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September 1, 2010: BARDA Funds Development of New Way to Treat Illness from Acute Radiation
August 30, 2010: BARDA Funds Drug Development for Biothreats, Antibiotic Resistance
August 11, 2010: BARDA issues Single Source Cooperative Agreement Award for the World Health Organization (WHO) to Continue Development of Sustainable Influenza Vaccine Production Capacity in Under-Resourced Nations
August 3, 2010: HHS/ASPR Debuts Public Health Emergency Discussion Series on Youtube
July 30, 2010: BARDA Awards Four Contracts for Innovative Platform Technologies Applied to Medical Countermeasure Development
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