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WHO group finalizes landmark pandemic virus-sharing agreement
(CIDRAP News) – A World Health Organization (WHO) working group on influenza virus sharing capped off a week of negotiations with a final agreement that establishes a framework for sharing vaccine strains alongside a system for improving the flow of pandemic vaccine and medications to developing countries. The WHO said yesterday Read More »
- April 19, 2011
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Countermeasures, and International
DTRA is supporting a clinical study now underway by the USAMRIID to evaluate a vaccine against ricin toxin
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is supporting a clinical study now underway by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to evaluate a vaccine against ricin toxin. This is a critical milestone for DTRA’s Chemical/Biological Technologies Directorate Translational Medicine Science & Technology Division (CBM) to support “first Read More »
- April 19, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
Genetic Mutations Were Key Clue in Anthrax Mailings Case
Abnormal bacteria colonies presented scientists the clue they needed to decipher the genetic “fingerprint” of the anthrax spores used in the 2001 mailings, the Washington Post reported on Saturday (see GSN, March 9). Researchers working at a private facility in Rockville, Md., achieved a scientific breakthrough in decoding the genetic blueprint Read More »
- April 19, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
Future in Doubt for International WMD Nonproliferation Center
WASHINGTON — Russia has indicated it intends to withdraw from an international organization established to halt the spread of the nation’s WMD expertise, a move that could force the program’s main hub to close before the end of this year (see GSN, June 19, 2009). The International Science and Technology Center Read More »
- April 18, 2011
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, International, and Policy & Initiatives
CDC Recommends Priorities for Health Agencies
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late last month issued recommendations for how state and local public health officials should direct increasingly tight federal emergency response funds, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported on Thursday (see GSN, Dec. 15, 2010). The federal public health agency in Read More »
- April 18, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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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 »