WHO Guidance Issued for Research on H5N1 Transmission
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued further advisory measures on appropriate risk controls to conduct safe research on H5N1 ...
Tag: Biosafety
USAMRIID Biodefense Lab Seeks Security Systems Contractor
The government has issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to provide maintenance for the security and electronic systems at the ...
Panel Rejects Option for Keeping Biodefense Research on Plum Island
A highly-anticipated report was issued Friday by the National Research Council, advising the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on options ...
Lifting the Mutant Influenza Research Moratorium
Several dozen of the world’s leading influenza scientists agreed at the beginning of the year to voluntarily honor a moratorium ...
CDC BSL-3 Lab Airflow Containment Questions Persist
In February, air from inside a potentially contaminated Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lab briefly blew outward into a "clean" ...
UW, UTMB and Kineta Awarded Grant for Biodefense Antivirals
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded an $8.1M biodefense grant to develop new drugs to treat ...
Laboratories Team Up to Develop BSL 4 Level Screening Platform
Southern Research Institute and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston will collaborate to develop and validate a ...
Controversial H5N1 Bird Flu Study Published
One of two controversial studies on H5N1 avian influenza transmissibility has finally been published, appearing yesterday in the online journal ...
Mexico Receives First Advanced Mobile Biocontainment Laboratory
Mexico has secured the first next-generation advanced mobile biocontainment laboratory in Latin America. The laboratory on wheels was designed by ...
Europe CBRN Centres of Excellence Seeking Proposals
The Centres of Excellence on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN CoE) risk mitigation is a European Union Initiative that ...
DHS BioThreat Characterization Program Seeks Contractor
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) is conducting a market survey in order to identify ...
