By BBC Monitoring
A Russian Health Ministry official and research centres testing an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 have denied reports that the country's business and political leadership have been given early access to it outside of clinical trials.
Earlier today, Bloomberg news agency reported that Russian businessmen and officials began getting shots...
A unique type of blood testing equipment manufactured by a small company in West Wales is emerging as an important tool for understanding how Covid-19 affects the body and for choosing the best treatments for patients.
Benson Viscometers designs and manufactures blood viscometers which, put simply, measure the thickness of...
Every community needs to plan and prepare for the risks of HazMat, CBRN, and mass casualty incidents. These emergency plans should include policies for quick and efficient decontamination of contaminated victims. DQE, the leader in portable decontamination systems, introduces the MasCas II Decontamination Shower, a durable, lightweight, multi-victim decon shower...
GSK and Medicago have announced a collaboration to develop and evaluate a COVID-19 candidate vaccine combining Medicago’s recombinant Coronavirus Virus-Like Particles (CoVLP) with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant system. CoVLPs mimic the structure of the virus responsible for COVID-19 disease, allowing them to be recognised by the immune system. Use of an...
From University of Massachusetts Amherst
Certain methods of decontaminating medical face masks for repeated use during the COVID-19 pandemic appear to damage the masks' integrity and protective function, according to research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist.
"Some treatments for decontamination had no impact on respirator...
Federal Resources are pleased to announce new dates for Experience FR, so save the date, this is an event not to be missed. 02.23.2021-02.26.2021
The purpose of ExperienceFR is to showcase the latest industry-leading technology and solutions available to end users, program managers and procurement specialists. This experience is designed...
From naru.org.uk
Two important new NARU guidance publications will be published in late June for use by all Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) staff in all ten English NHS ambulance services.
The NARU National Ambulance Service CBRN/HAZMAT Guidance significantly updates the original 2014 version and aims to support a consistent and structured approach by NHS...
Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, will provide next generation narcotics, and other illegal drug analysis, equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies through new Excel Program. The Rigaku Expanding Capabilities Equipment for Law Enforcement (EXCEL) Program is designed to provide agencies with a...
FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced it has been awarded a full-rate production option worth $21.8 million on an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the United States (U.S.) Army. FLIR will deliver its Agentase™ C2 disclosure spray to detect G- and V-series nerve agents, highly toxic chemical warfare agents. The contract will...
Patriot One Technologies Inc. (TSX: PAT) (OTCQX: PTOTF) (FRANKFURT: 0PL) (“Patriot One” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce a development partnership with ecoMine Technologies Corporation (ecoMine) to advance ecoMine’s innovative, low-cost, on-the-spot pathogen screening technology. ecoMine’s technology platform has significant potential in this current pandemic, (especially when it comes...
Officials at one of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium.
LANL confirmed on Monday July 6th that 15 workers were being evaluated after a breach involving a glovebox that was being used to handle plutonium.
The June 8 incident at the...
FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced modified thermal cameras for fast and safe noncontact elevated skin temperature* screening. The FLIR EST thermal screening solutions provide frontline screening at building entries and in high traffic areas to improve safety and help curb the spread of COVID-19. The FLIR Axxx-EST, FLIR T5xx-EST, and...
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