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Researcher Pushes Forward With Issuing Bird Flu Paper

The head of a team of scientists in the Netherlands that produced a more transmissible version of the avian influenza virus intends to forgo seeking export authorization from the Dutch government before publishing a research paper on the findings, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Tuesday (see GSN, April 11). Researchers  Read More »

White House Responds to Congressman’s Questions About H5N1 Flu Papers

(Science AAAS) White House science adviser John Holdren has replied to questions asked last month by Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) about how the Obama Adminstration has handled the controversy surrounding two studies that showed how to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible between mammals. On 1 March, Sensenbrenner—a former head of the House of  Read More »

Flu Review Criticized

(Scientist) The process leading to the US biosecurity board recommending full publication of two controversial H5N1 flu papers has been criticized by a board member in a letter sent to the National Institutes of Health last week (April 12). Influenza epidemiologist Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, outlined his criticisms to Amy  Read More »

NSABB wants clarifications in Fouchier’s H5N1 manuscript

(CIDRAP News) The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) says in a new report that one of two controversial H5N1 avian flu studies needs some clarifications before publication and that some additional information the board heard from the lead author should not be included in the paper. Over the weekend the NSABB released  Read More »

Chem-bio terrorist attacks a supplanted fad, says analysis

(Fierce Homeland Security) Terrorist attempts to launch chemical-biological based attacks on public transportation were a fad supplanted by a more realistic return to explosives in the latter part of the last decade, says a new analysis published this month by the Mineta Transportation Institute. The analysis examines 15 failed terrorist plots against public transportation in  Read More »

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