On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Policy, Office of Biotechnology officially posted "United States Government Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern" as the a way to put in place updated guidelines for this type of situation. The next day, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), voted to endorse release of the research team findings on the basis that placing the information in the hands of research teams world-wide would do more good than potential harm. To learn more, click the link below to read an article in from the Washington Post: | ||||||||
Comment: Try doing an Internet search on a topic like "bird flu map". By and large what you will find is a bunch of outdated efforts and stale data. There is one exception however, HealthMap - a topic which deserves a discussion of its own at a later date. |
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Update: Bird Flu Research/HealthMap
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