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New Zealand Opens Advanced Biolab

(Global Security Newswire) A new highly secure biological research laboratory that opened on Monday in Christchurch, New Zealand, will allow the city to analyze anthrax and other disease samples rather than sending them to another jurisdiction, the Press reported. Canterbury Health Laboratories is operating New Zealand’s lone Physical Containment 3-certified hospital laboratory. The new $814,000 Read More »

March 23, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Sharp rise in cases of new strain of whooping cough

(University of New South Wales) Australia’s prolonged whooping cough epidemic has entered a disturbing new phase, with a study showing a new strain or genotype may be responsible for the sharp rise in the number of cases.

March 22, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Public Health, and Research
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Kansas disease center’s funding debated

(American Veterinary Medical Association) … work and the safeguards in place that ensure the work will be done safely.” DHS information indicates the Plum Island facility has biosafety levels 2 and 3 laboratories and that the Kansas facility would include BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 laboratories.

March 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Bavarian Nordic May Seek Government Funding for Anthrax Vaccine

(Bloomberg) The company is using its MVA-BN technology to combine vaccines for anthrax and smallpox and offer protection against two major biological threats. The US National Institutes of Health funded studies of Bavarian Nordic’s Imvamune smallpox vaccine, …

March 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, and Research
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WHO Official Seeks Flu Data Release in Months

(Global Security Newswire) The release of data from two scientific studies that increased the transmissibility of the avian flu virus should take place prior to a second World Health Organization gathering planned within months to address the research, WHO Assistant Director General Keiji Fukuda said in remarks reported by the Canadian Press last week.