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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death, filovirus vaccine contract, cheap anti-malarial production, Taliban clears polio vaccination

Jan 18, 2012

 

Panel calls for refining, paring select-agent list

(CIDRAP News) – A federal advisory committee is recommending that 11 bacterial species and viruses on the current "select agent" list, including anthrax and Ebola virus, be singled out for special safeguards and that another 19 agents be dropped from the list entirely.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Vibrio in oysters, food safety fee opposition, bottled water recall, virus detection in buildings, prion test

May 10, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli in Japan, pasteurized meat, Ebola advances, measles vaccination, malaria drug access, asthma increase

 

NRC seeks detailed risk assessment for Army biodefense lab

(CIDRAP News) – The National Research Council (NRC), in a letter report, has advised the US Army to prepare a more comprehensive risk assessment than it initially proposed for a biodefense laboratory to be built at Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Md.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Biodefense research, cholera vaccination, early H1N1 in Taiwan, avian flu in Myanmar, IV zanamivir

 

NEWS SCAN: Food safety bill maneuver, food defense plans, plague in Uganda, smallpox DNA vaccine

Dec 8, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera aid, norovirus in nursing homes, ricin vaccine patent, universal flu vaccine, virus sensor

Nov 23, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Suspected cholera in Haiti, Subway Salmonella outbreak, evolving malaria vectors, Ebola vaccine contract

Oct 22, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine apathy, airborne flu spread, poll on anti-H1N1 steps, Ebola vaccine research, thermal scanners

 

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