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Bill Would Establish Global Biosecurity Body
U.S. Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) last week introduced a bill aimed at establishing a new international body charged with bolstering global preparations for biological threats, the International Security and Biopolicy Institute announced (see GSN, June 11). The new “International Biosecurity Initiative” would seek to improve biological threat detection and response efforts Read More »
- October 5, 2010
- | Filed under North America and Research
Russian Official Warns of Terrorists’ WMD Aspirations
Extremist organizations continue to pursue acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, a senior Russian security official said today (see GSN, Sept. 21). Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev during a security forum in Sochi that “global terrorism is characterized by intentions to possess mass destruction weapons,” ITAR-Tass reported. “Terrorists are seeking Read More »
- October 5, 2010
- | Filed under Europe and Biological Weapons
Pool chemical could be effective at cleaning anthrax-tainted water supplies
New research has revealed that a common pool chemical could effectively be used as a decontaminant for water supplies that are tainted with anthrax. Ellen Raber, the director of the Environmental Protection Department at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, and her daughter, Alison Burklund, a student at the Athenian School Read More »
- October 4, 2010
- | Filed under Research
Twofer for the Biggest Bioterror Threats?
If you ask biodefense experts to name two diseases that keep them awake at night, there’s a good chance they’ll mention smallpox and anthrax. Both are highly lethal, and current vaccines have major problems. Now, researchers have found a way to target both threats at the same time: a candidate vaccine Read More »
- October 4, 2010
- | Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
Extremists Warn of Biological Strike in India
An extremist entity indicated it would carry out a biological strike on the Indian state of Assam if its backers were not released within 24 hours, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 3, 2008).
- October 4, 2010
- | Filed under South Asia and Biological Weapons
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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 »