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03/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Legionella bacteria in municipal water systems has killed or sickened thousands – is anything being done to address the problem?

As Legionnaires’ disease continues to claim hundreds of lives and thousands of victims, the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine assembled an investigatory team who will look into the best ways to keep the lethal Legionella bacteria out of vulnerable plumbing systems, water works and lungs, reported a Circle of Blue article. Legionnaires’ […]

01/04/2018 / By Robert Jonathan

Dangerous research to resume: Federal funding ban on “super pathogen” experiments has been lifted, opening door to bioterror attacks or pandemic accidents

Put this one in the category of “what could possibly go wrong?” The National Institutes of Health is lifting a ban on funding experiments that deliberately make germs more dangerous, albeit subject to pre-approval by a scientific panel using a risk-benefit analysis. The U.S. government imposed a funding moratorium on such research in October 2104. At […]

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