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Glaxo to develop new antibiotics
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA A unit of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has a central role in a $200 million public-private project announced Wednesday to develop new antibiotics against biological terrorism and treat drug-resistant infections found in health care settings...Tags: Research and Development, Medical Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Economy, Business and Finance
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Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged
WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...
Tags: Science and Technology, George W. Bush, Human Genome Sciences Inc., University of Maryland, College Park, Terrorism
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of Defense
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of Defense
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: Disease Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cliff Stearns, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found
WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Republican Party, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science, U.S. Congress
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Congress members voice doubts about BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior Republican colleague voiced grave doubts Thursday about the viability of BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting biological attacks that has been plagued by false...
Tags: Laura Richardson, Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Bennie G. Thompson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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BioWatch upgrade apparently postponed
WASHINGTON — Amid concerns about cost and reliability, the federal Department of Homeland Security has quietly postponed plans to buy technology that officials have long claimed could provide a life-saving upgrade of BioWatch, the nation's system...
Tags: National Security, George W. Bush, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Anthrax
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Early warnings on BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Symptoms, New York City Police Department, Brucellosis, Elections
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The biodefender that cries wolf
DENVER — As Chris Lindley drove to work that morning in August 2008, a call set his heart pounding. The Democratic National Convention was being held in Denver, and Barack Obama was to accept his party's presidential nomination before a crowd of...
Tags: Environmental Politics, University of Phoenix Stadium, Computer Crime, Epidemics and Plagues, National Security
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Killer bird flu? What's behind the controversy over bird flu research
"Engineered Doomsday." "Mutant Bird Flu." These may sound like the names of disaster movies, but they are headlines on recent news reports about experiments involving the H5N1 influenza virus. The H5N1 virus is known as a "bird flu" because it mainly...Tags: Bird Flu, University of Texas at Austin, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Tribune, Epidemics and Plagues
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New Rush hospital designed to treat infectious threats
A visitor would expect to see the latest weapons in the battle against heart disease or cancer at the new Rush University Medical Center.
But the hospital — which will give the public a sneak preview Dec. 10 — is also stocked with an...Tags: Thriller (genre), Medical Specialization, Broken Bones, Injuries and Wounds, Viral Diseases and Infections
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