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Russia Says One Dead After Anthrax Outbreak in Siberia – Businessweek

euronewsRussia Says One Dead After Anthrax Outbreak in SiberiaBusinessweekThere were at least two other confirmed cases of anthrax infection in the village of Druzhba in the Altai region, state- run Rossiya 24 television reported, citing unidentified officials. The death was reported in a statement today by the Moscow-based …Deadly anthrax outbreak in RussiaeuronewsAnthrax Death Reported  Read More »

Biowatch: Chinese firm taps Rockville biotech for vaccine technology

(Gazette) Rockville biotech Fina Biosolutions is licensing its conjugate vaccine technology to a Chinese company that plans to develop and manufacture pneumonia vaccines. Fina will receive from Chengdu Institute of Biological Products up to $850,000 in upfront and milestone payments, plus sales royalties if the vaccine is commercialized, according to Viqar Aslam, a Fina spokesman.  Read More »

Bird Flu Outbreak? The Vaccine (Patch) Is in the Mail

(US News) If a flu pandemic breaks out, the last thing the government wants is for people to rush to hospitals and doctors’ offices to get vaccinated among lots of already sick people. To prevent such a scenario, a self-administered flu vaccine is being developed that could be mailed out to the masses. The vaccine,  Read More »

Salmonella Linked to Turkey Jerky Sickens 4 in Minnesota

Four cases of Salmonella infection have been linked to turkey jerky produced by a Minnesota company. The Minnesota Department of Health is warning consumers not to eat whole-muscle turkey jerky manufactured by Hoffman Town & Country Meat Market because investigators have linked the product to a cluster of 4 illnesses from the same strain of Salmonella. The  Read More »

Early warnings on BioWatch

(LA Times) Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government’s system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air samplers was first deployed, and 2006, officials at the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory filed  Read More »

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