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May 29, 2015

18 labs may have received live anthrax samples: US officials
Washington (AFP) May 29, 2015
A total of 18 laboratories may have accidentally received live samples of anthrax shipped out by the American military, US authorities said Thursday. But as of yet, only one of the facilities - in the US state of Maryland - was confirmed to have received a live sample, the Pentagon and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. On Friday, a private firm in Maryland notified authorities that its sample was still active, setting off an urgent review of all material sent out to other labs. ... read more

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AIDS expert flays Kremlin, says Russia's HIV epidemic worsening Russia's top AIDS expert lambasted the Kremlin's increasingly conservative agenda Thursday, saying the HIV epidemic is worsening and at least two million Russians are likely to be infected in about five years. ... more		Damming and damning hemorrhagic diseases A potential mechanism to combat diseases caused by haemorrhagic fever viruses has been discovered by researchers at the University of Montreal's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. Th ... more		Engineering bacteria to design vaccines The EU-funded MycoSynVac project combines gene engineering and biotechnology to design a novel veterinary vaccine chassis based on the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The Mycosplasma bacteria ... more		Scientists aim to forecast West Nile outbreaks New research has identified correlations between weather conditions and the occurrence of West Nile virus disease in the United States, raising the possibility of being able to better predict outbre ... more

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