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New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments
Sandia, DHS modeling/simulation software debuted at national-level disaster exercise Sandia’s Chuck John uses the SUMMIT iPad app to visualize calculated building damage during NLE 11 exercise conducted in Jonesboro, Arkansas. (Photo by Steffan Schulz) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image. LIVERMORE, Calif. — Using iPad™ mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials Read More »
- August 17, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Countermeasures
Suspicious Parcels Force Evacuations at Alaska Lawmakers’ Offices
Packages containing a white material that was later determined to be concrete powder caused scares on Monday at the Fairbanks and Anchorage offices of the Alaska congressional delegation, Reuters reported. Each office was closed for a short period of time (see GSN, Aug. 27, 2010). The Anchorage office of Representative Don Read More »
- August 17, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
Op-Ed – More BTWC Education Needed for Life Scientists
(VBC Blog) State Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) have agreed since the Second Review Conference in 1986 that educating life scientists about the BTWC would strengthen the prohibition norm. Although, in 2005 when they met to discuss codes of conduct for scientists, it became clear from statements Read More »
- August 16, 2011
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Policy & Initiatives
Two more anthrax cases reported in NE China
(Xinhua) – Two more cutaneous anthrax infections were reported in northeast Liaoning Province, bringing the total number of people who were hospitalized for the disease to 32, health authorities said Tuesday. The two cases were found Monday in …and more »
- August 16, 2011
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
Technology Only a Small Part of Detecting Bioterrorist Threats – National Defense Magazine
National Defense MagazineTechnology Only a Small Part of Detecting Bioterrorist ThreatsNational Defense Magazine“If somebody is attacking America with biological weapons, particularly a contagious pathogen, then America has become a battlefield. And on the battlefield the leaders must have situational awareness. You need to know what's going on,” Larsen said. …
- August 16, 2011
- | Filed under Research
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BAA – Medical Countermeasures for Priority Pathogens
(Global Biodefense) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has released Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
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FDA Accepts BLA for Inhalational Anthrax Countermeasure
(Global Biodefense) Anthim (obiltoxaximab) is for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax, Read More »
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South Korea MERS death toll rises to 20
(CNN) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of new cases Read More »
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What you should know about MERS, the mystery disease that has South Korea on edge
(Washington Post) The spread of MERS, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last Read More »
Research More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Scientists find new variant of streptococcal bacteria causing severe infections
(Imperial College London) Scientists have discovered a new variant of streptococcal bacteria that Read More »
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VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Read More »
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Researcher who spiked rabbit blood to fake HIV vaccine results slapped with rare prison sentence
(Washington Post) Dong Pyou Han, a former Iowa State University researcher charged with Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
Public Health More »
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How Yelp Can Be Used to Track Outbreaks of Food Poisoning
When a Shigella outbreak at a San Jose, California, seafood restaurant sickened dozens Read More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Legionnaires’ Bacteria Regrew in Bronx Cooling Towers That Were Disinfected
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The 15 water-cooling towers that were found to be contaminated this week Read More »
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Millions More Need H.I.V. Treatment, W.H.O. Says
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put Read More »
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Sentencing scheduled for peanut executive in salmonella case
(Washington Post)- ALBANY, Ga. — A former peanut executive convicted of shipping tainted Read More »