MANHATTAN, Kan. — A slate of programs and degrees at Kansas State University and nearby Manhattan Area Technical College aims to train the next generation of workers needed to support the region's burgeoning biosecurity hub.
Why it matters: The labs and manufacturing facilities that will power U.S. biosecurity and biodefense require personnel — from scientists to technicians to facilities managers — trained in how to contain dangerous pathogens.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two hours west of Kansas City, a multibillion-dollar research hub is emerging on the prairie as a new first line of defense against animal diseases that can decimate livestock, rattle financial markets and potentially spill over into humans.
Why it matters: The growing avian flu outbreak in the U.S., highly contagious swine fever circulating in Europe and Asia and other pathogens have put a premium on the ability toamp up production of vaccines and other medical countermeasures — and pulling more of that work back to the U.S. from overseas.
