogens escaping lab

(Reuters) The Department of Homeland Security underestimates the risk that human error could allow pathogens to escape from a proposed $1 billion lab designed to study lethal animal-borne diseases, a U.S. advisory panel warned on Friday. The department’s risk assessment was “overly optimistic” about the chances of mistakes leading to a release of infectious material  Read More »

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