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Animal Disease Research Misses the Human Perspective, Say Researchers

(Science Daily) Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behaviour of micro organisms while ignoring the role played by human beings; we need to take more account of the human dimension if the work of scientists is to be translated effectively into policy, according to scientists at Lancaster and Liverpool universities. The interdisciplinary project,  Read More »

Congress considering biodefense measure

(Homeland Security NewsWire) H.R. 2356, the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011, will soon be debated before four different House committees, before going to the Senate to be debated further – all this four years after a congressionally mandated commission defined bioterrorism as a grave threat to the United States; critics charge that the  Read More »

Guard’s WMD Civil Support Teams Can Respond Faster Than Other Federal Assets

(HSToday) The National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) are known as some of the most effective first responders when it comes to a potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or enhanced improvised explosive (CBRNE) event. Since 2001, CSTs have served as full-time, federally funded National Guard units supporting local civil authorities in  Read More »

Tool Could Aid in Prioritizing Vaccine Preparation

(Global Security Newswire) A computer program unveiled on Thursday by the U.S. National Academies’ Institute of Medicine includes a formula that could be used by official planners and others in choosing possible future vaccines to pursue through unilateral and multilateral initiatives, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported. The institute created the system  Read More »

Egypt’s Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietely Ravaging Public Health

(The Atlantic) A combination of avian flu and foot and mouth disease risk destroying the protein supply, eroding public trust, and further destabilizing the Arab world’s most populous country. Lost in the recent political jockeying and protest violence leading up to Egypt’s May 23 presidential elections is the unfolding public health disaster there. Avian flu  Read More »

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