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MBTA to run bioterrorism tests in subway tunnels during summer 2012

(My Fox Boston) BOSTON – Homeland Security agents plan to run a terror test on the MBTA by releasing bacteria into local subway tunnels. The test will check if new safety sensors are working, but will the move put riders at risk? Several sensors designed to sniff out airborne attacks on the “T” have already Read More »

May 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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US Army Contracts for Infectious Disease Research in Thailand

(Global Biodefense) The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) has announced its intent to award two contracts under a sole-source basis to support research activities in Thailand. The first contract is for collaborative influenza surveillance studies with Phramongkutkloa Hospital in Bangok under Solicitation Number: W81XWH12T0227.

May 1, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Coping With An Anthrax Attack: What Would A City Do?

(Annenberg Digital News) Using Seattle as a focal point, University of Southern California researchers at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) assessed the some of the consequences of a large-scale anthrax attack. Various visual scenarios examined psychological and economic impacts of hundreds of Seattle residents who participated in the study. Read More »

April 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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New report finds that the US government is the largest funder of global health R&D worldwide

(Burness Communications) A new report that the United States government is the largest funder of global health research and development in the world, investing $12.7 billion over the past 10 years in the creation of new vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other products for neglected diseases of the developing world. That funding, according to the report, Read More »

April 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Zombie Outbreak Target of Mock URI Clinic

(Patch.com) The mock distribution clinic is the brainchild of Jeffrey Bratberg, URI clinical associate professor of pharmacy and an expert on bioterrorism, pandemics and natural disasters who serves on the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, which completed two tours of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.