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Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study

(NPR blog) A Dutch virologist is considering his full range of legal options if his government refuses to lift the restrictions it has put on his controversial bird flu research, and matters could quickly come to a head after a meeting next Monday that will be attended by U. S. observers. The meeting will come Read More »

April 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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BREAKING: US Accepts NSABB Recommendation to Publish H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science AAAS) The United States government has formally accepted a recommendation from a biosecurity advisory board to publish two controversial studies of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, moving the pair of papers another step closer to publication. The announcement came today in a statement from Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, Read More »

April 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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DHS Faces Research and Development Challenges Internally and Externally

(HSToday) In today’s fiscally constrained environment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is assessing the best use of its money for research and development projects both inside and outside of the department. To that end, DHS has been careful to make certain it is investing wisely in its internal laboratories while relying on outside facilities Read More »

April 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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U.S. Navy Upgrades Ships’ Bio, Chem Detectors

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Navy intends four years from now to have installed on close to half of its ships fast-acting systems to detect and analyze potential biological warfare materials, the Virginian-Pilot reported on Thursday. The technology is already being placed on ships in San Diego and Norfolk, Va. Roughly 130 ships would as Read More »

April 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
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The Toccoa Record – Toccoa Record

The Toccoa RecordToccoa Record“About the ricin, that's the most outlandish thing I've ever heard in my life,” she added. “Dan knew nothing about that,” Margaret said, insisting that it was Sims who approached defendant Crump regarding ricin production, not Roberts.