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Africa: Fact Sheet On US Action to Address Global Health Security

(AllAfrica.com) Through fora such as the UN Security Resolution 1540, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States is pursuing a common vision where disease no longer threatens the security and prosperity of …

October 6, 2011
| Filed under Africa, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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BARDA Strategic Plan 2011-2016 Released

Over the last decade, our nation has responded to deliberate biological attacks – the mailing of anthrax-laden letters – and severe naturally occurring disease outbreaks including SARS and the 2009-H1N1 influenza pandemic. On October 4, 2011, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) issued the BARDA Strategic Plan 2011-2016, which articulates the guiding principles, Read More »

October 6, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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U.S. Signs Contract For 44.75M Anthrax Vaccine Doses

Maryland-based biotechnology firm Emergent BioSolutions on Monday said it had received a $1.25 billion contract to provide the U.S. government with 44.75 million doses of an anthrax vaccine (see GSN, June 1). BioThrax is the only anthrax vaccine licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Emergent is proud to be able to contribute to Read More »

October 5, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Researchers from Boston University receive grant to develop improved virus detection system

(Boston University Medical Center) A team of researchers from Boston University’s School of Medicine and College of Engineering have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop a low-cost, multiplexed virus detection platform. Based on technologies developed with seed funding from Boston University’s Photonics Center, the resulting diagnostic platform should Read More »

October 5, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Ten Years After Anthrax Attacks, Public Health Laboratory System Eroding due …

(MarketWatch) SILVER SPRING, MD — On the tenth anniversary of the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11, the US laboratory network that tested over 125000 samples for the deadly bacterium is eroding. Proud of the thorough and …