Other governments may have reached a terrifying conclusion, but the United States has continued to place an emphasis on the protection of the public…. at least until several days ago. At that time, the U.S National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity reversed its position and declared that the studies should be fully and openly published in scientific journals. Dr. Paul Keim, the acting Chairman of the committee, explained that it changed its recommendation because it now believes that the experiments were not as dangerous as originally believed and that the benefits are greater than originally perceived. Not surprisingly, the editors of Science and Nature immediately declared that they would publish the research as soon as possible…
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Barack Obama, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and the election of a president. John Bryson, Tim Geithner and the state of the national economy. John Roberts, Ruth Ginsburg and civil rights and liberties. Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin and the continued fascination with athletic drama.
Yeah… I’m starting to realize that the issues described in this blog will always take a backseat to the mainstream media’s coverage of more important and pressing subjects. It happens. I get it. But what the heck – consider this posting an update on a few newsy issues may somehow become lost in the shuffle of the daily cycle.
Earlier this month, we posted an article that described a few strange facts about the surprisingly relationship between candy and a handful of professional athletes. The article also discussed a new nutritional initiative by Mars, Inc., to reduce the caloric value of its candy to less than 250 calories per serving.
That’s a good thing, right? Not so fast…
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Earlier this year, researchers from Erasmus Medical College in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison created a new highly contagious and fatal strain of the H5N1 bird flu…
Keiji Fukuda, the Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment for the World Health Organization, has scheduled a meeting to proactively address the upcoming issues. The meeting is set to commence today…
Whew. We’ve been granted a respite.
On Friday, researchers from Erasmus Medical College in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison agreed to a sixty day moratorium on research involving a highly contagious strain of bird flu. The voluntary agreement was published in Nature and Science, two prominent scientific journals. The research involved earlier experimentation that created a new, fatal strain of the H5N1 bird flu. The critical component of the new strain is its communicability… (more)
Not surprisingly, researchers have created a new highly contagious and fatal strain of the H5N1 bird flu. They manipulated the existing virus, mucking around with its structure and tinkering with its properties, until they crafted a new strain that is now likely able to be transmitted between humans. If the genetically altered strain is truly able to be passed from one person to another, it could cause a global flu pandemic that could kill upwards of 50 million people. Or more…
