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FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Vietnam, H5N1 research advisory

(CIDRAP) Vietnam today reported its second death from H5N1 avian flu this year, after confirming no cases of the disease for almost 2 years, according to a report from Tuoi Tre News. Ministry of Health officials confirmed that a 26-year-old woman from Soc Trang …

TGen-NAU professor leads national panel in precedent-setting policy published in Science and Nature

(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity today published a precedent-setting policy statement warning about the “unusually high magnitude” risk from unrestricted publication of avian flu research.

Recommendation to censor bird flu research driven by fears of terrorism

(Washington Post) Citing fears of an “unimaginable catastrophe,” a government-appointed board on Tuesday explained why it recently recommended censoring details of new research on deadly H5N1, or avian, influenza. “Our concern is that publishing these experiments in …

Policy: Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern

(Nature.com) Members of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explain its recommendations on the communication of experimental work on H5N1 influenza. We are in the midst of a revolutionary period in the life sciences.

NSABB: Studies show how H5N1 can jump natural barrier

(CIDRAP News) The core of a US biosecurity advisory board’s concern about two controversial, as-yet-unpublished studies on H5N1 viruses is that the studies have shown how to remove the apparent natural barrier that keeps the viruses from …<

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