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is a Biodefense Digital Library and Collaboratory, curated from open source intelligence by Donna M. D'Alessandro M.D. and Michael P. D'Alessandro M.D., and intended to serve as a source of continuing education on biodefense affairs.

Public Policy - Regulations readied for research labs - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Boston Globe - Boston public health authorities will propose today sweeping new safety regulations governing more than 1,000 research laboratories working with dangerous germs in universities, hospitals, and biotechnology companies across the city. The proposed rules emerge 10 months after public disclosure that three Boston University scientists had fallen ill while working with tularemia, a lethal bacterium. City health authorities acknowledged yesterday that the proposal is a direct...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/11/15/regulations_readied_for...

Research - Former Texas Tech scientist to be freed Jan. 2 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Associated Press - A former university professor convicted of fraud after his report of missing plague bacteria from his lab prompted a bioterrorism scare will be released from a halfway house Jan. 2.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/13391189.htm

Simulation - Games Tackle Disaster Training - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Wired - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding a series of computer games to help prepare health workers and other first responders facing bioterror attacks, nuclear accidents and pandemics.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69580,00.html

Terrorism - Letter From Jedda - Young Osama - (Found July 8, 2008 )

New Yorker - Where and how terrorism begins. Osama bin Ladens first lessons in jihad.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/051212fa_fact

Public Policy - Bill to shield vaccinemakers raises alarms - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Christian Science Monitor - A measure to shield drug manufacturers from lawsuits in an effort to encourage them to develop new vaccines is likely to be quietly attached to a "must pass" defense appropriation bill within the next few days.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1215/p13s02-uspo.html

Anthrax - FDA Rules Anthrax Vaccine Safe, Effective - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Associated Press - The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday confirmed its previous finding that the anthrax vaccine being given to members of the U.S. military is safe and effective.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502044.html

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Anthrax - Ex-NIMH Worker Sentenced in Anthrax Threat - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Associated Press - A former National Institutes of Health employee was sentenced Friday to house arrest and probation after admitting she made an anthrax threat over a tax dispute.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601131.html

Research - Biotech advances hold terrifying possibilities - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Knight Ridder - Although the civilized world has long rejected germ warfare, biotechnology is busting out all over with new ways of tinkering with organs and cells and even DNA. The aim of nearly all the research, most by private companies or academics, is to conjure up medical miracles unimagined a generation ago. Those same biotechnology advances could double for terrorists and militaries alike.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/13422289.htm

Research - Experts fear Canada to become bioterror base - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Ottawa Citizen - Canada needs to do a better job of overseeing the use of micro-organisms and biotechnologies that could be misused by terrorists, says a survey of senior scientists and federal officials.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=83e04a2e-7b5d-42bd-a883-ea4d14a74e42&...