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Cuba NewsUS Blockade Prevents Cuba from Fully Implementing Biological Weapons …Cuba NewsUS Blockade Prevents Cuba from Fully Implementing Biological Weapons Convention HAVANA, Cuba, July 18 (ACN) The over-50 year US economic, financial, political and commercial blockade of Cuba is the main obstacle for the island to fully implement …and more »

Moneycontrol.comBird Flu is back in a stronger avataarMoneycontrol.comFirst, two academic groups published their much-debated research about a lab-engineered strain of bird flu (H5N1) that shows how it can acquire the ability to rapidly spread among humans, even though now it only hops from bird to bird. For six months …

Academies Panel Suggests Scaling Down Agro-Defense Laboratory to Reduce …Science AAASEarlier this year, the Obama Administration suspended plans to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) after raising questions about whether the government could afford the $1 billion highly secure laboratory for studying dangerous …

Fed. Panel Supports Kan. Biosecurity Lab ProjectABC NewsA government-backed committee of the National Research Council issued a report Friday saying the United States would have adequate biosecurity protections even if plans for a proposed $1.14 billion lab in Kansas are scaled back. The study was prepared …and more »