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Predicting hotspots for future flu outbreaks

(EurekAlert) This year’s unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues are creating new ways to predict where an outbreak could emerge. “Using surveillance of influenza cases in humans and birds, Read More »

March 15, 2013
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US intel: Syrian bioweapons program has moved beyond R&D – World Tribune

World TribuneUS intel: Syrian bioweapons program has moved beyond R&DWorld TribuneOfficials said the Assad regime was working to use missiles and artillery that could contain both chemical weapons and biological weapons. They said Syria was believed to have been aided by such allies as Iran and North Korea. “Syria is not known to …

March 15, 2013
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Threatwatch: The cost of drugs for a dead disease – New Scientist

Smithsonian Threatwatch: The cost of drugs for a dead diseaseNew ScientistYet the cost is modest for a new, patented antiviral drug, says Rose, and is precisely why the funding programme, called Project BioShield, was set up – and renewed, for $2.8 billion, this month. It isn't all for hypothetical bioterror threats. The …U.S. stockpiling smallpox Read More »

March 15, 2013
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Threatwatch: The cost of drugs for a dead disease – New Scientist

March 15, 2013
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Third anthrax scare: Letter containing white powder found at FBI headquarters – Examiner.com

Examiner.comThird anthrax scare: Letter containing white powder found at FBI headquartersExaminer.comThe third letter containing a mysterious white powder has been found at the FBI headquarters in Oklahoma City. According to a March 14 report by KWTV Channel 9 News in Oklahoma City, the call, alerting authorities to the white powder, possibly anthrax, …