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Editorial Note - BiodefenseEducation.org on Long-Term Break |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94947 |
1/1/2006; 3:34:19 AM |
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Editorial Note - 2005 Biodefense Year in Review |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94520 |
1/1/2006; 3:32:17 AM |
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Vaccines - New Technique Points To Safer, More Efficient ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
92765 |
12/31/2005; 5:27:11 AM |
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Research - Scientists helping U.S. prepare for biological... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93256 |
12/30/2005; 3:31:50 AM |
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Simulation - The Battle to Stop Bird Flu |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93255 |
12/29/2005; 4:28:01 AM |
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Public Policy - Pandemic funding, liability shield clear ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
92939 |
12/29/2005; 4:26:14 AM |
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Research - A building boom for labs |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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93464 |
12/29/2005; 4:24:29 AM |
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Research - Govt to establish conditions for level 4 bio-s... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93772 |
12/28/2005; 4:01:50 AM |
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Public Policy - Saga of Incompetence |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93401 |
12/27/2005; 4:07:49 AM |
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Research - Experts fear Canada to become bioterror base |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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93983 |
12/27/2005; 4:05:54 AM |
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Decontamination - Treating Children Exposed To Chemicals ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93970 |
12/27/2005; 4:03:01 AM |
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History - An interview with Charles C. Mann |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93861 |
12/26/2005; 2:44:41 AM |
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Iraq - US frees Saddam aides, Iraq wants them re-arrested |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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93442 |
12/25/2005; 1:48:57 AM |
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Iraq - What 'Mrs. Anthrax' Told Me |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93885 |
12/23/2005; 3:48:41 AM |
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Anthrax - Mandatory anthrax inoculations should resume, c... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94649 |
12/23/2005; 3:46:24 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Infectious Agent Thwarts Typical ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94284 |
12/23/2005; 3:45:22 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Infectious Agent Thwarts Typical ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
94213 |
12/22/2005; 4:16:15 AM |
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Public Policy - NATO faults Russia for hindering efforts ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
93810 |
12/22/2005; 4:14:40 AM |
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Iraq - US sets Saddam's scientists free |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
94137 |
12/20/2005; 4:24:31 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax vaccine can be grown in tobacco |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
95081 |
12/20/2005; 4:22:26 AM |
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Public Health - Shift raises U.S. risk of infectious dise... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
94431 |
12/19/2005; 2:50:23 AM |
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Research - Biotech advances hold terrifying possibilities |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95515 |
12/17/2005; 3:42:39 AM |
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Anthrax - Ex-NIMH Worker Sentenced in Anthrax Threat |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95763 |
12/17/2005; 3:40:35 AM |
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Editorial Note - Evaluation |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94582 |
12/16/2005; 3:50:09 AM |
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Anthrax - FDA Rules Anthrax Vaccine Safe, Effective |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95757 |
12/16/2005; 3:49:07 AM |
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Public Policy - Bill to shield vaccinemakers raises alarms |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94881 |
12/15/2005; 4:30:14 AM |
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Smallpox - Study shows few serious problems among smallpo... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95289 |
12/15/2005; 4:27:55 AM |
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Public Policy - Regulations readied for research labs |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95272 |
12/14/2005; 4:02:15 AM |
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Research - Former Texas Tech scientist to be freed Jan. 2 |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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94697 |
12/13/2005; 3:58:56 AM |
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Simulation - Games Tackle Disaster Training |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
95533 |
12/13/2005; 3:57:21 AM |
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Terrorism - Letter From Jedda - Young Osama |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95237 |
12/12/2005; 3:50:52 PM |
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Anthrax - Kiwis helping US fight bioterror |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
96583 |
12/11/2005; 4:05:08 AM |
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Disease Detection - Water-tampering test kit moving close... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
95865 |
12/11/2005; 4:01:38 AM |
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Anthrax - How a company cashed in on anthrax |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95498 |
12/10/2005; 3:23:19 AM |
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Anthrax - The anthrax vaccine: New questions, weak data |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
95505 |
12/10/2005; 3:21:50 AM |
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Self Defense - Biodefense cocktail boosts immunity |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
95917 |
12/10/2005; 3:20:23 AM |
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Public Policy - Expert Panel Evaluates Implementation of ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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95030 |
12/10/2005; 3:16:20 AM |
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Disease Surveillance - CDC selects vendor for national bi... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
96101 |
12/9/2005; 5:08:36 AM |
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Smallpox - Monkeypox often affects lymph nodes |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
96818 |
12/8/2005; 4:02:24 AM |
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Public Health - Wall Street Journal Examines NIH Funding ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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97059 |
12/7/2005; 6:04:15 AM |
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Public Health - US unprepared for health disaster |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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96703 |
12/7/2005; 6:02:32 AM |
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Smallpox - Mixed Report on Smallpox Inoculations |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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97085 |
12/7/2005; 6:00:33 AM |
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Anthrax - Teacher says no one asked him about threat of a... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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96861 |
12/6/2005; 4:36:53 AM |
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Smallpox - Serious Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccine ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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97229 |
12/6/2005; 4:35:36 AM |
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Agroterrorism - Tightening up on bioterror |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
98349 |
12/6/2005; 4:33:41 AM |
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Disease Surveillance - Bioterrorism, infection surveillan... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
97559 |
12/5/2005; 3:51:56 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax Shots May Be Required in Military |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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98811 |
12/2/2005; 6:21:47 AM |
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Public Policy - Critics lambaste bird-flu bill |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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98239 |
12/2/2005; 6:20:28 AM |
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola mystery may be solved |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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99513 |
12/1/2005; 5:58:02 AM |
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Disease Detection - Netherlands takes lead in biodefence ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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99750 |
11/30/2005; 5:59:40 AM |
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Anthrax - New Antibody Shows Promise As Cure For Anthrax |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
14356 |
11/30/2005; 5:58:29 AM |
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Self Defense - Surviving bioterror |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
12482 |
11/29/2005; 6:00:47 AM |
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History - Unit 731 and the Japanese Imperial Army's Biolo... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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13151 |
11/29/2005; 5:53:24 AM |
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Research - Cancer detection a spin-off of war on terror |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
12656 |
11/28/2005; 5:07:17 AM |
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Vaccines - New vaccine platform may fight infections with... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
13614 |
11/27/2005; 5:26:01 AM |
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Public Policy - New Program on Biological Pathogens Worke... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
12834 |
11/27/2005; 5:23:40 AM |
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Disease Emergence - The usual suspects |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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13488 |
11/27/2005; 5:19:40 AM |
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Public Policy - Protection for vaccine makers debated |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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13286 |
11/26/2005; 5:11:27 AM |
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Anthrax - U.S. goes ahead with anthrax vaccine plan |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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14521 |
11/25/2005; 3:55:49 AM |
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Smallpox - Safer Smallpox Vaccines In Works |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
14996 |
11/25/2005; 3:53:24 AM |
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Anthrax - Pentagon says mail facility had toxin false alarm |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
14953 |
11/24/2005; 3:42:51 AM |
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Public Policy - Defense Department helps secure former So... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
14387 |
11/24/2005; 3:39:27 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - University leads microscopic batt... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15467 |
11/24/2005; 3:08:27 AM |
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Disease Surveillance - At Entry Points, on the Lookout fo... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15515 |
11/23/2005; 3:20:50 AM |
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Disease Surveillance - CDC Proposal Would Help U.S. Track... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15363 |
11/23/2005; 3:19:05 AM |
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Terrorism - Bio-terror strike 'is inevitable' |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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15348 |
11/23/2005; 3:17:30 AM |
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Public Health - NYC Expands Use Of Bioterrorism Database |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15357 |
11/23/2005; 2:56:03 AM |
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Editorial Note - Sorry for the Service Interruption |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15568 |
11/22/2005; 5:30:17 PM |
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Anthrax - Researchers discover a protein which is deadly ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
15886 |
11/12/2005; 4:07:53 AM |
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Angola declares worst Marburg ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
16152 |
11/11/2005; 5:47:26 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax whodunit: Is it a cold case file? |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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16784 |
11/10/2005; 6:09:29 AM |
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Terrorism - Your bioweapon is in the mail |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
16910 |
11/10/2005; 6:07:36 AM |
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History - Past pandemics that ravaged Europe |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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17996 |
11/9/2005; 4:40:56 AM |
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History - Past pandemics that ravaged Europe |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
3281 |
11/9/2005; 4:35:43 AM |
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Anthrax - Remember Anthrax? |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
19886 |
11/3/2005; 4:53:32 AM |
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Research - Can Billions of Dollars Build Biodefenses? |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
21378 |
10/31/2005; 2:53:08 AM |
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Simulation - Video game prepares health workers for disas... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
23523 |
10/28/2005; 4:53:50 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax treatment may be deadly |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
23242 |
10/28/2005; 4:52:38 AM |
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Anthrax - Kyrgyzstan: Anthrax on the rise in south |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
23684 |
10/27/2005; 4:00:14 AM |
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Research - A Flu Hope, Or Horror? |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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28518 |
10/15/2005; 2:37:55 AM |
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Smallpox - Smallpox fears end project |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
28734 |
10/15/2005; 2:34:57 AM |
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Public Policy - Bioshield II drug incentives questioned |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
28398 |
10/15/2005; 2:32:27 AM |
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Smallpox - Smallpox vaccine to carry heart warning |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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30035 |
10/12/2005; 4:03:20 AM |
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Research - Going With the Flow |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
30374 |
10/11/2005; 4:30:14 AM |
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History - '1491': Vanished Americans |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
32403 |
10/9/2005; 3:59:47 AM |
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Anthrax - HHS to buy two anthrax drugs for testing |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
32891 |
10/7/2005; 2:23:49 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Test Results Cited in Delay of Ma... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
33987 |
10/6/2005; 2:50:21 AM |
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Public Policy - New Worries on BioShield Effort |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
33418 |
10/5/2005; 2:57:00 AM |
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Anthrax - Government Signs Anthrax Drug Deal |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
34596 |
10/4/2005; 1:53:50 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Health Officials Vigilant for Ill... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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36398 |
10/2/2005; 4:23:22 AM |
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola's Dogged Enemies |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
36427 |
10/2/2005; 4:19:31 AM |
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Public Health - Docs in Training Miss Bioterror Diagnoses |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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39415 |
9/27/2005; 2:37:22 AM |
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Anthrax - US Army goes shopping for anthrax |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
39288 |
9/27/2005; 2:34:25 AM |
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Terrorism - Terrorism Could Hurl D.C. Area Into Turmoil |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
40910 |
9/23/2005; 3:19:51 AM |
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Public Policy - Red Cross says government biological weap... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
41150 |
9/21/2005; 2:30:13 AM |
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Simulation - Natural Disasters Perfunctory Concerns |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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42423 |
9/19/2005; 6:54:20 PM |
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Research - Montana community soon will be home to a biode... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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42085 |
9/19/2005; 1:54:58 AM |
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Yersinia Pestis - Trawler steamed into germ warfare site ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
42855 |
9/19/2005; 1:51:59 AM |
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Anthrax - FBI stymied in efforts to solve anthrax case |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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42269 |
9/19/2005; 1:45:32 AM |
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Vaccines - U.S. gears up for anthrax, smallpox |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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43085 |
9/17/2005; 3:36:47 AM |
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Iraq - Jailed Reporter Is Distanced From News, Not Elite ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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43134 |
9/17/2005; 3:34:42 AM |
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Clostridium Botulinum - Researchers making strides agains... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
44007 |
9/16/2005; 3:06:58 AM |
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Yersinia Pestis - Mice infected with plague missing from lab |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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44471 |
9/16/2005; 3:04:36 AM |
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Smallpox - Research Could Lead To Treatment That Would He... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
43593 |
9/15/2005; 3:46:51 AM |
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Public Policy - War on terror 'causing US deaths' |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
45880 |
9/10/2005; 3:18:02 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Biologists deploy new kind of 'Ge... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
4015 |
9/8/2005; 3:23:09 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax stops body from fighting back, study shows |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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47311 |
9/7/2005; 3:57:50 AM |
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Self Defense - State distributes bioterrorism preparednes... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
1 |
47388 |
9/7/2005; 3:55:59 AM |
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Public Policy - Strains from biological weapons program s... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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49102 |
9/3/2005; 3:33:52 AM |
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Iraq - Mystery Unfolds Over Hunt for WMD in Iraq |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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49650 |
9/3/2005; 3:31:34 AM |
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Public Health - US needs better quarantines to fight dise... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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49614 |
9/2/2005; 2:32:55 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - A new virulent disease attacks th... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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50144 |
9/2/2005; 2:30:28 AM |
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Ricin - Vaccine for ricin toxin developed at Detrick lab |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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50696 |
9/2/2005; 2:27:17 AM |
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Public Policy - U.S. backs away from claims that Cuba has... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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53080 |
8/31/2005; 3:12:25 AM |
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Public Health - RAND Study Examines Public Health Clinics |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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53139 |
8/31/2005; 3:07:59 AM |
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Francisella Tularemia - Martha's Vineyard sees surge in '... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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55437 |
8/30/2005; 4:00:25 AM |
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Public Policy - U.S. to Aid Ukraine in Countering Bioweapons |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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54926 |
8/30/2005; 3:59:01 AM |
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Anthrax - Unexpected features of anthrax toxin may lead t... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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55820 |
8/30/2005; 3:56:34 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax test receives FDA approval |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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55523 |
8/30/2005; 3:55:19 AM |
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Anthrax - Detecting anthrax proteins at ultralow concentr... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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55400 |
8/30/2005; 3:49:40 AM |
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Mysterious deaths: Ex-soldier ... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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55177 |
8/29/2005; 3:13:50 AM |
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Yersinia Pestis - Novel plague virulence factor identified |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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56773 |
8/27/2005; 3:23:58 AM |
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Public Health - Are Medical Schools Teaching Future Docto... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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56913 |
8/24/2005; 3:49:47 AM |
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Anthrax - Anthrax shots gain ground |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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57301 |
8/24/2005; 3:37:18 AM |
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Anthrax - UTMB biologist who touted anti-anthrax lotion q... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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57065 |
8/24/2005; 3:34:53 AM |
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Vaccines - Army researchers at Fort Detrick to study vacc... |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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57738 |
8/22/2005; 2:40:36 AM |
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Terrorism - Soviet Germ Factories Pose New Threat |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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58785 |
8/20/2005; 4:35:20 AM |
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History - A Cultivated World |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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59261 |
8/19/2005; 2:22:20 AM |
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Disease Surveillance - Animals' ills harbinger for humans? |
Michael P. D'Alessandro |
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59420 |
8/17/2005; 12:18:36 PM |
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Agroterrorism |