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Biodefense BAA Supports Adjuvant Development for Emerging Diseases

(Global Biodefense) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation is renewing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) in support of the Adjuvant Development Program to advance novel vaccine adjuvants towards licensure for human use. NIAID supports extramural research to develop new products to protect the public from the Read More »

August 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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Caesar Salad Kits Containing Recalled Cilantro Withdrawn from Market

(Food Safety News) A California-based company is recalling approximately 77,688 pounds of its Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits because they include dressing made with cilantro that was recalled Friday for potential Salmonella contamination. Real Mex Foods of Vernon, CA issued a voluntary recall of the salad kits Thursday after the company was informed by a Read More »

August 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and Public Health
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Researchers uncover how poxviruses such as smallpox evolve rapidly — despite low mutation rates

(EurekAlert) Poxviruses, a group of DNA-containing viruses that includes smallpox, are responsible for a wide range of diseases in humans and animals. They are highly virulent and able to cross species barriers, yet how they do so has been largely a mystery because of their low mutation rates. While smallpox was considered officially eradicated by Read More »

August 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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Ebola Vaccine Might Never Reach Market, Scientists Say

(Global Security Newswire) Ebola specialists are doubtful that a vaccine to protect people against the virus will ever be available on the market, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The virus that causes the hemorrhagic fever is considered a potential bioterror agent. Ebola is lethal in as many as 90 percent of cases, according to the Read More »

August 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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West Nile Virus Death Toll Reaches 16 in Texas

(Global Biodefense) Dallas County officials have declared a state of emergency after the West Nile Virus (WNV) infected at least 190 people, killing 10 in their county, as the nation’s worst outbreak hits Texas. Dallas County Health and Human Services yesterday confirmed the county’s tenth WNV related death in a patient that had been diagnosed Read More »