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Drug Helps Beat Ebola Infection if Given Within 48 Hours, Report Says

(Global Security Newswire) An experimental Ebola countermeasure is said to be effective if used within two days of exposure to the virus, a significant step over prior drugs requiring administration within 30 minutes, the Ottawa Citizen reported on Thursday. The medicine functions by hindering Ebola's progression, providing the body a longer period to neutralize the  Read More »

US universities should be a leaner research machine, say National Academies

(Nature News Blog) America’s research universities need to give more bang for their buck. So says a report released today by the US National Academies that suggests they take steps to become more efficient and productive, such as streamlining laboratories. The long-awaited 228-page report, Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital  Read More »

Risk assessment of US agro-biosafety lab found wanting

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US government faulted over risk of pathogens escaping lab

(Reuters) The Department of Homeland Security underestimates the risk that human error could allow pathogens to escape from a proposed $1 billion lab designed to study lethal animal-borne diseases, a U.S. advisory panel warned on Friday. The department’s risk assessment was “overly optimistic” about the chances of mistakes leading to a release of infectious material  Read More »

1962 south Wales smallpox outbreak memories recorded

(BBC News) An online archive has been launched which details the stories of people affected by a smallpox outbreak in south Wales in 1962. Some 19 people died and 900,000 were vaccinated after a traveller from Pakistan arrived in Cardiff and was diagnosed with the disease. Fifty years on, a University of Glamorgan lecturer has  Read More »

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