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H5N1 Answers Wanted

(The Biological SCENE) Last week saw more questions and, maybe, a few answers about the drawn-out controversy over recent H5N1 avian flu research. After exchanges of letters and a congressional hearing, cooler heads seemed to prevail with signs of a consensus among stakeholders. The week began with an April 23 letter from Rep. F. James  Read More »

Top DHS Official Defends Kansas Biodefense Lab

(Global Security Newswire) A top U.S. Homeland Security official this month defended plans to build a massive state-of-the-art biodefense complex in Kansas even as she recognized the enormous expense of the project posed serious problems for the federal government at a time of wide-ranging cutbacks, Harvest Public Media reported on Tuesday. The envisioned National Bio and  Read More »

Cowpox infection in US lab worker called a first

(CIDRAP News) A US laboratory worker contracted a painful, slow-healing cowpox virus infection on the job in 2010, marking the first such case reported in the United States, though the virus, a relative of smallpox, is known in Europe and Russia, according to a study published yesterday. The infected researcher had not worked with cowpox  Read More »

Dutch officials approve publication of Fouchier’s H5N1 study

(CIDRAP News) The Dutch government has granted virologist Ron Fouchier, PhD, an export license that allows him to submit his much-debated H5N1 transmissibility paper to Science, according to a ScienceInsider report published today. “Now we can move on,” Fouchier told ScienceInsider. His report details how he and his colleagues developed an H5N1 virus capable of  Read More »

Board on Life Sciences of the U.S. National Academies announces new biosecurity website

(The National Academies) The Board on Life Sciences of the U.S. National Academies is pleased to announce the creation of a new website on biosecurity. The site brings together information and resources from across the National Academies on biosecurity, biodefense, relevant aspects of public health, and discussions of the relationship between science and security. Along  Read More »

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