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Federal Funds Support Health Depts., But Leadership Is Key - Study
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe surge of funds for bioterrorism preparedness over the past decade does not appear to be improving local public health resources in general, according to research from Purdue University... ...
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Sun Mar 2010
The CSIC Presents The Archive Of Mourning Concerning The Terrorist Attacks In Madrid
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe project, directed by CSIC researcher Cristina Sanchez Carretero was completed through close collaboration with associations for victims and those affected. On Thursday March 11, the project will end with its transfer to the Spanish Railway Foundation and the digitized catalog will be available f ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Traumatized London Bombing Survivors Benefit From Outreach Program
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismA new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors. After the 7/7 bombings in 2005 a group of clinical psychologists targeted nearly a thousand survivors of the attacks by painstakingly compiling hospital treatme ...
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Sun Mar 2010
New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismArizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment... ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Advanced Life Sciences Receives FDA Guidance On Approval Pathway For Restanza In Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia And Biodefense Indications
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismAdvanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the U.S... ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Research Streamlines Data Processing To Solve Problems More Efficiently
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismResearchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical diagnostics and homeland security... ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Development Of Helicopter That Would Investigate Nuclear Disasters
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismStudents at Virginia Tech's Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly six feet long and weighing 200 pounds, the re-engineered aircraft is designed to fly into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirt ...
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Sat Mar 2010
New ORNL Sensor Exploits Traditional Weakness Of Nano Devices
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismBy taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos Datskos is developing a chemical and biological sensor with unprecedented sensitivity... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Tulane Receives $15 Million NIH Contract To Develop Vaccine And Treatment For Deadly Fever
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a five-year contract totaling $15,254,919 to Tulane University for its ongoing efforts to treat and prevent Lassa fever, an often deadly viral disease that threatens hund ...
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Fri Mar 2010
North West: Anthrax Case Confirmed By HPA In Blackpool
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Blackpool can confirm they are investigating the death of a drug injecting heroin user in Blackpool. The investigation has confirmed that the cause of death was anthrax following positive test results. This is the second case of anthrax seen in an injectin ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Novel Antitoxin Strategy Developed Using "Tagged Binding Agents"
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismA study involving the world's deadliest substance has yielded a new strategy to clear toxins from the body - which may lead to more efficient strategies against toxins that may be used in a bioterrorist event, as well as snake bites, scorpion stings, and even some important chronic diseases... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Data Show Valortim(R) Anthrax Anti-Toxin May Augment Immune System's Ability To Destroy Anthrax Bacteria
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismPharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PIP), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced that new data from the Company's Valortim® anthrax anti-toxin program were presented at the 8th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Poll Finds Many Americans Would Delay Taking Recommended Antibiotics After Anthrax Attack
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismIn a national poll aimed at helping with planning efforts for a public health response to a possible bioterrorism attack, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that, in response to a fictional scenario describing a significant anthrax attack in their city or town, most ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Universal Detection Technology Announces Test Results Of Its Passive Zone Security Sensor
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismUniversal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, reported today test results for its passive zone security sen ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Universal Detection Technology Responds To Harvard Poll On Anthrax
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismUniversal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies and counter-terrorism training programs to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, responded today to a survey that says nearly a third of Americans would delay in taking ...
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Fri Mar 2010
London: Second Anthrax Case Confirmed In London
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS London can confirm that an injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital. This is the third case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England since similar cases were first seen in Scotland in Decem ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Soligenix Announces Publication Of Positive Stability Results With RiVax(TM), Its Vaccine Against Ricin Toxin
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismSoligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biotechnology company, announced the publication of an article in the February 2010 edition of Vaccine, which describes preclinical formulations of RiVax™, its ricin toxin vaccine, with heightened stability... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Immunovaccine Presents Results For An Enhanced Anthrax Vaccine Candidate
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismImmunovaccine Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IMV) announced that it has been invited to present at the Canada - U.S. Partners in Biomedical Defense II Conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, February 10, 2010... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Anthrax Alert For Heroin Users In London
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS London have confirmed that a drug injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital. This is the first case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England since similar cases were first seen in Scotland i ...
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Wed Feb 2010
PharmAthene Submits White Paper To BARDA For Advanced Development Funding For SparVax(TM) - Novel Recombinant Protective Antigen Anthrax Vaccine
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismPharmAthene, Inc... ...
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Wed Feb 2010