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Obama Requests $17.7M for FDA Biodefense Site

(Global Security Newswire) The Obama administration on Monday requested a $17.7 million outlay for preparing and performing checks on a U.S. Food and Drug Administration biological defense center planned in Silver Spring, Md., the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported (see GSN, May 4, 2011; Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The  Read More »

Anthrax Outbreak Shows U.K. Unprepared for Possible Attack: News Report

(Global Security Newswire) A 2009 outbreak of anthrax among heroin users in Glasgow, Scotland demonstrated that the United Kingdom is woefully unprepared to deal with a mass disease occurrence that might be caused by an act of biological terrorism, the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported last week. The United Kingdom at the time did  Read More »

New bird flu strain poses serious threat

(Viet Nam News) Viet Nam is considered to be endemically infected with H5N1, with outbreaks detected in poultry in a number of provinces across the country in 2011. Therefore this is not a resurgence of the disease. H5N1 viruses will likely continue to persist and be …

Death-rate row blurs mutant flu debate

(Nature.com) When the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity called for redaction of two papers on mutant strains of H5N1 avian influenza virus, one reason it cited was the high fatality rate of the wild virus1. But some virologists claim that the mortality rate — 59% in officially confirmed cases — has been vastly  Read More »

The Bird Flu Debate: How to Avoid Ruffling Feathers While Still Having a Real …

(Huffington Post) The recent controversy over whether to research and publish data about a human transmissible H5N1 bird flu is disheartening to one who has spent a career advocating policies to promote and protect the public’s health. I am disturbed that so much …

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