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  • Morphotek in $2.7 million contract to develop monoclonal antibodies

    Pennsylvania company to work with the Army’s research institute to develop therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against potential biological warfare threats

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  • Worries about safety of U.S. biodefense labs

    Since 2003, U.S. labs handling the world’s deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents; as research into bioterrorism intesifies, number of accidents grows

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  • Preparations under way for 2011 review of biological weapons treaty

    Representatives of 90 states meet in Vienna as part of an effort to bridge differences among countries about the best way to bolster the Biological Weapons Convention

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  • Ebola continues to spread in Congo

    Lab tests confirm that number of cases now stands at twenty-four; WHO, MSF say outbreak is not yet under control

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  • The state of biodefense: I

    In wargames of a terrorist biological attack on a U.S. city, it was predicted that an infectious agent such as smallpox could spread to 3 million people throughout the continental U.S. within 12 weeks of an attack; DoD, DHS work on early detection gear

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  • U.S. bans Canadian poultry after outbreak of avian flu in Saskatchewan

    An especially virulent strain of avain flu — H7N3 — is confirmed in a Saskatchewan farm; U.S. bans poultry importation from province; two years ago a B.C. avian flu outbreak led to destruction of 17 million chickens

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  • Surge in imported food not met by increased inspection

    The desire of U.S. consumers to save a few dollars is a major contributor to the surge in imported food products; legislation to tighten inspection of imported food

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  • Fourth bluetongue case confirmed in U.K.

    U.K. farmers are still anxious about foot-and-mouth disease, and now they have to worry about the fourth case of bluetoungue infection

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  • Avian Flu Lab-On-A-Chip Device

    Researchers at three Singapore-based institutes develop a lab-on-a-chip device for early detection of avain flu; device may be used for detection of other infectious diseases such as SARS, HIV, and hepatitis B

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  • DHS helps with Plum Island upgrade

    While DHS is looking for new site for the $450 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility — there are five finalists competing for the contract — it is upgrading the aging Plum Island facility

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  • Bill overhauls way FDA approves drugs

    Problems with Vioxx and questions about the side-effects of other drugs lead Congress to tighten, and make more transparent, the FDA’s drug-approval process

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  • Lethal disease devestates China's pig herds

    China is the world’s largest pig meat exporters, but the blue ear pig disease is devestating China’s pig farm economy; virus spreading to neighboring countries; nimble vaccine makers stand to benefit

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  • U.S. food suppliers suggest FDA oversee food imports

    Growing worries about the safety of food imports prompt legislatures to propose tightening regulations of, and requiring fees for, imported food shipments; large U.S. food suppliers offer alternative schemes

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  • North Carolina community split over biodefense lab

    As has been the case in other U.S. locations, communities are split down the middle over building a $450 million biolab in their back yard — jobs, prestige notwithstanding

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  • Human plague case in Arizona

    For first time in years; a human plague case is found in Arizona; reports of plague cases in New Mexico; fleas, rodents may be source of infection

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  • France to vaccinate millions of ducks against bird flu
  • Cyberattack Disrupts Hospitals, Health Care in Several States
  • Human race could be wiped out with virus more deadly than Covid, professor warns
  • COVID-19 sliced away freedom in the United States
  • New Data Quantifies Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Providers
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
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The long view

  • What We’ve Learned from Survivors of the Atomic Bombs

    Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

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  • Combatting the Measles Threat Means Examining the Reasons for Declining Vaccination Rates

    Measles was supposedly eradicated in Canada more than a quarter century ago. But today, measles is surging. The cause of this resurgence is declining vaccination rates.

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  • Social Networks Are Not Effective at Mobilizing Vaccination Uptake

    The persuasive power of social networks is immense, but not limitless. Vaccine preferences, based on the COVID experience in the United States, proved quite insensitive to persuasion, even through friendship networks.

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  • Vaccine Integrity Project Says New FDA Rules on COVID-19 Vaccines Show Lack of Consensus, Clarity

    Sidestepping both the FDA’s own Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), two Trump-appointed FDA leaders penned an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine to announce new, more restrictive, COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Critics say that not seeking broad input into the new policy, which would help FDA to understand its implications, feasibility, and the potential for unintended consequences, amounts to policy by proclamation.

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  • Are We Ready for a ‘DeepSeek for Bioweapons’?

    Anthropic’s Claude 4 is a warning sign: AI that can help build bioweapons is coming, and could be widely available soon. Steven Adler writes that we need to be prepared for the consequences: “like a freely downloadable ‘DeepSeek for bioweapons,’ available across the internet, loadable to the computer of any amateur scientist who wishes to cause mass harm. With Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 having finally triggered this level of safety risk, the clock is now ticking.”

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  • “Tulsi Gabbard as US Intelligence Chief Would Undermine Efforts Against the Spread of Chemical and Biological Weapons”: Expert

    The Senate, along party lines, last week confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National intelligence. One expert on biological and chemical weapons says that Gabbard’s “longstanding history of parroting Russian propaganda talking points, unfounded claims about Syria’s use of chemical weapons, and conspiracy theories all in efforts to undermine the quality of the community she now leads” make her confirmation a “national security malpractice.”

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