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 <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost</title>
  <description>A two-tiered scanning-protocol for inspecting all containers at international ports could be the most affordable approach to ensuring containers moving through the global transportation system are not carrying nuclear bombs, according to a paper being pre</description>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-Obama's US FDA pick wins Senate clearance</title>
  <description>... Hamburg is a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and other public health issues ...</description>
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  <title>RPT-UPDATE 1-Obama's US FDA pick wins Senate clearance</title>
  <description>... Hamburg is a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and other public health issues ...</description>
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  <title>Obama's US FDA pick wins Senate clearance</title>
  <description>... Hamburg is a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and other public health issues ...</description>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-US FDA nominee moves closer to confirmation</title>
  <description>... Senate must still vote on Hamburg, a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and ...</description>
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  <title>UDPATE 1-US FDA nominee moves closer to confirmation</title>
  <description>... Senate must still vote on Hamburg, a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and ...</description>
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  <title>FDA nominee moves closer to confirmation</title>
  <description>... Senate must still vote on Hamburg, a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner known for her work in bioterrorism preparations and ...</description>
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  <title>UPDATE 3-US FDA nominee says agency confidence boost needed</title>
  <description>... a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner, as being well-qualified with expertise in public health and bioterrorism preparedness. ...</description>
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  <title>Money, vaccines and lots of soap</title>
  <description>... Blue-chip venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has a $200 million pandemic and biodefense fund, but most of its investments are later-stage, even ...</description>
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  <title>FDA nominee says agency confidence boost needed</title>
  <description>... a Harvard-trained doctor and former New York City health commissioner, as being well-qualified with expertise in public health and bioterrorism preparedness. ...</description>
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  <title>UPDATE 1-Poor records slow food probes - US watchdog</title>
  <description>... The Bioterrorism Act of 2002 requires produce processors and distributors to keep track of where food goes and has arrived from, enabling the FDA to use the ...</description>
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  <title>Private markets, public health</title>
  <description>... t included. Already there are calls from the biodefense sector for the FDA to expand the list of voucher-eligible diseases. The ...</description>
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  <title>Poor records slow food probes: US watchdog</title>
  <description>... The Bioterrorism Act of 2002 requires produce processors and distributors to keep track of where food goes and has arrived from, enabling the FDA to use the ...</description>
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  <title>Information warfare in the 21st century: Ideas are sometimes stronger than bombs</title>
  <description>"Information warfare" plays a crucial role in the struggle against terrorist organizations, sometimes more so than conventional weapons. Therefore, the information warfare against terrorist organizations ought to be instigated and on the attack, and shoul</description>
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  <title>Obama to tap Hamburg to run US FDA - sources</title>
  <description>... A public health and bioterrorism expert, Hamburg ran New York's health department from 1991 to 1997, and also served as an assistant secretary in the US ...</description>
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  <title>Obama to tap Hamburg to run FDA: sources</title>
  <description>... A public health and bioterrorism expert, Hamburg ran New York's health department from 1991 to 1997, and also served as an assistant secretary in the US ...</description>
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  <title>Human Genome starts shipping new anthrax drug</title>
  <description>... Ivins killed himself last year before he could be charged. Bioterrorism experts say anthrax is a very likely weapon of choice for future attacks. ...</description>
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  <title>Econ crisis may hit US disaster readiness -experts</title>
  <description>... "The 25 percent cut in federal support to protect Americans from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism is already hurting state response capabilities," he added ...</description>
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  <title>Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears</title>
  <description>Research has shown that certain marginalized groups -- including the mentally ill, the disabled and ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos -- fare worse than others in the aftermath of natural disasters, suffering disproportionate impover</description>
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  <title>High-tech solutions ease inaugural challenges</title>
  <description>Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University of Maryland. The Regional Integrated Trans</description>
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