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USDA turns the lights on at the new bio-level 4 lab but keeps Plum Island running for now

By News Desk on May 31, 2023

The dedication and ribbon-cutting to open the $1.25 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS, was held during the run-up to Memorial Day. But the Plum Island Animal Disease Center remains open as the…

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USDA names director for animal disease lab under construction

By Dan Flynn on October 2, 2019

The USDA has named the executive director of Canada’s National Centers for Animal Disease to head the new U.S. National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS.

Dr. Alfonso Clavijo’s appointment as NBAF’s first…
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Most Hazardous Animal Disease Lab Can’t Be Built on Plum Island

By Dan Flynn on July 18, 2012

America’s riskiest animal disease research can be housed in less space than the $1.14 billion facility planned for construction in Manhattan, KS, says a blue chip panel of scientists from the National Research Council. And,…
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Top Level Biosecurity Lab to Move to Kansas If Approved

By Dan Flynn on June 19, 2012

Nobody ever said moving “Plum Island” to Kansas was going to be easy or cheap. But until that move can occur, Homeland Security won’t have its state-of-the-art facility for combating biological threats to the United…
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