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Search results for "biodefense" ...
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Biodefense Security Failures in Texas
"Following a watchdog's report that a Texas A&M researcher had been infected with the bioterror agent Brucella in a lab, The Dallas Morning News used state and federal open records laws to pursue dozens of additional security breaches and disease exposures at other state universities."
Tags: bioterror; biodefense; security breaches; lab accidents; disease control; disease exposures
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Beyond the Breach
Using accident reports from the Army's top biodefense laboratory as well as a report on a 2002 incident involving the discovery of Anthrax spores near laboratories, the News-Post found that while the Army had made efforts to improve safety, accidents attributable to negligence and carelessness still occurred. The investigation focuses on the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Tags: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; ebola; anthrax; infectious diseases; safety, health
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The Germ Front
The American Prospect looks at the threat of biological weapons. "Our public-health system would buckle under a massive epidemic," is one of the main findings, based on a report of the General Accounting Office. The story follows the history of bioterrorism through the centuries, and depicts major developments in the field during the Cold War and in recent decades. The reporter finds that the threat of biological weapons is indisputably growing.
Tags: Biological Weapons Convention; bioweapons; Iran; Iraq; China; anthrax; smallpox; plague; biowarfare; Mideast; Afghanistan; CIA; Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies; Epidemic Intelligence Service; vaccines; medicine; Marburg virus; Ebola; Osama bin Laden