Archive for November 29th, 2004

Public Health -Flu crisis exposes large gaps in bioterrorism readiness

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Chicago Tribune – Problems producing flu vaccines that raised the specter of a health crisis have highlighted the difficulties facing the U.S. government as it tries to counter terrorists who would attack America with bioweapons.
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Research – Grass-roots backing for Biolab not taking hold

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Boston Globe – With state environmental officials signing off on the project earlier this month, Boston Univeristy seems to be winning the permitting battle on the construction of its biodefense lab. But it is losing the PR war to convince residents that hosting the lab in their backyard will be a good thing.
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