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New WMD Response Center Planned in India

(Global Security Newswire) The Indian government has approved the establishment of a new education center in Panipat in Haryana state that will be used to prepare military personnel and civilians to respond to potential weapons of mass destruction attacks, the Press Trust of India reported on Thursday.

February 21, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Biological Weapons, and Public Health
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Funding Constraints Will Greatly Impact Public Health Readiness

(Emergency Management) Anthrax. Pandemics. Food poisonings. All of the aforementioned are the bailiwick of public health preparedness programs across the United States. Programs implemented by public health preparedness programs since 2001 include: the development of various …

February 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Vietnam may begin producing H5N1 vaccines for humans next year

(Jakarta Post) Vietnam may begin producing bird flu vaccines for humans next year, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology’s director Nguyen Tran Hien. The institute, which started researching development of the vaccine in 2005, …

February 17, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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Major Hurdles Remain for Biothreat Detection Project, Experts Say

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Homeland Security Department still must contend with significant hurdles in establishing a federal system for tracking potential biological health dangers to people and animals, a working group of experts concluded in assertions reported on Tuesday by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The National Biosurveillance Integration System still Read More »

February 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Bill Would Extend State Oversight to Maryland Disease Laboratories

(Global Security Newswire) A bill submitted by a Maryland lawmaker this month would require official state certification and oversight of nongovernmental disease research facilities, the Fredrick News-Post reported on Wednesday. The proposal, put forward by state Senator Ron Young, would charge the Maryland Health and Mental Hygiene Department with certifying and watching over any new Read More »