The Next Pandemic Could Be Engineered. A New Program Aims to Stop It
A Cambridge-based program is tackling the growing threat of engineered pandemics, seeking to prevent bioweapon-driven ...
Letting viruses kill: RFK opens the way for flu and measles to win
The callous response of the federal health secretary to the thoroughly preventable death of a Texas child from measles shows ...
Another mystery disease outbreak in DR Congo: What we know
Is a new virus causing a disease outbreak and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or is the cause already known to ...
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Russian media regurgitating conspiracy theory about US biological warfare experiments in Kazakhstan
It all began with a February 21 report published by the Russian outlet EurAsia Daily, claiming that “the Americans are ...
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CDC Urged to Release Bird Flu Data as Trump Slashes Key Staff Combatting Outbreak
Public-interest groups called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today to release updated public information critical to tracking and combatting the escalating bird flu outbreak.
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Advances in detecting and responding to threats from bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease
New tools and systems are available to estimate the potential impact of a biological event and predict resource needs for effective response, enable earlier detection of an attack or outbreak ...
FDA Cancels Critical Flu Vaccine Meeting With No Explanation
The FDA canceled a critical annual flu vaccine planning meeting without explanation days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took ...
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Vaccinations for Sudan Ebola virus begin in Uganda to curb outbreak
On Jan. 30, Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Sudan virus disease. The Sudan virus belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus. The announcement came after the death of a 32-year-old nurse in ...