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Smallpox Virus Kept for Investigations – TopNews United States

French TribuneSmallpox Virus Kept for InvestigationsTopNews United StatesWith a number of speculations regarding the decision on the stocks of the smallpox virus this week, the experts are of the view that one reason for them having kept the virus so far is to meet the regulatory requirements of the World Health Assembly. …WHO to Decide Read More »

May 21, 2011
| Filed under Research
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Lab Samples Of Live Smallpox Should Not Be Destroyed To Ensure Critical …

Medical News Today – In a Comment published Online First by The Lancet to coincide with the World Health Assembly (WHA), scientists appeal to the internationally community not to set an arbitrary date for the destruction of the final smallpox-causing variola virus samples

May 20, 2011
| Filed under Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Secrets of plague unlocked with stunning new imaging techniques

Sandia Labs researchers have developed a super-resolution microscopy technique that is answering long-held questions about exactly how and why a cell’s defenses fail against some invaders, such as plague, while successfully fending off others like E.coli

May 20, 2011
| Filed under North America and Research
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Experimental vaccine halts transmission of Hendra virus

ADELAIDE NOW — A VACCINE for Hendra, the virus that spreads from horses to people, has been developed. The findings of a CSIRO study will be announced in Adelaide today, and are expected to lead to a halt to the Hendra virus which has killed four people and more than 30 horses since it emerged Read More »

May 17, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, and Research
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Anthrax Attack Remains Major National Security Threat

EXAMINER — At the May 13, 2011 House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida) and Ranking member Laura Richardson (D-California) heard a chilling warning from Alexander Garza, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Homeland Security: “The threat of an attack using a biological agent is real Read More »