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Army Seeks Contract Support for Biosurveillance Centers

(Global Biodefense) The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for contract support of Avian Influenza/Pandemic Influenza (AI/IP) and Other Emerging Disease Surveillance at the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) and Department of Defense (DoD) Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS) in Silver Spring, MD. Provision of personnel, facilities, materials, management, preparation, and completion Read More »

May 28, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Kansas to break ground on NBAF project

(CJOnline) After several years of political and fiscal wrangling, Kansas officials are preparing to formally break ground on a new federal biodefense lab in Manhattan. Officials including Gov. Sam Brownback and leaders of Kansas State University will hold a ceremony Tuesday as ground is broken for the lab’s utility plant. It marks the start of Read More »

May 28, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Biosafety, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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New Tools to Hunt New Viruses

(TheNewYorkTimes) A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the SARS family has killed 22 people since it was found on the Arabian Peninsula last summer. In past years, this might have been occasion for panic. Yet chicken and pork sales Read More »

May 28, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Salmonella uses protective switch during infection

(EurekAlert) For the first time, researchers have found a particular kind of molecular switch in the food poisoning bacteria Salmonella Typhimurium under infection-like conditions. This switch, using a process called S-thiolation, appears to be used by the bacteria to respond to changes in the environment during infection and might protect it from harm, researchers report Read More »

May 28, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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Sen. Roberts: NBAF Construction Set To Begin

(KCUR) Senator Pat Roberts’ office says the official groundbreaking for the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will take place next Tuesday, May 28, on the site in Manhattan. The first phase of the project is to construct a utility plant and emergency power capacity dedicated to the top security labs.The $1.2 billion dollar facility Read More »