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  • Preparing for ‘Armageddon’? Biden Admin Buys $290 Million in Radiation Sickness Drugs

    10/11/2022 10:22:22 PM PDT · by NeverCheney · 50 replies
    REUTERS Via Washington Free Beacon ^ | OCT 7, 2022 | Timothy Gardner
    WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. government this week bought $290 million in supplies of a drug designed to treat blood cell injuries following radiological and nuclear emergencies as part of what it said were long-standing efforts to prepare for potential health impacts from threats to national security. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services purchased the drug Nplate from Amgen Inc. When asked whether the purchase, announced Tuesday, was linked to tensions with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, an HHS spokesperson said it was part of ongoing efforts to prepare for a wide range of threats including chemical, biological, radiological,...
  • Plan For Lethal-Virus Laboratories Leaves Smalltown USA In Uproar

    06/28/2003 3:37:39 PM PDT · by blam · 2 replies · 193+ views
    Independent (UK) ^ | 6-29-2003 | Andrew Gumbel
    Plan for lethal-virus laboratories leaves Smalltown USA in uproar By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 29 June 2003 A network of high-security laboratories for storing and investigating some of the most lethal viruses known to mankind is being built across the US, leaving communities in uproar. They not only fear the risk of the viruses escaping, but also contend that the programme, part of the $6bn (£3.5bn) Project BioShield, is a stunning case of overkill. For none of the germs to be studied is related to bioweaponry. In the tiny town of Hamilton, Montana, campaigners worry that they will become...
  • Bush pushes for BioShield passage

    06/23/2003 10:33:17 PM PDT · by JohnHuang2 · 112+ views
    Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 | By Bill Sammon
    <p>President Bush yesterday urged Congress to pass Project BioShield, a $6 billion plan to battle anthrax, smallpox and other bioterrorism agents by speeding the development of vaccines and treatments.</p> <p>"Project BioShield will give our scientific leaders greater authority and more flexibility in decisions that may affect our national security," Mr. Bush said at a meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Association.</p>