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BIOTERRORISM >> 
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General Bioterrorism Information  
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Latest News  

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

Dec 15
New Item NEWS SCAN: Boston biolab review, polio in China

Dec 7
New Item NEWS SCAN: Clinton's warning on bioterrorism, biodefense bill progress, norovirus vaccine, antivirals and abnormal behavior

Nov 17
New Item H5N1 transmission experiment stirs concern

Nov 8
New Item NEWS SCAN: National emergency test, persistent H1N1 antibodies, Thai lepto warning, possible polio patch, 'sharps' disposal

Nov 2
New Item GAO urges feds to take stock of state, local biosurveillance

Oct 27
New Item GAO finds gaps in bioterror countermeasure planning, budgeting

Oct 19
New Item NEWS SCAN: Airborne agent detectors, assay for anthrax and plague, HAI declines, EU measles cases

Oct 14
New Item NIH contracts target broad-spectrum therapies for bioterror threats

Oct 12
New Item Biodefense report card says US still unprepared

Oct 6
New Item BARDA: Many biodefense products to mature within 5 years

Sep 28
New Item Report: 395 mishaps at US labs risked releasing select agents

Sep 22
New Item Preparedness law renewal proceeds with minor tweaks

New Item NEWS SCAN: Bioterror program nixed, measles from Malaysia, global antibiotic-resistance trends

Sep 20
New Item CDC sees steady progress on state, local preparedness

Sep 7
New Item State funding a concern after decade of preparedness gains

New Item NEWS SCAN: Broad-spectrum antibiotic, training for food testing, H5N1 in ducks, malaria control

Sep 1
New Item Public health leaders cite lessons of 2001 anthrax attacks

Aug 15
New Item HHS announces $613 million in 2011 preparedness grants

Jul 28
New Item Renewal of 2006 preparedness law advances in US House

New Item NEWS SCAN: CDC emergency guide, terms for resistant bacteria, E coli gene clues, HVAC sampling for bioterror agents

Jul 26
New Item HHS says countermeasures program making progress

Jul 25
New Item NEWS SCAN: IV fluids and HUS, E coli DNA test, varicella vaccine and mortality, FDA research needs

Jun 15
New Item Panel calls for refining, paring select-agent list

May 19
New Item Public health groups sound warning about preparedness cuts

May 18
New Item Senate starts work on preparedness law reauthorization

May 12
New Item NRC seeks changes in US vaccine program for biodefense workers

May 6
New Item HHS reports hospital preparedness gains across nation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 
New Item Public health preparedness: 2011 state-by-state update on laboratory capabilities and response readiness planning
CDC report published Sep 20

 
New Item Diagnostics for global biosurveillance: turning promising science into the tools needed in the field
UPMC Center for Biosecurity report released Sep 13 (but dated July)

 
New Item Biosurveillance where it happens: state and local capabilities and needs
From Biosecur Bioterror, published online Sep 9

 
New Item The threat of bioterrorism
Editorial from Sep Disaster Med Public Health Prep

 
New Item A crossroads in biosecurity: steps to strengthen U.S. preparedness
UPMC Center for Biosecurity report released Sep 8

 
New Item Progress in disaster planning and preparedness since 2001
Commentary from JAMA, published online Sep 8

 
New Item Department of Homeland Security: progress made and work remaining in implementing homeland security missions 10 years after 9/11
GAO report released Sep 7

 
New Item The national framework and consequence management guidance following a biological attack
From Sep 1 Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item The challenge of determining the need for remediation following a wide-area biological release
From Sep 1 Biosecur Bioterror

 

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