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The David J. Sencer CDC Museum presents a look back at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s collaboration with NASA during the 1960’s space program presented by Dr. Walter Dowdle, former CDC Deputy Director. A second presentation will be given by Dr. Tara Ruttley, Associate Program Scientist for the International Space Station, on scientific  Read More »

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum presents a look back at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s collaboration with NASA during the 1960’s space program presented by Dr. Walter Dowdle, former CDC Deputy Director. A second presentation will be given by Dr. Tara Ruttley, Associate Program Scientist for the International Space Station, on scientific  Read More »

San Francisco Chronicle2014 Budget Request: NBAFFierce Homeland SecurityThe National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kan., would receive $714 million under the fiscal 2014 budget proposal the Obama administration sent to Congress on April 10. The administration also calls on the state government of Kansas to …Construction on National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to resumeKansas  Read More »

(University of California – Berkeley) The best therapy today for malaria is a drug combination that includes a derivative of artemisinin, now solely available from plants grown in Asia and Africa. On Apr. 11, Sanofi will launch the first semi-synthetic version of artemisinin, derived from yeast developed by biotech company Amyris from discoveries in the  Read More »

War With North Korea Smallpox and Bioweapons Are the Real Threat Not NukesPolicyMicThe good news is, despite threats last week that American targets would be "reduced to ashes and flames the moment the first attack is unleashed," it is doubtful that North Korea can strike the United States with a missile. We should be safe  Read More »