Photo: Texas A&M University moves to the forefront of the US biodefense effort (credit: Texas A&M University)U.S. Launches Three Biodefense Centers -- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded contracts for the creation of three new centers tasked with responding to the threat of future pandemics and biological attacks, Nature News Blog reports.
Based in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas, the three “Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing” are the first tangible result of a review concluded by HHS in 2010.
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My Comment: Pandemics, biological attacks .... this has all been known for a very long time. But why the rush to build the centers now?
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New era of alertness perhaps? Coupled with the new administration and of course it creates jobs...
Judging by the report, it seems it has been in consideration for quite awhile, and only have just awarded the contract. These things take time to build and implement, wouldn't consider it a rush really.
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