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BARDA Public Health and Medical Consequence Modeling Network

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency Division of Analytic Decision Support (BARDA/ADS) is seeking tools to support decision-making against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threat agents, pandemic influenza, and emerging infectious diseases. The solicitation calls for visual … Continue reading →

April 11, 2013
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Briefing on H7N9 Avian Flu – China – Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Daily PostBriefing on H7N9 Avian Flu – ChinaLos Alamos Daily PostUSDA is developing joint biosafety guidance with CDC addressing issues associated with importation or synthesis of H7N9; the guidance is due to be published by April 10. USDA and CDC guidance will require laboratories working on H7N9 to adopt …and more »

April 11, 2013
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H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak in China Gets Attention in the States

(FoodSafetyNews) There have been a few signs this week that state health departments are beginning to prepare for the still unlikely event of China’s expanding outbreak of H7N9 bird flu reaching the United States. The Maine Public Health Alert Network System was used Tuesday to get the word out to local health officials, labs, emergency Read More »

April 10, 2013
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CDC Fights Plague in Uganda With Eye on Bioterror Threat

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work to fight plague outbreaks in Uganda could serve to protect the United States from a biological attack involving the bacteria, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. There are on average five incidence of plague annually in the United States, while 1,287 apparent infections have been counted Read More »

April 10, 2013
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Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa Rica – GlobalPost

Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa RicaGlobalPostThe illness can be fatal, developing into hemorrhagic fever which can lead to shock and internal bleeding. mb/sg/dw. Copyright AFP, 2013. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130410/dengue-fever-outbreak-hits-costa-rica. Business · Education …