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New Tuberculosis Lab Hailed as Breakthrough in Health Diplomacy
March 12, 2010Published in Science magazine, the article details the threat of a tuberculosis epidemic in North Korea and efforts undertaken by NTI and others to build a tuberculosis lab.
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Tuberculosis: North Korea Develops TB Laboratory with Help from American Doctors
March 2, 2010Published in The New York Times, the article details NTI's support for the development of a laboratory in North Korea that will be capable of identifying drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
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Between Publishing and Perishing? H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy
May 3, 2012Recently, researchers in the Netherlands and the United States identified genetic mutations that could enable H5N1 bird flu to become easily transmissible from one human to another. Controversy has emerged about whether the details of these two particularly sensitive H5N1 studies should be openly published to aid global pandemic preparedness or withheld in the interests of national security. Because similar ...
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Remarks to the Pacific Health Summit
June 11, 2007Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the House Committee on Government Reform
April 9, 2003Dr. Hamburg testifies on important concerns raised by the emergence and ongoing response to the SARS outbreak, as well as broader issues of emerging infections, public health and security.
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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
April 18, 2002Testimony on the state of public health preparedness for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.
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Dr. Peggy Hamburg testifies before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Oct. 17, 2001Testimony on the biological weapons threat.
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Announcement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
Dec. 2, 2002Announcement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
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Doctors Prepare Checklist of Anthrax Symptoms
July 30, 2004A group of U.S. doctors has prepared a list of symptoms of anthrax infection to help medical personnel determine whether they are treating a victim of a biological attack or someone suffering a natural illness, Agence France-Presse reported today (see GSN, June 14).
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BWC Experts Stress Disease Surveillance Measures
Aug. 5, 2004WASHINGTON — Approximately 450 experts and officials from parties to the Biological Weapons Convention concluded an annual meeting last week in Geneva stressing the importance of strengthening global disease surveillance, investigation and response (see GSN, July 20).
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Nebraska Proposes Regional Bioterrorism Support
Aug. 12, 2004The governor of Nebraska yesterday announced plans to create a 10-state alliance to respond to potential bioterrorism attacks or other public health emergences (see GSN, March 10).
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Researchers Study Needle-Free Anthrax Vaccine
Aug. 26, 2004WASHINGTON — In a matter of years, anthrax vaccine might be available in an easily administered powder form rather than the liquid that requires a needle and a medical professional to do the injecting (see GSN, Aug. 20).
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