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Bioterrorism

BIOTERRORISM >> 

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General Bioterrorism Information  
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Latest News  

Jul 28
New Item NEWS SCAN: Pandemic, bioterror funds kept intact; H5N1 death; vectorborne disease funding

Jul 13
New Item NEWS SCAN: New smallpox vaccine delivered, biodefense funding targeted

Jul 8
New Item HHS announces $390 million in grants for hospital preparedness

Jun 15
New Item DHS business preparedness certification program takes shape

Mar 26
New Item Advisory panel urges renewal of US biodefense efforts

Feb 12
New Item Report: For biodefense, US needs closer ties to industry

Feb 10
New Item HHS advisors face short deadline for analyzing biodefense

Feb 9
New Item Major review of biodefense measures to start soon

Feb 1
New Item Federal budget proposal boosts food safety, biodefense

Jan 26
New Item Report: US flunks on ability to blunt bio attack

Dec 31
New Item Obama spurs plans to deliver drugs by mail after bio attack

Dec 15
New Item TFAH says pandemic response shows strengths, weaknesses

Jul 30
New Item CDC's Rich Besser takes TV news post

May 15, 2009
New Item Choice of NYC's Frieden to lead CDC wins praise

Apr 7, 2009
New Item NIOSH revises advice to protect responders from airborne pathogens

Mar 25, 2009
New Item Rand says program to boost bioterrorism readiness works

Jan 27, 2009
New Item CDC's preparedness chief named acting director

Dec 9, 2008
New Item US preparedness report card decries funding lag

Dec 5, 2008
New Item DHS picks Kansas site for new animal disease lab

Dec 4, 2008
New Item HHS releases draft of national vaccine plan

Nov 14, 2008
New Item Firm says weakened smallpox vaccine has good safety profile

Nov 7, 2008
New Item DOD advisors outline biodefense priorities for next president

Nov 5, 2008
New Item Study: Media can distort public's views on infectious diseases

Oct 29, 2008
New Item US urged to launch major campaign against emerging diseases

Oct 22, 2008
New Item GAO says tighter security needed at two BSL-4 labs

Oct 17, 2008
New Item US antiterrorism rules restrict vaccine exports

Oct 15, 2008
New Item Rand report proposes standards for mass antibiotic dispensing

Oct 8, 2008
New Item Two firms win NIAID support for Ebola-Marburg vaccines

Oct 7, 2008
New Item CDC funds research on public health preparedness

Sep 30, 2008
New Item Public health groups report emergency preparedness gains

Sep 26, 2008
New Item Emergent garners $29 million for new anthrax vaccine

Sep 23, 2008
New Item US awards contracts in hunt for versatile biodefense drugs

Sep 11, 2008
New Item Lab lapses sparked anthrax false alarm in Idaho

Sep 10, 2008
New Item Policy group calls US biodefense progress mediocre

Sep 9, 2008
New Item HHS funds work on new anthrax antitoxin

Aug 26, 2008
New Item Anthrax probe prompts concerns about military labs

      
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New Item Project BioShield: authorities, appropriations, acquisitions, and issues for Congress
Jul 7 CRS Report

 
New Item Biosurveillance: efforts to develop a national biosurveillance capability need a national strategy and a designated leader
GAO report released Jul 1

 
New Item Foreword: necessary progress in biosecurity
From Harv Law Policy Rev, published online Jun 27

 
New Item Federal agency biodefense funding, FY2010-FY2011
From Jun 22 Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item EPA's BioWatch role reduced
EPA evaluation report released Apr 20

 
New Item Environmental decontamination following a large-scale bioterrorism attack: federal progress and remaining gaps
From Biosecur Bioterror, published online Apr 6

 
New Item Prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism report card
Jan 26 report from Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

 
New Item Al Queda weapons of mass destruction threat: hype or reality?
Released Jan 26 from Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 
New Item National health security strategy of the United States of America
HHS report released Dec 29, 2009

 
New Item Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism, 2009
Report from Trust for America's Health released Dec 15, 2009

 
New Item BioWatch and public health surveillance: evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats
IOM report released Dec 7, 2009

 
New Item Homeland defense: planning, resourcing, and training issues challenge DOD's respond to domestic chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive incidents
GAO report released Oct 7, 2009

 
New Item Testing and validation of high density resequencing microarray for broad range biothreat agents detection
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 11, 2009

 
New Item Biosafety laboratories: BSL-4 laboratories improved perimeter security despite limited action by CDC
GAO report released Aug 6, 2009 (but dated Jul 7)

 
New Item Palliative care considerations in mass casualty events with scarce resources
From Jul 27, 2009, Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Project Bioshield: HHS can improve agency internal controls for its new contracting authorities
GAO report released Jul 21, 2009

 
New Item Emergency use authorization online course
CDC interactive module released Jun 25, 2009

 
New Item New rules for biosecurity
Editorial from May 29, 2009, Science

 
New Item Availability of medical countermeasures for bioterrorism events: US legal and regulatory options
From Jun 2009 Clin Pharmacol Ther

 
New Item Recommendations for the selection and use of respirators and protective clothing for protection against biological agents
NIOSH document released Apr 3, 2009

 
New Item Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for automated biosurveillance
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 20, 2009

 
New Item Effectiveness of national biosurveillance systems: BioWatch and the public health system: interim report
Institute of Medicine/National Research Council document released Feb 10, 2009

 
New Item Bioterrorism for the respiratory physician
From Jan 2009 Respirology

 
New Item Public health preparedness: strengthening CDC's emergency response
Report on terrorism preparedness and response released Jan 16, 2009

 
New Item Framework for the design and operation of high-level isolation units: consensus of the European Network of Infectious Diseases
From Jan 2009 Lancet Infect Dis

 
New Item Detection of disease outbreaks by the use of oral manifestations
From Jan 2009 J Dent Res

 
New Item Preventing and deterring biological attacks: priorities that should emerge from the WMD Commission report
Commentary from UPMC Center for Biosecurity released Dec 19, 2008

 
New Item Tool for evaluating core elements of hospital disaster drills
From AHRQ publication 08-0019, now available online