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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, …

March 14, 2013
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Researchers advance fight against leading infectious cause of congenital birth defects

(EurekAlert) A virus most people probably have never heard of, but that the majority of us carry, is the No. 1 infectious cause of congenital birth defects in the U.S. today. Because of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during in utero development, 1 in 750 children are born with or develop permanent disabilities such as hearing loss Read More »

March 14, 2013
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The Future of the U.S.–South Africa HIV/AIDS Partnership

South Africa has the highest burden of HIV/AIDS in the world, with 5.6 million people living with the virus and over 400,000 newly infected annually. Since 2004, the U.S. government has committed more than $4 billion to combating HIV/AIDS in South Africa—the largest U.S. investment in HIV/AIDS worldwide. read more

March 14, 2013
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JPM-TMT Seeks Solutions to Multi-Drug Resistant Biowarfare Agents

(GlobalBiodefense) The U.S. Department of Defense has initiated a new research and development effort to address the continuing emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria and advancements in biotechnology that enable development of genetically engineered, drug-resistant bacteria. To address the potential weaponization of multi-drug resistant biological warfare agents the Joint Project Manager Transformational Medical Technologies (JPM-TMT) has Read More »

March 13, 2013
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McCarthy joint venture receives $80 million DHS contract

(StLouisBusinessJournal) The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the joint venture team of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and Mortenson Construction an $80 million contract to build the Central Utility Plant for the future National Bio and Agro-Defense facility (NBAF). The 87,000-square-foot plant to be built at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., Read More »