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Scientists report major advance in the treatment of Hendra virus

(Boston University Medical Center) A collaborative research team from Boston University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Galveston National Laboratory, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, and the National Cancer Institute, reports a breakthrough Read More »

October 20, 2011
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH before the US Senate

(DHS) Ten years after anthrax was mailed to members of the US Congress and to media organizations, dozens of policy, intelligence, and technical reports have affirmed the viability of terrorist groups using biological weapons to cause death, suffering, …

October 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Tracking diseases from anthrax to cholera

(Science News) And some wondered whether the new cases could be linked to 1950s-era government biological weapons testing on the Scottish island of Gruinard. Comparing the strain found in the heroin users to the Arizona anthrax library revealed that it was very …

October 17, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, International, Public Health, and Research
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Video: The Anthrax Files

(ProPublica) This story is a joint project with ProPublica, PBS Frontline and McClatchy. The story will air on Frontline on Oct. 11. Check local listings. WASHINGTON – Months after the anthrax mailings that terrorized the nation in 2001, and long before he became the prime suspect, Army biologist Bruce Ivins sent his superiors an email Read More »

October 12, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Public Health
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IOM spells out antibiotics strategy in an anthrax attack

(American Medical News) To prepare for a potential wide-scale anthrax attack, state and local health officials should determine how antibiotics should best be stored in their communities. One approach may be to dispense antibiotics to first responders, physicians and other …