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Anthrax jabs stockpiled in biological terrorism alert

(Evening Standard) Britain is building up stocks of vaccine to cope with an anthrax attack at the Olympics, the Standard can reveal. The Government is replenishing its anthrax jabs stockpile in time for April to safeguard the 2012 Games as part of London’s biggest security operation. The supply of inoculations to combat anthrax poisoning to  Read More »

Professor defends safety of UW’s bird flu research

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) The professor who oversees biosafety for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s controversial avian influenza research responded Monday to mounting criticism about the necessity and safety of the research, saying “ongoing research with H5N1 remains salient.” The research is “society’s best defense against a pathogen that has shown time and time again that, in  Read More »

Federal government approved security at UW bird flu lab

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ) Avian influenza, or bird flu as it is commonly called, could become deadlier than smallpox before that disease was eradicated, critics contend. The New York Times in an editorial Sunday called for the H5N1 influenza virus created in the Netherlands to …

As a biological weapon, H5N1 is for the birds

(Reuters Blogs) With Pentagon support, President Richard M. Nixon scuttled the entire US bio-war program, after which the Soviets mounted a huge, expensive effort that accidentally killed almost 70 civilians via an anthrax leak in 1979. An embattled cult in Oregon …

Mayor Menino to lead tour of controversial BU biolab in South End

(Boston.com) In August, BU sought a waiver from the state to proceed with research on the less hazardous materials in a biosafety level-2 lab in a section of the facility. The university plans to eventually use about 16 percent of the building as a biosafety …

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