<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bio Briefing - Science and Biosecurity]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing articles relating to scientific research.]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2010. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[webmaster@umpc-biosecurity.org]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webmaster@umpc-biosecurity.org]]></webmaster><lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:13:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[NSABB Discusses Lab Personnel Reliability Programs (12-15-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-12-15-nsabblabpersnlreliablity.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) met to discuss recommendations to the U.S. government for enhancing reliability of laboratory personnel with access to biological select agents and toxins.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-12-15-nsabblabpersnlreliablity.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:37:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WMD Commission Report Focuses on Biological and Nuclear Threats (12-10-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-12-10-wmdcomrptbionucthreats.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism delivered its World At Risk report. Notably, the report predicts that a WMD will be used somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-12-10-wmdcomrptbionucthreats.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Awards More Than $14 Million in Grants for Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention (11-03-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-11-03-googlegrantspanprepprevent.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: Google.org's Predict and Prevent initiative announced grants of more than $14 million to aid efforts to prevent the next disease pandemic. Awardees will undertake efforts to identify disease hot spots and detect outbreaks earlier.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-11-03-googlegrantspanprepprevent.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:30:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Change and Extreme Weather Linked to Increase in Infectious Diseases (10-20-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-10-20-climatelinkinfectiousdis.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: AFP reported that researchers at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona announced that global warming is increasing the spread of pathogens among wildlife, and this could have serious effects on human health.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-10-20-climatelinkinfectiousdis.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Research Facility to Study Animal Diseases; Hendra Virus Cases Increase in Australia (09-08-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-09-08-australiahendra.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: Australian gov and U. of Queensland will collaborate in study of diseases that might affect agriculture. Mercury reported the death of a vet who was infected with a new variety of the Hendra virus while examining a dead horse.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-09-08-australiahendra.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:35:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DIA Establishes National Center for Medical Intelligence (07-11-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-07-11-dianatlctrmedintell.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: On June 2, 2008, the United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) issued a press release announcing the dedication of its National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) at Fort Detrick, Maryland.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-07-11-dianatlctrmedintell.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:33:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DHS Issues Draft Impact Statement for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (06-27-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-06-27-dhsdrftimpactnatlbioagro.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: On June 20, 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for review and comment from the public.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-06-27-dhsdrftimpactnatlbioagro.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second NRC Committee Calls on NIH to Conduct Further Risk Assessment Studies for Proposed Boston BSL-4 Laboratory (05-09-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-05-09-nrccomcallsnihassessbsl4.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing:  NRC Com. recommendations from its second review of proposed construction of the Natl. Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), a National Institutes of Health-funded Biosaftey Level-4 laboratory at Boston University.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-05-09-nrccomcallsnihassessbsl4.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Reports Vaccinia Infections among Laboratory Workers, Stresses Importance of Vaccination and Biosafety (04-25-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/agents_diseases/smallpox/2008-04-25-cdcrptsinfectionlabwrkrs.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: According to the CDC, state health departments reported a total of five cases of laboratory-acquired vaccinia infection to the CDC between 2005-2007. Vaccinia (VACV) is the live virus component of the smallpox vaccine.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/agents_diseases/smallpox/2008-04-25-cdcrptsinfectionlabwrkrs.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:02:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIH Establishes Entities to Address Concerns about Boston Biolab (03-14-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-03-14-nihentitiesbostonbiolab.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: NIH announced two new steps that the agency will take to address public safety concerns about the National Biocontainment Laboratory located at Boston University Medical Center.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/science_biosecurity/2008-03-14-nihentitiesbostonbiolab.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:39:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Virus Made Safe to Work With in Laboratories (01-25-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/agents_diseases/vhf/2008-01-25-ebolasafelaboratories.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a study describing the generation of a new research strain of Ebola virus which would be "safe" to handle "outside of a biosafety level-4 facility."]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/agents_diseases/vhf/2008-01-25-ebolasafelaboratories.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:56:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. House of Representatives Holds Hearing on Biosafety Lab Facilities (10-05-2007)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/content/2007-10-05-ushousehearingbiosafetylabs.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: The U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing addressing the lack of federal oversight of BSL-3 and BSL-4 lab facilities, where research is conducted on some of the most dangerous pathogens.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/content/2007-10-05-ushousehearingbiosafetylabs.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:51:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia to Share Virus for Vaccine; New H5N1 Cases in Turkey, Egypt (02-16-2007)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/content/2007/2007-02-16-indonesiasharesampforvac.html</link><description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Briefing: On Feb 16, 2007 the AP reported that Indonesia will share H5N1 virus samples with WHO only if developing countries are guaranteed equal access to affordable vaccine once it is produced. Also, Turkey and Egypt report H5N1.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/content/2007/2007-02-16-indonesiasharesampforvac.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
