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  • U.S. to buy $165 million worth of anthrax medicine from HGS

    After fourteen years, HGS has their first product sale; the company is experimenting in anthrax therapies and the U.S. government is buying; 20,000 doses to be exact

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  • Bush administration releases master plan for bird flu emergency

    Administration comprehensive plan hinges on tight cooperation between U.S. government and international bodies, and between federal and state authorities; travel restrictions contemplated

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  • GAO: Security of water treatment facilities below par

    Water treatment facilities are inviting targets for terrorists because of the toxic chemicals they use and their proximity to population centers, but the water collection system is also vulnerable, and a recent report says not much has been done to protect it

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  • USDA drops requirement to track age of animal

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  • U.S. draws up bird flu response plan

    A few months ago the U.S. government issued its first plan for coping with bird flu epidemic, emphasizing the medical aspects; the second preparation plan outs emphasis on government activities during a flu scenario — including, for example, contingency plans for printing U.S. money abroad if too many of the mint’s employees become sick

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  • On-line avian flu preparedness course available

    Continuing education: Now there is an online course on how to prepare your company for the avian flu; take a look

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  • Avian flu liability potential may pose risk to insurance companies

    Avian flu poses risk to people, but insurance companies are not immune; a recent Morgan Stanley report says pandemic may undermine financial health of some companies

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  • Mad cow disease may be taking down our beef industry one cow at a time

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  • Bird flu may be dangerous to California poultry, but there may be something worse

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  • Ten states compete for new biodefense lab

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  • JMAR and GMP in BioSentry distribution agreement

    GMP systems will soon become the exclusive distributor of JMAR’s advanced laser technology throughout the northeastern U.S.

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  • Only partial success for avian flu vaccine

    The avian flu continues to spread, so this cannot be good news: Researchers report only partial success in the first large-scale study of an avian flu vaccine
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  • New method for identifying bacteria in a hurry

    There are several ways to identify bacteria, but they all take time; one thing emergency units will not have during a suspected bioterror attack is time, so this new method of identifying deadly bacteria will be more than welcome

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  • Study questions simple link between prion proteins and Mad Cow disease

    Scientists assumed that prion-protein can be absorbed across the gut, thus facilitating the infections of individuals by the Mad Cow disease; new study raises questions about this assumption

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  • Missouri residents unhappy with BioDefense lab idea

    MU wants to use DHS funds to build two research centers to study deadly disease, but residents of Columbia, Missouri are worried about safety

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  • Homeland Security and HHS Release Interactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Toolkit
  • 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
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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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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