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(KCUR) Reporters this week got an inside look into the deliberations the National Research Council (NRC) is having while studying plans for the controversial bio-defense facility proposed for the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, Kan. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) is currently under review by oversight agencies. A special NRC committee held  Read More »

White supremacists trained with AK-47s, planned for ‘inevitable’ race war … – Chicago Tribune

Chicago TribuneWhite supremacists trained with AK-47s, planned for 'inevitable' race war …Chicago TribuneThey also discussed manufacturing ricin, the affidavit says, a deadly poison "which is categorized as a Weapon of Mass Destruction." Faella, his wife, Patricia, and at least six others have been arrested since Friday on several charges, …and more »

Black Plaques App Takes You On A Tour Of London’s Darker Side [Review] – Cult of Mac

Black Plaques App Takes You On A Tour Of London's Darker Side [Review]Cult of MacThe one about the Bulgarian defector who was poisoned by ricin on Waterloo Bridge. Or the one about the 19th century suicide who was buried face-down in the middle of the street with a wooden stake through his heart. Or dozens  Read More »

Canadian doctor zeroes in on vaccine for Ebola virus

(Globe and Mail) Gary Kobinger has been chasing vaccines since childhood. Growing up in Quebec City in the early 1990s, he remembers being galvanized to action by documentaries about people infected with HIV-AIDS – back when the illness was still new, mysterious and terrifying. “In my mind, as a teenager, this was unacceptable. So I  Read More »

SF Lab Reviews Safety After Lab Worker Dies

(NBC Bay Area) Lab workers at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs medical center will be urged to get vaccinations for the diseases they study as a precaution as investigators continue looking into a researcher’s death after he handled a rare strain of bacteria, officials said Thursday. Richard Din, the meningitis research associate who died Saturday  Read More »

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