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National Strategic Plan for Public Health Preparedness and Response
Led by Dr. Ali S. Khan and the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, preparedness leaders internal and external to CDC have collaboratively developed The National Strategic Plan for Public Health Preparedness and Response. The plan is a guide for CDC, the entire public health system, and its stakeholders to secure the health of Read More »
- December 19, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Life Sciences and Related Fields: Trends Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention
During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the biosecurity implications of developments in the life sciences and in assessing trends in science and technology (S&T) relevant to biological and chemical weapons nonproliferation. The latest example is an international workshop, Trends in Science and Read More »
- December 16, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents
The Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT) has been a unique component of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) medical biodefense efforts since 2006. Its mission is to advance countermeasure research and development in support of the broader goal of the DoD to protect warfighters from emerging infectious diseases and future genetically engineered biological weapons. The TMT, Read More »
- December 16, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Ten Years after 9/11 and the Anthrax Attacks: Protecting Against Biological Threats
Testimony of Thomas Inglesby, MD, Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, October 18, 2011 Conclusions: The country has made steady progress in the last decade, but there is much more that needs to be done to make us resilient to biological threats. There is Read More »
- December 14, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Commentary, Other, and 2001-2025
Biosurveillance Where It Happens: State and Local Capabilities and Needs
Introduction: In recent years, improved biosurveillance has become a bipartisan national security priority. As has been pointed out by the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee and others, building a national biosurveillance enterprise requires having strong biosurveillance systems at the state and local levels, and additional policies are needed to strengthen their biosurveillance capabilities. Because of the Read More »
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