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India Opens Chem-Bio Defense Site

(Global Security Newswire) India’s Defense Research and Development Organization on Friday formally opened an advanced “chem-bio sensor facility”. The new facility is a component of the Defense Research and Development Establishment in the city of Gwalior. The site is “engaged in the development of state of the art products and technologies for chemical and biological Read More »

May 31, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Questions Persist Over Biodefense Board’s Review of Bird Flu Research

(Global Security Newswire) A U.S. biodefense panel’s 2011 recommendation to withhold certain details from two avian influenza virus studies and its subsequent reversal of that call have prompted questions among participants and other experts over the board’s readiness to advise on future research with possible biological weapons applications, the journal Nature reported last week.

May 31, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biological Weapons, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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FMD vaccinations no longer ‘last resort’

(Stock and Land) THE Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has developed a national policy for vaccination against foot–and–mouth disease (FMD), boosting Australia’s preparedness against the disease. DAFF Deputy Secretary, Rona Mellor, said vaccination is increasingly being recognised as an important part of controlling an outbreak of FMD.

May 31, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Anthrax vaccine – To the victor, the spoils

(Scientific American) In my last post, we began to play “Follow the Money” to better understand the history of the anthrax vaccine and the current proposal to test the vaccine on children. Conflicts of Interest-Case Study: Major issues with the anthrax vaccine include safety, conflicts of interest and the lobbying power of the drug developer. Read More »

May 31, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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£38M Investment to Protect UK Livestock

(ThePoultrySite.com) UK – The Institute for Animal Health (IAH) has been awarded £38M of strategic investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This investment will enable the Institute to maintain its status as a world-leading centre for virology doing work that protects livestock from economically important diseases such as foot-and-mouth, bluetongue, and Read More »