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Bioterrorism

BIOTERRORISM >> 

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General Bioterrorism Information  
Latest News  

May 17
New Item Federal plan emphasizes resilience in national preparedness

May 10
New Item House bill calls for White House biodefense advisor

May 8
New Item FEMA's first national preparedness report cites progress, gaps

May 7
New Item Twin Cities medicine-by-mail test called successful

May 1
New Item NIH preparing tool to help labs cope with new DURC policy

Apr 13
New Item NSABB member says officials stacked deck for board's H5N1 decision

Apr 3
New Item H5N1 mutations, other details unveiled at H5N1 meeting

Mar 30
New Item NSABB reverses recommendation on H5N1 studies

Mar 29
New Item US debuts life sciences dual-use research policy

Mar 28
New Item Scientists volley ahead of more dual-use H5N1 debate

Mar 22
New Item NEWS SCAN: Change of plan for Army lab, contract for flu drug, reassortant H3N2 in turkeys, US TB rate, measles in Europe

Mar 21
New Item Twin Cities to test mass delivery of emergency meds by mail

Mar 20
New Item NEWS SCAN: Cost jump for ag defense lab, pneumococcal vaccine in kids, Olympics measles warning

Mar 6
New Item Research on contagious H5N1 viruses: Space suits needed?

Mar 5
New Item Details of H5N1 study spark queries from congressman, experts

Feb 29
New Item With new data, NSABB may revisit H5N1 studies

Feb 15
New Item Forum: H5N1 research tussle shows need for clear policies

New Item NEWS SCAN: Biodefense funding, ag defense lab left out, Western Pacific leprosy

Feb 14
New Item Workshop: National biosurveillance system has long way to go

Feb 2
New Item NBSB starts work on new medical countermeasure review

Jan 30
New Item Battle over H5N1 research continues in media, journals

Jan 25
New Item HHS issues medical surge guidance for healthcare systems

New Item NEWS SCAN: BARDA broad-spectrum antibiotic contract, PFCs and immune response, Listeria at salmon plant

Jan 19
New Item NEWS SCAN: New NBSB members, lessons from measles outbreak, poor-quality malaria drugs

Jan 5
New Item Experts say US needs better tracking of lab accidents

Dec 20
New Item US government urges journals to omit details of two H5N1 studies

New Item Preparedness report card spells out programs at risk for cuts

      
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New in This Section  
 
New Item Implementation plan for the National Health Security Strategy of the United States of America
HHS report posted online May 16

 
New Item Predicting response to reassurances and uncertainties in bioterrorism communications for urban populations in New York and California
From Biosecur Bioterror, published online May 14

 
New Item U.S. medical countermeasure development since 2001: a long way yet to go
From Mar 28 Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item A decade of countering bioterrorism: incremental progress, fundamental failings
From Mar 28 Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Preventing biological weapon development through the governance of life science research
From Mar 28 Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item The science of security versus the security of science
Perspective article from Bouvier in J Infect Dis, published Mar 27

 
New Item Prioritizing risks and uncertainties from intentional release of selected category A pathogens
From Mar 6 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Flu, risks, and videotape: escalating fear and avoidance
From Risk Analysis, published online Feb 14

 
New Item Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern
NSABB Jan 31 statement in Nature (also published in Science)

 
New Item Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk assessments: DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use
GAO report released Jan 25

 
New Item Press statement on the NSABB review of H5N1 research
From NIH, released Dec 20, 2011

 
New Item Editor-in-Chief Bruce Alberts on publication of H5N1 avian influenza research
Response from Science to above statement, posted Dec 20, 2011

 
New Item Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism
Trust for America's Health report released Dec 20, 2011

 
New Item Biosecurity challenges of the global expansion of high containment biological laboratories
NRC report published Dec 19, 2011

 
New Item Animal models for assessing countermeasures to bioterrorism agents
NRC report released Dec 5, 2011

 
New Item Unfinished business: efforts to define dual-use research of bioterrorism concern
From Dec 1, 2011, Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item The key to enabling biosurveillance is cooperative technology development
From Biosecur Bioterror, published online Nov 7, 2011

 
New Item State-of-the-art therapeutic medical countermeasures for viral threat agents
From Biosecur Bioterror, published online Nov 4, 2011

 
New Item Biosurveillance: nonfederal capabilities should be considered in creating a national biosurveillance strategy
GAO report released Oct 31, 2011

 
New Item National preparedness: improvements needed for acquiring medical countermeasures to threats from terrorism and other sources
GAO report released Oct 26, 2011

 
New Item Comparison of ultrafiltration techniques for recovering biothreat agents in water
EPA report published Oct 17, 2011

 
New Item Bio-response report card
WMD Center report released Oct 12, 2011

 

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