Investigation: USDA quietly eliminated 60 percent of foreign meat inspections | New NIST web resource hosts federal research technology transfer plans | Scientists develop Hendra Virus vaccine | AMC receives $10.2 million biodefense grant | Post-Hurricane Sandy infectious disease forecast | Active duty dual-status commanders for civil emergencies lacking, says GAO | The warning sequence of novel coronavirus in KSA/UK | The media kerfuffle over national guard troops in New York | Marburg survivor narrates ordeal | Hurricane Sandy’s lesser-known victims: lab rats | Cranking up biosecurity | Government’s £39 million grant to include vaccine research at Royal Holloway | Lives could be saved by removing age restrictions on rotavirus vaccination | Plants provide low-cost alternative for diagnosis of West Nile Virus
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Investigation: USDA quietly eliminated 60 percent of foreign meat inspections (Food Safety News)
New NIST web resource hosts federal research technology transfer plans (NIST)
Scientists develop Hendra Virus vaccine (NTI GSN)
The media kerfuffle over national guard troops in New York (Heritage Foundry)
Hurricane Sandy’s lesser-known victims: lab rats (New York Times)
Cranking up biosecurity (The Scientist)
Government’s £39 million grant to include vaccine research at Royal Holloway (RHUL)
Lives could be saved by removing age restrictions on rotavirus vaccination (PLoS)
