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High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories – HS Lacks Evidence to Conclude That Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Can Be Done Safely on the U.S. Mainland
DHS is proposing to move foot-and mouth disease (FMD) research from its current location at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center–located on a federally owned island off the northern tip of Long Island, New York–and potentially onto the United States mainland. FMD is the most highly infectious animal disease that is known. Nearly 100 percent Read More »
- March 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories – Preliminary Observations on the Oversight of the Proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories in the United States
In response to the global spread of emerging infectious diseases and the threat of bioterrorism, high-containment biosafety laboratories (BSL)–specifically biosafety level (BSL)-3 and BSL-4–have been proliferating in the United States. These labs–classified by the type of agents used and the risk posed to personnel, the environment, and the community–often contain the most dangerous infectious disease Read More »
- March 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Plum Island Animal Disease Center – DHS and USDA Are Successfully Coordinating Current Work, but Long-Term Plans Are Being Assessed
The livestock industry, which contributes over $100 billion annually to the national economy, is vulnerable to foreign animal diseases that, if introduced in the United States, could cause severe economic losses. To protect against such losses, critical research and diagnostic activities are conducted at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. The Department Read More »
- March 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Global Health – U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance
The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 shows that disease outbreaks pose a threat beyond the borders of the country where they originate. Over the past decade, the United States has initiated a broad effort to ensure that countries can detect any disease outbreaks that may constitute a public health emergency Read More »
- March 12, 2012
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Report, and 2001-2025
Weapons of Mass Destruction – Nonproliferation Programs Need Better Integration
Since 1992, the Congress has provided more than $7 billion for threat reduction and nonproliferation programs in the former Soviet Union (FSU). These programs have played a key role in addressing the threats of weapons of mass destruction and are currently expanding beyond the FSU. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 mandated Read More »
- March 12, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
