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BIOTERRORISM >> 

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Latest News  

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

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

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

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

Dec 9
New Item US preparedness report card decries funding lag

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

Dec 4
New Item HHS releases draft of national vaccine plan

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

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

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

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

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

Oct 17
New Item US antiterrorism rules restrict vaccine exports

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

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

Oct 7
New Item CDC funds research on public health preparedness

Sep 30
New Item Public health groups report emergency preparedness gains

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

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

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

Sep 10
New Item Policy group calls US biodefense progress mediocre

Sep 9
New Item HHS funds work on new anthrax antitoxin

Aug 26
New Item Anthrax probe prompts concerns about military labs

Aug 12
New Item HHS evaluates proposals for new anthrax vaccine

Jul 24
New Item BioWatch demands on state labs called burdensome

Jul 22
New Item DHS aims for faster detection of airborne pathogens

Jul 21
New Item More efforts look outside the box for outbreak signals

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

 
New Item New rules for biosecurity
Editorial from May 29 Science

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

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

 
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

 
New Item Bioterrorism for the respiratory physician
From Jan Respirology

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

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

 
New Item Detection of disease outbreaks by the use of oral manifestations
From Jan 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

 
New Item Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from disease, disasters, and bioterrorism, 2008
Trust for America's Health report released Dec 9

 
New Item World at risk: the report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
 
New Item Health information technology: more detailed plans needed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's redesigned BioSense program
GAO report published Nov 20

 
New Item Blueprint for a healthier America: modernizing the federal public health system to focus on prevention and preparedness
Report from Trust for America's Health released Oct 21

 
New Item Biosafety laboratories: perimeter security assessment of the nation's five BSL-4 laboratories
GAO report released Oct 16 (but dated Sep 17)

 
New Item Recommended infrastructure standards for mass antibiotic dispensing
Rand report released Oct 10

 
New Item Public health emergency preparedness: six years of achievement
Sep 29 document from ASTHO, APHL, CSTE, and NACCHO

 
New Item Framework for leadership and training of Biosafety Level 4 laboratory workers
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Sep 25

 
New Item A framework for assessing the health hazard posed by bioaerosols
Report from the National Research Council, published online Sep 24

 
New Item Missouri nurses' bioterrorism preparedness
From Biosecur Bioterr, published online Sep 17

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