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Vaccines for poor immune systems feasible 24 Nov 2005
...say their research suggests the immune system can be primed to ward off other infections as well, such as those caused by the flu, smallpox or exposure to ...
- United Press International
Chef copes with conflicting Thanksgiving feelings 24 Nov 2005
...of 1621 featured as much guarded suspicion as camaraderie, and any crying and hugging that might have gone on seems to have spread more smallpox than love into ...
- Billings Outpost,
Thankful for chance to bulk up for shopping assault 24 Nov 2005
...the Pilgrims sat down with the Indians for a feast of fellowship and then sent their guests home with leftovers, whiskey and blankets infected with smallpox. ...
- Scranton Times,
New vaccine platform may fight infections with causes from ... 24 Nov 2005
State University, suggests that the immune system can be primed to ward off other infections as well, such as those caused by the flu, smallpox or exposure to ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
This Week in Potomac 11-23-05 24 Nov 2005
...in math. He has been carrying out research in bioinformatics, currently focused on the sea urchin genome and smallpox virus. He ...
- Potomac Almanac,
Dept. of corrections 24 Nov 2005
Indians bound for slavery. They left behind smallpox, which virtually wiped out those who had escaped. When the Pilgrims arrived ...
- Anchorage Press,
Border Incidents 24 Nov 2005
...homesteaders. Madame Flowers equates migrants with the 9/11 hijackers, while the affable Wes describes Mexicans as smallpox vectors. ...
- Gay City News
Thanksgiving heritage 24 Nov 2005
Their fortified encampment was sited on a deserted Indian village — vacated since a smallpox plague had decimated the inhabitants, as well as perhaps 90 per ...
- Hibbing Daily Tribune,
Defend yourself against the flu 24 Nov 2005
Several major diseases — chicken pox, smallpox, polio, measles, mumps and rubella — have effective vaccines that only need to be administered once or twice ...
- Standard-Speaker,
SIGA Technologies Presents Its Smallpox Drug (SIGA-246) to the ... Nov 16, 2005
The presentation was an update on the development status of SIGA's smallpox antiviral drug (SIGA-246) to the WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Acambis Shares May Warm To Smallpox Contract Nov 16, 2005
0948 GMT [Dow Jones] Acambis's (ACAM) could attract renewed interest if it wins a new large smallpox contract for MVA vaccine, says Numis. ...
- New Ratings
David Hendricks: SA company's smallpox vaccine has wider ... Nov 18, 2005
1 for its smallpox vaccination, which will undergo clinical tests locally in the coming months at Lackland AFB's Wilford Hall Medical Center. ...
- San Antonio Express (subscription),
Safer Smallpox Vaccines In Works Nov 13, 2005
New vaccine technologies are emerging that offer a fresh chance to devise a strategy against smallpox, the most fearsome potential weapon in the bioterror ...
- Washington Post,
Antiterror smallpox vaccine strategy evolves Nov 14, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Vaccine technologies are emerging that offer a chance to devise a strategy against smallpox, a potential weapon in the bioterror arsenal. ...
- Boston Globe,
Smallpox vaccine key to bioterror defense Nov 14, 2005
Bush outlines $7.1 billion flu program (November 1, 2005) -- President Bush Tuesday described a $7.1 billion program to protect the United States against a ...
- Science Daily (press release)
NEW SMALLPOX VACCINES ON THE WAY Nov 15, 2005
Even in the face of continuing concern that vaccination programs may not be as safe or benign as believed, comes word of a new and improved smallpox vaccine. ...
- Free Market News Network,
US Preparing for Smallpox, Bio Attack Nov 14, 2005
The US is preparing for a potential bioterrorism attack using the deadly smallpox virus – federal grants are funding efforts to produce a new, safer vaccine. ...
- NewsMax.com,
Smallpox vaccine key to bioterror defense Nov 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The United States is reportedly preparing for a potential bioterror attack by developing safer smallpox vaccines. ...
- United Press International
Terrorism and Disaster - What Clinicians Need to Know: Smallpox ... Nov 8, 2005
Case Authors: Deborah Omori, MD, MPH, FACP, COL, MC, USA; David M. Benedek, MD, LTC, MC, USA. Series Authors: Stephanie R. Black, MD ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Avian flu planning like smallpox Nov 6, 2005
...in York and Adams counties are similar to those that happened in 2003 when the country buzzed about a possible bioterrorism attack with smallpox, said Dr ...
- York Daily Record,
Terror Threat May Force Russia to Resume Smallpox Vaccination Oct 27, 2005
Russian scientists are working on an oral vaccine against smallpox, fearing that terrorists could use the virus as a weapon, the head of the Russian ...
- MOSNEWS,
Is AIDS a man made virus? Special Report Nov 22, 2005
...the widespread vaccine programs conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 1970s in Central Africa, particularly the smallpox eradication program. ...
- Political Gateway,
SIGA Technologies Presents Its Smallpox Drug (SIGA-246) to the ... Nov 16, 2005
The presentation was anupdate on the development status of SIGA's smallpox antiviral drug(SIGA-246) to the WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research ...
- Finanzen.net,
Oral typhoid vaccine is tested Nov 22, 2005
The Phase ... > full story. VaxGen smallpox vaccine promising in mice (September 2, 2005) -- VaxGen Inc. said Friday a new study ...
- Science Daily (press release)
New Generation Of Smallpox Vaccines Nov 14, 2005
WASHINGTON -- New vaccine technologies are emerging that offer a fresh chance to devise a strategy against smallpox, the most fearsome potential weapon in the ...
- Hartford Courant,
Smallpox vaccine key to bioterror defense Nov 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 : The United States is reportedly preparing for a potential bioterror attack by developing safer smallpox vaccines. ...
- NewKerala.com,
Smallpox vaccine key to bioterror defense Nov 14, 2005
The United States is reportedly preparing for a potential bioterror attack by developing safer smallpox vaccines. Smallpox is regarded ...
- Webindia123,
From Spanish flu to bird flu, someone stands to make a fortune Nov 20, 2005
One morning in the 1960s, British newspapers carried big headlines warning that a Pakistani immigrant was found to be infected with smallpox. ...
- IrishExaminer.com,
NYC Expands Use Of Bioterrorism Database Nov 16, 2005
NEW YORK - Any day now, a patient infected with smallpox could walk into a busy emergency room. The patient would have a rash with ...
- Forbes
Pandemic flu: A real danger? Nov 19, 2005
...news. Government officials warned that anthrax and smallpox could strike at any moment. ... No cases of smallpox were ever reported. In ...
- Workers World
US adds 10 quarantine stations for bird flu screening Nov 22, 2005
The US' quarantine program essentially died in the 1970s with the eradication of smallpox and several other communicable diseases. ...
- Taipei Times,
Burma Not Doing Enough to Control AIDS, Says UN Report Nov 22, 2005
Meanwhile Rangoon has claimed that the country is free from smallpox, polio and leprosy, and health authorities are placing emphasis on fighting six common ...
- The Irrawaddy News Magazine,
Bioterrorism Preparedness Nov 21, 2005
A number of biological weapons can be used in an attack of bioterrorism--most notably, many people are concerned with smallpox, anthrax, and ricin. ...
- PR Web (press release),
The changing role of the school nurse Nov 22, 2005
In fact, in 1905 there was a grand total of one school nurse in all of Massachusetts, smallpox was the only required childhood immunization and only three ...
- Beacon Villager,
Losses widen at Acambis Nov 16, 2005
...two contracts with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for MVA3000, the firm’s fixed-price 155 million-dose smallpox contract with ...
- Business Weekly,
Sledgehammer –A Bioterrorist Attack – A Small Pox Epidemic ... Nov 11, 2005
...(I-Newswire) - What happens when bioterrorists unleash the biochemical “smallpox� and time is of the essence to stop its deadly spread? ...
- I-Newswire.com (press release)
BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S - THIRD QUARTERLY REPORT AS OF 30 SEPTEMBER Oct 26, 2005
The revision is primarily due to the lack of sales of Elstree-BN smallpox vaccines and write-off of the Elstree-BN vaccine inventory. ...
- ITNews,
Fear Causes Medical Setbacks Nov 17, 2005
It was just 30 years ago that the last case of smallpox was reported, which was eradicated in 1977 by a worldwide vaccination effort. ...
- Daily Campus (subscription),
Germ Boys and Yes Men Nov 14, 2005
Known in the Administration as "germ boy," Libby was obsessed with pre-emptively vaccinating the entire population against smallpox. ...
- AlterNet,
[FOUNTAIN]Vaccinate before it's too late Nov 16, 2005
Chinese herbal doctors in the 18th century used inoculation, transferring pus from those suffering from smallpox via a sharp needle to others. ...
- International Herald Tribune,
Dr. Brilliant Vs. the Devil of Ambition Nov 1, 2005
...and siphoning sitar music into Rubber Soul; you would find your own yogi, a formidable guru who would send you on a mission to banish smallpox from India. ...
- Fast Company
Chimerix, Inc. Announces Selection as a Top 5 Nominee for 2005 ... Nov 10, 2005
10 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally available, targeted medicines to treat smallpox and other viral infections ...
- Biotech Intelligence (press release),
Chimerix, Inc. Announces Selection as a Top 5 Nominee for 2005 ... Nov 10, 2005
PARK, NC, November 10, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally available, targeted medicines to treat smallpox and other ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
32 students -- one an Edina native -- named Rhodes Scholars for ... Nov 20, 2005
...a Wheaton College senior who built a preschool for children of Ugandan farmers, and Rahul Satija, a Duke University senior who studies the smallpox virus while ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
Three Indo-American gets Rhodes scholarship Nov 20, 2005
...year. Rahul Satija, a Duke University senior who studies the smallpox virus while also teaching violin to inner-city children...
- Times of India,
Hopes Raised For Malaria Vaccine Nov 16, 2005
...have accepted that, at least for the foreseeable future, there is no prospect of a vaccine that would wipe out malaria like the smallpox vaccine did for ...
- The Statesman,
Myanmar continues to make efforts in disease eradication Nov 21, 2005
Claiming that Myanmar has been free from smallpox, polio and leprosy, the health authorities are placing emphasis on fighting six common diseases in the ...
- People's Daily Online,
Many Distrust AIDS Vaccine Trials Nov 21, 2005
While vaccines now protect against a variety of illnesses from chicken pox and polio to smallpox, scientists say the AIDS virus has turned out to be a much ...
- Forbes
`Synthetic biology' offers reasons for hope and for fear Nov 17, 2005
...deadly, effects. A clever bioterrorist, for example, might be able to re-engineer the smallpox virus and cause an epidemic. People ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
9/11 Panel Makes Recommendations For DNA-based Identification ... Nov 17, 2005
Smallpox: Scourge, Weapon, Research Tool -- Complexities Of A Global Policy (July 16, 1999) -- A UF Institute for Science and Health Policy-hosted forum ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Four NC university students named Rhodes Scholars Nov 20, 2005
Satija, a senior majoring in biology and music, has been doing research in bioinformatics, and is now focused on the sea urchin genome and smallpox virus. ...
- WVEC.com (subscription),
Sledgehammer –A Bioterrorist Attack – A Small Pox Epidemic ... Nov 5, 2005
This science fiction thriller discusses the potential threat of terrorists using smallpox as a biochemical weapon against us. Author ...
- PR Web (press release),
Three named Rhodes scholars Nov 20, 2005
We are very happy," his father, Sushil Satija, said yesterday. Rahul Satija's studies focus on bioinformatics, sea urchin genomes and the smallpox virus. ...
- Washington Times,
Three Duke Students Receive Rhodes Scholarships Nov 20, 2005
...math. He has been carrying out research in bioinformatics, currently focused on the sea urchin genome and smallpox virus. Awarded ...
- Duke University,
Acambis Needs To Focus On R&D Funding Nov 21, 2005
Maintains buy rating. Awaits news on US centre for disease control decision on a contract for the smallpox vaccine. Trades unchanged at 208.75p. (DWE). ...
- New Ratings
US pandemic plan isn't ready for bird flu outbreak Nov 20, 2005
Discontinued when smallpox was eradicated from the globe, its restoration would help make everyone more health-conscious and enforce required inoculations. ...
- Asbury Park Press,
Bird Flu Concerns Rise as Most Urgent Health Problem Nov 18, 2005
...poll question asked Americans how worried they are about contracting a deadly virus such as bird flu or a deadly infectious disease such as smallpox that is ...
- Gallup Poll News,
WNC gears up for potential bird flu Nov 21, 2005
Some of the recent preparations for a possible bio-terrorist attack or other disease outbreak such as smallpox also pave the way for a flu pandemic response ...
- Asheville Citizen-Times,
Fry up your next turkey Buffalo-style Nov 20, 2005
Donna and I exchanged nervous looks, the kind of looks one might imagine Russian scientists exchange when they realize that several vials of smallpox have gone ...
- Syracuse Post Standard,
Montco looking to be ready for bird flu Nov 21, 2005
...putting together a Pandemic Crisis Committee that will create a plan to respond to an outbreak of avian flu or other deadly contagious disease, such as smallpox ...
- Norristown Times Herald,
Initiatives may reinvigorate sickly domestic vaccine sector Nov 21, 2005
...breakthroughs in the vaccine industry. In 1796, Edward Jenner developed a vaccination in England against smallpox. And in the 19th ...
- Oakland Tribune,
High rate of tuberculosis hard to control along border Nov 20, 2005
Tuberculosis, along with cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, hemorrhagic fevers, SARS, and influenza with potential for pandemic are diseases the federal ...
- Brownsville Herald,
The bioweapon is in the post Nov 9, 2005
YOU might think it would be difficult for a terrorist to obtain genes from the smallpox virus, or a similarly vicious pathogen. Well, it's not. ...
- New Scientist (subscription),
Back from boot camp, Marine relishes comforts of home Nov 21, 2005
Recruits were immunized for everything from yellow fever to smallpox, including a brown-colored dose of what Mat called a "peanut butter shot," that came from ...
- Brunswick Times Record,
The Good, the bad and the old By Joy Stephenson Nov 16, 2005
When did Americans last hear the word cholera? Young people today never heard of that illness, or yellow fever, scarlet fever, typhoid, smallpox or polio. ...
- The Navasota Examiner,
Activist LaDuke Speaks On Cultural Education Nov 21, 2005
...s Rebellion in 1763, during which British troops used “the first weapons of mass destruction,� blankets knowingly infected with smallpox, on Delawares. ...
- Cornell Daily Sun,
Can a Physician be Liable to Third Parties? Nov 21, 2005
...cases the physicians were held liable in negligence to a third party for failing to identify tuberculosis (see JONES v STANKO, (1928)), smallpox (see SKILLINGS ...
- This Day (subscription),
22nd MEU (SOC) corpsmen provide the warrior's unseen armor Nov 21, 2005
...potential health problems. Among these preventive medicines are the anthrax, smallpox, and influenza vaccines. “Vaccinations are ...
- Marines.com
I'll have the turkey and dressing, but hold the lies Nov 20, 2005
...winter. They taught the Pilgrims to cultivate corn and pumpkins. The grateful Pilgrims traded them smallpox in return. Sheer benevolence ...
- Huntsville Times,
Richness lost in translation Nov 17, 2005
We can guess that Lucia's profession is prostitution, and we soon find out that her calamity is smallpox, a disease that strikes when she is 14 years old. ...
- Rocky Mountain News,
The Art Of Power Nov 21, 2005
...rebellion. Kangxi was only 7 in 1662 when he assumed the throne from his father, the first Qing Emperor, who died in a smallpox epidemic. ...
- TIME
Superspreading and the effect of individual variation on disease ... Nov 18, 2005
For diseases transmitted by non-sexual direct contacts, such as SARS or smallpox, individual variation is difficult to measure empirically, and thus its ...
- Nature.com (subscription),
Welcome to Matthewsland Nov 21, 2005
Since that apparently doesn't make it to "evil", is there something that would move it up to that level? Releasing smallpox in the New York subway? ...
- RedState.org,
Chimerix, Inc. selected Top 5 Nominee for World Technology Award ... Nov 10, 2005
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally available, targeted medicines to treat smallpox and other viral ...
- Carolina Newswire (press release),
Acambis down as Q3 losses widen Nov 15, 2005
Revenue dropped to £4.6m from £11.1m last time as the US government smallpox contracts near an end. The company also maintained ...
- ShareCast,
Vaccine Producer Bavarian Nordic Announces Plan to Expand Through ... Oct 27, 2005
Bavarian Nordic -- http://www.bavarian-nordic.com -- also reported progress in several areas relating to Imvamune(tm), its safe MVA-based smallpox vaccine. ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
Terrorist Favorites Nov 9, 2005
Hannibal used poisonous snakes against ships in 184 BC Hernando Cortes was aided in his conquest of Mexico in 1519-1520 by the arrival of smallpox. ...
- Strategy Page
Fearing avian flu, US scrambles to fill drug gap Nov 10, 2005
Drug-resistant bacteria and terrorist attacks spreading anthrax, smallpox or other deadly substances are also big worries in Washington. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Drugs in Development Oct 26, 2005
...the Department of Health and Human Services has issued its request for proposals for the manufacture and delivery of doses of MVA-attenuated smallpox vaccine. ...
- R&D Directions (subscription),
Visiting Veterinarian: Beam me up, Scotty Oct 26, 2005
In 1796, an English physician, Edward Jenner, noticed that milkmaids rarely got smallpox, but they frequently caught cowpox from their bovine friends. ...
- Martha's Vineyard Times,
Chimerix, Inc. Supports Biodefense Legislation to Accelerate and ... Nov 3, 2005
NC, November 03, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally available, targeted medicines to treat smallpox infection and ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Malaria vaccine a step closer Nov 18, 2005
...accepted that, at least for the foreseeable future, there is no prospect of a vaccine which would wipe out malaria the same way that the smallpox vaccine did ...
- New Zealand Herald,
The government's point man on pandemic flu has no medical, public ... Nov 16, 2005
One defender, Dr. Donald Henderson, whose team achieved the worldwide elimination of smallpox, worked as an adviser to HHS alongside Simonson and praised his ...
- Houston Chronicle,
'Andrew Jackson' Nov 18, 2005
Especially after smallpox and the other epidemics killed as many as three-fourths of the members of the afflicted tribes, there seemed room enough for all. ...
- New York Times,
Acambis set to speed up trials of bird flu vaccine Nov 16, 2005
Acambis is best known for supplying smallpox vaccine to the United States government, which built up stocks of the medicine even though it has still not been ...
- Scotsman,
Bay Area readies avian flu battle plans Nov 17, 2005
...possible signs of the illness. They routinely look for other diseases as well, such as smallpox or SARS. If someone has symptoms ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Originals and still the best Nov 19, 2005
Previously lauded wherever they went, things turned hostile in Scotland. "We were about as popular as a plague of the smallpox," wrote Wallace. ...
- Scotsman,
Virus that killed 50 million reconstructed Nov 9, 2005
WHO moves towards smallpox tests (May 21, 2005) -- The World Health Organization approved in principle an experiment to manipulate the genes of the smallpox ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Stanley M. Aronson: The globalization of human pathogens 03 Oct 2005
In turn, Spanish mariners and conquistadors brought smallpox, measles, and gonorrhea to the native populations of the Caribbean and Latin America, destroying ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
The Almanac: Today is Monday, Oct. 3 03 Oct 2005
Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, told a Senate committee that the government was planning to stockpile 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
CDC locks up flu data 03 Oct 2005
...agency has programs that require protection from disclosure, such as the locations and work of laboratories with such biological agents as smallpox or anthrax. ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)
Doctors Don't Recognize Botulism or Smallpox Sep 26, 2005
American doctors aren't prepared to diagnose and treat diseases likely to be unleashed by bioterrorists, including anthrax, botulism, plague or smallpox, a new ...
- Forbes
Doctors in Training Don't Recognize Botulism or Smallpox Sep 26, 2005
Study of bioterrorism disease preparedness finds some doctors can't tell the difference between chickenpox and smallpox. By Steven Reinberg. MONDAY, Sept. ...
- ABC News
Antibody in humans that quickly fights the smallpox virus Sep 26, 2005
Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) have made a major advancement toward protecting society against a smallpox outbreak by ...
- News-Medical.net
Cangene wins $17M British contract for Vaccinia smallpox treatment Sep 19, 2005
Corp. of Winnipeg for the supply of Vaccinia immune globulin, of VIG, used in preventing a severe reaction to the smallpox vaccine. ...
- Canada.com
Smallpox drug clears hurdle on tests path Sep 21, 2005
By Judith VandeWater. A smallpox drug being developed jointly by St. Louis University and SIGA Technologies Inc. of New York City ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
SLU, Siga to develop smallpox drug Sep 21, 2005
Saint Louis University and Siga Technologies Inc. have agreed to continue developing Siga's smallpox drug, SIGA-246, the organizations said Wednesday. ...
- St. Louis Business Journal
Siga to collaborate with St Louis University over smallpox drug Sep 21, 2005
...has entered into a $1 million National Institutes of Health funded agreement with Saint Louis University for the continued development of Siga's smallpox drug. ...
- Pharmaceutical Business Review
Acambis MVA smallpox vaccine in US ITC probe after Bavarian Nordic ... Sep 21, 2005
...company Bavarian Nordic AS said the US International Trade Commission has started an investigation against Acambis PLC's MVA smallpox vaccine following a ...
- Forbes
Health Ministry wants smallpox vaccine in case of bio-terrorism Sep 1, 2005
Health officials are seeking Environmental Risk Management Authority (Erma) approval to release the smallpox vaccine for use "in case of a smallpox emergency". ...
- Stuff.co.nz
Officials import smallpox virus Sep 2, 2005
Health officials seeking approval for smallpox vaccine imports to combat possible bioterrorism attacks have already brought a shipment of vaccine into the ...
- Stuff.co.nz
VaxGen smallpox vaccine promising in mice Sep 2, 2005
...said Friday a new study by Japanese researchers suggested its smallpox vaccine might offer 100-percent protection from the deadly viral illness after only a ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Published Study Demonstrates Single Dose of VaxGen's Smallpox ... Sep 2, 2005
...a study published in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Virology(1) provides data showing that a single dose of VaxGen's smallpox vaccine candidate ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
Health center cautious with smallpox vaccine Sep 15, 2005
By KELLEY HASCALL. The last major outbreak of smallpox in the US was in 1949, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. ...
- Daily Nebraskan
Docs in training miss bioterror diagnoses Sep 30, 2005
If there were an actual attack, doctors' failure to isolate contagious patients with smallpox or plague could increase the number of victims. ...
- Globetechnology.com
Physicians falter on test of bioterrorism awareness Sep 28, 2005
The 631 physicians who participated in the study correctly diagnosed anthrax, smallpox, pneumonic plague, and botulism less than half the time, and they made ...
- CIDRAP
SIGA Announces a $3.2 Million Contract with the United States Army ... Sep 27, 2005
Operations Command inits use of computational biology to design and develop specificcountermeasures against the biological threat agents Smallpox andAdenovirus ...
- Finanzen.net
US INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INITIATES INVESTIGATION AGAINST ... Sep 21, 2005
...the US International Trade Commission (ITC) based in Washington, DC, instituted today an investigation of patent infringement on MVA smallpox vaccine products ...
- ITNews
NNE Builds New Vaccine Facility for Bavarian Nordic in Record Time Sep 28, 2005
...project has been essential to Bavarian Nordic, which is participating in the US Government's programme to develop and acquire a safe smallpox vaccine based on ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Bacterium in Washington likely not serious threat Oct 2, 2005
...biological agent -- which is on the "A list" of the Department of Homeland Security's biohazards, along with anthrax, plague and smallpox -- was detected in ...
- Indianapolis Star
Virus that causes AIDS has weakened, scientists say Oct 1, 2005
Nevertheless, the team that found HIV to be weakening said such loss of potency has been detected with other killer pathogens, such as the smallpox virus and ...
- Houston Chronicle
Clinical researchers see role for Montana Sep 29, 2005
...companies. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, his practice was one of 75 sites in the nation to study the smallpox vaccine. Of ...
- Billings Gazette
Program Improves Physicians’ Knowledge About Diseases Caused by ... Sep 26, 2005
...program improved physicians’ knowledge about the diagnosis and management of diseases caused by bioterrorism agents, such as anthrax, smallpox and plague ...
- Newswise (press release)
Biocryst seeks US aid on bird flu drug Sep 30, 2005
...and is supposed to speed work on drugs and vaccines to protect against chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks, including smallpox and anthrax. ...
- AL.com
Civil War medicine a challenge Sep 30, 2005
...the North, you had little immunity to whooping cough, measles, mumps, typhoid fever, typhus, meningitis, diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, smallpox, yellow fever ...
- The Free Lance-Star
The Medical Minute: Vaccinations -- not just kids' stuff Sep 28, 2005
Debate on the need for smallpox vaccination continues as the risk of biologic warfare is considered. People born before 1972 and ...
- Penn State Live
SIGA Announces $1 Million Agreement with Saint Louis University ... Sep 20, 2005
...(NASDAQ: SIGA) today announced that it had entered into an agreement with Saint Louis University for the continued development of SIGA's smallpox drug (SIGA-246 ...
- Genetic Engineering News
Pledge of Allegiance ruling sparks e-mail debate over values Sep 24, 2005
Think about the blankets infected with smallpox our government gave Indians as a way of getting rid of them and stealing their lands. ...
- Asheville Citizen-Times
Physicians Ill-prepared To Diagnose, Treat Bioterrorism Diseases Sep 28, 2005
631 physicians tested were unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists, such as smallpox, anthrax, botulism ...
- Science Daily (press release)
StockMarketNewsAlert.com Introduces SIGA Technologies, Inc. Sep 27, 2005
Command in its use of computational biology to design and develop specific countermeasures against the biological threat agents Smallpox and Adenovirus. ...
- PrimeZone (press release)
Doctors May Not Be Ready To Tackle Bio-terrorism Sep 27, 2005
Archives of Internal Medicine said that doctors might not be ready to deal with the threat of bio-terrorism that may be caused by smallpox, anthrax, botulism ...
- MedIndia
Psy-ops propaganda goes mainstream. Sep 19, 2005
...here with telltale symptoms. Rashes, vomiting, high temperature, and cramps: the classic signs of smallpox. Once thought wiped out ...
- Slate
AIDS Virus Has Weakened Since 1989, Scientists Say (Update1) Sep 29, 2005
...generations.''. Diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis and smallpox were more virulent thousands of years ago, Vitoria said. Keith ...
- Bloomberg
Training called key for finding biological terrorism Sep 27, 2005
If there were an attack, doctors' inability to isolate contagious patients with smallpox or the plague might increase the number of victims. ...
- Boston Globe
Plans drawn in black and white Sep 30, 2005
...to rebuild from the remaining 19 houses up to a critical mass of 62 dwellings, one for each of the Gadigal clan's last 62 families killed by smallpox in the ...
- Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)
Historic LA hospital to give way to new police station Sep 30, 2005
Tom LaBonge. The hospital helped residents for more than 100 years, beginning with the smallpox epidemic of 1868. People injured ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Iran's self-defence: Myth and Reality Sep 29, 2005
The United States alleges that Iran may have started to develop small quantities of agent, possibly including mycotoxins, ricin, and the smallpox virus. ...
- Persian Journal
AIDS virus weakening? Sep 29, 2005
Other diseases, such as smallpox, have shown similar weakening tendencies over time, according to Marco Vitoria of the World Health Organization.
- Betterhumans
Aids virus 'could be weakening' Sep 29, 2005
Dr Marco Vitoria, an HIV expert at the World Health Organization, said other diseases - such as smallpox, TB and syphilis - had shown the same tendency to ...
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Study suggests weakening HIV virus Sep 30, 2005
According to the World Health Organisation, other diseases - such as smallpox, TB and syphilis - have shown similar behaviour, weakening over time. ...
- Drug Researcher.com
Study finds weakening of HIV virus Sep 30, 2005
...the team that found HIV to be weakening said such loss of potency has been detected with other killer pathogens, such as the smallpox virusand the bacteria ...
- Concord Monitor
Researchers find AIDS virus reproducing at a slower rate Sep 30, 2005
Diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis and smallpox were more virulent thousands of years ago, Vitoria said. Those viruses are still contagious killers. ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
Without Training, Many Doctors Misdiagnose Bioterror Diseases Sep 27, 2005
CHICAGO -- What's the difference between chicken pox and smallpox? ... A case of routine chickenpox was misdiagnosed by 42 percent of the doctors as smallpox. ...
- WPXI.com
Doctors misdiagnose bioterror diseases in test Sep 26, 2005
If there were an actual attack, doctors’ failure to isolate contagious patients with smallpox or plague could increase the number of victims. ...
- Canton Repository (subscription)
Doctors need training on bio-terror agents: study Sep 27, 2005
Despite heightened public awareness of bio-terrorism, doctors still lack the skills to diagnose deadly diseases such as smallpox and the plague, according to a ...
- Webindia123
Drills to help state prepare for pandemic Sep 29, 2005
...other issues. Regional plans for mass vaccinations of smallpox will be updated to an all-hazards approach, she said. In addition ...
- The Union Leader
Big thaw could unleash ancient plague Sep 29, 2005
This rules out plenty of human viruses, but still leaves a few very nasty options like smallpox, polio, hepatitis A and influenza. ...
- Cape Times (subscription)
SIGA Technologies Receives Letters From NASDAQ Sep 28, 2005
...noted that its stockholders' equity deficiency resulted from SIGA's decision to accelerate the development and related costs of its lead Smallpox anti-viral ...
- Genetic Engineering News
AIDS virus weakening, says a study Sep 29, 2005
...said the HIV-1 virus's apparent weakening could be in line with the reduced aggression of other human scourges through history, including syphilis and smallpox ...
- India Monitor
Biosafety lab opens at Brooks City-Base Sep 30, 2005
This means it is equipped with advanced security and special gear that enable lab workers to safely handle dangerous pathogens such as anthrax, SARS or smallpox ...
- San Antonio Express (subscription)
VIKINGS AT FALCONS (-6) Sep 30, 2005
...international regular-season game. Mexicans haven't been this fortunate since the conquistadors brought them smallpox. Pick: Cardinals by 4.
- Pioneer Press
Don D'Amato's Down a Different Path Sep 29, 2005
...me from the time I had spent in the London hospital studying and helping to alleviate the pain and heartbreak of those afflicted with the smallpox, the scourge ...
- Warwick Beacon
Belton is 150 years old Sep 30, 2005
1920. It would later become Winn-Dixie. The city suffered a smallpox outbreak in 1900 and an influenza outbreak in 1918. In 1933 ...
- Anderson Independent Mail (subscription)
Why Historians Have a Stake in the Debate Over Evolution Sep 25, 2005
Smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, typhoid fever, cholera and yellow fever, among others, spread ferociously in the “virgin soil� of Native ...
- History News Network
USQUEPAUG DEVELOPMENT REVISION APPROVED Oct 1, 2005
Since public informational meetings on the development began last fall, residents on Clearview Drive, Punchbowl Trail and Smallpox Trail have opposed the ...
- Westerly Sun
CU-Boulder narrows charges for Churchill inquiry. Sep 30, 2005
Perhaps the most widely known of these complaints concerns Churchill's assertion that the US Army deliberately induced a devastating smallpox epidemic among ...
- Indian Country Today
Bike-hike project heads outdoors Oct 1, 2005
16 at 2 pm will include the Revolutionary War monument to American soldiers who died of smallpox after being abandoned by a British prison ship.
- Connecticut Post
Cangene awarded UK contract to supply Vaccinia Immune Globulin Sep 19, 2005
..."As countries around the world consider implementing smallpox vaccination or stockpiling programs, the market for this product could grow". ...
- ArriveNet (press release)
Doubts remain about government efforts to fight bioterror Sep 21, 2005
...make an anthrax vaccine. The tiny Brisbane, Calif., company hopes to land a smallpox-vaccine deal worth even more. But some people ...
- Middle East North Africa Financial Network
CDC complex a 'metaphor for change' Sep 18, 2005
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon will have the capacity to do five times as many experiments on smallpox virus, Ebola and ...
- Pioneer Press
Chicken Little Sep 3, 2005
Lethal human diseases must be either durable in the external environment (like smallpox), waterborne (like cholera), mosquito-borne (like falciparum malaria ...
- New Republic (subscription)
Cangene gets British contract for drug Sep 20, 2005
Corp. of Winnipeg for the supply of Vaccinia immune globulin, or VIG, used in preventing a severe reaction to the smallpox vaccine. ...
- Globe and Mail
Vaccination programme for children soon Sep 27, 2005
Mr Ramadoss said the spread of disease among children could be prevented by vaccinating them against deadly diseases like smallpox and polio. ...
- Hindu
First, there must be trust Sep 25, 2005
...in three respondents said they were "moderately" to "extremely" worried that, in an emergency involving a terrorist release of the smallpox virus, government ...
- Los Angeles Times
Global warming: Death in the deep-freeze Sep 28, 2005
This rules out plenty of human viruses, but still leaves a few very nasty options including smallpox, polio, hepatitis A and, of course, influenza. ...
- Independent
Study: Doctors not ready for bioterrorism Sep 26, 2005
...of 631 physicians tested were unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists -- smallpox, anthrax, botulism and ...
- PhysOrg.com
Siga shares jump on Army contract Sep 27, 2005
Under the one-year deal, Siga will help develop measures against smallpox and adenovirus, which causes a serious respiratory infection. ...
- BusinessWeek
Cangene wins UK govt contract with Acambis Sep 19, 2005
VIG is a treatment for some of the potential adverse reactions that may result from smallpox vaccination. Acambis, which acts as ...
- Reuters Canada
A deadly avian flu threatens all Americans--unless we act soon Sep 28, 2005
Even if the bug is less virulent in its mutated form (which is likely), H5N1 could well be as contagious and deadly as smallpox. ...
- The Free Lance-Star
Highlights of rising and falling US stocks Sep 27, 2005
...rose in pre-market after the company said it won a $3.2 million one-year contract from the US army to identify and treat anti-viral diseases, including smallpox ...
- Investor's Business Daily (subscription)
Highlights of rising and falling US stocks Sep 27, 2005
SIGA) shares soared 40.7% after the company won a $3.2 million one-year contract from the US army to identify and treat anti-viral diseases, including smallpox ...
- Investor's Business Daily (subscription)
Docs in Training Miss Bioterror Diagnoses Sep 26, 2005
...percent misdiagnosed plague. A case of routine chickenpox was misdiagnosed by 42 percent of the doctors as smallpox. While it‘s ...
- Leading The Charge
Study Finds Doctors Misdiagnose Most Bioterrorism Diseases Sep 27, 2005
84-percent misdiagnosed plague. Routine chickenpox was misdiagnosed by 42-percent of those tested as smallpox. After the online ...
- All Headline News
'It was a terrible time' Sep 24, 2005
Americans annually in the early 1950s, with a high of 58,000 in 1952, appeared ready to join typhoid fever, malaria, cholera, plague, smallpox and diphtheria ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
Haunted Places in Kansas Sep 26, 2005
Indian Nations University - Just south of Taminend Hall - there is a small cemetery with about 70 markers of children who died from a smallpox epidemic that ...
- juiceenewsdaily
The Almanac: Today is Monday, Oct. 3 Sep 27, 2005
Thompson, the secretary of Health and Human Services, told a Senate committee that the government was planning to stockpile 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Powder found at Indian River County courthouse nontoxic; suspect ... Sep 26, 2005
Tests do not indicate what the actual product is. The lab tests for agents of anthrax, botulism, smallpox, plague organisms and other hazardous ingredients. ...
- Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Siga wins $3.2 million anti-bioterrorism contract Sep 28, 2005
Command in its use of computational biology to design and develop specific countermeasures against the biological threat agents smallpox and adenovirus. ...
- Pharmaceutical Business Review
Saving Us from Darwin Sep 29, 2005
And should the God of love and mercy be given credit for the anopheles mosquito, the schistosomiasis parasite, anthrax, smallpox, bubonic plague...? ...
- The New York Review of Books
Public health director: Cabarrus prepared for disaster Sep 29, 2005
Past exercises involving medical and law enforcement personnel have included mock bioterrorism attacks of smallpox and anthrax. ...
- Kannapolis Independent Tribune
Rochester Business Journal Sep 27, 2005
...he said. PCR is the most sensitive way to detect viral and bacterial pathogens such as smallpox and anthrax, he added. “These ...
- Rochester Business Journal
US Department of Defense announces its intent to purchase Vaccinia ... Sep 20, 2005
...is a hyperimmune product to be used in treating and preventing a type of severe reaction that may be brought on by administration of the smallpox vaccine, and ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
George Washington, teenage heartthrob Sep 27, 2005
...and ears. He also had a pockmark probably caused by smallpox he contracted on a trip to Barbados at 19, Schwartz says. To reimagine ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com
Will Sweetwater be ready for an emergency? Sep 28, 2005
By Ben Barkley/Reporter Managing Editor. What would happen if there was an outbreak of smallpox in the community? What about an emergency ...
- Sweetwater Reporter
Gov't to tighten control on 57 viruses, germs to prevent bioterror Sep 28, 2005
...on the degree of danger they pose, with the possession, sales, imports and production of six most dangerous viruses, including smallpox virus, prohibited ...
- Japan Today
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