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Statement of Richard A Falkenrath, Senior Fellow The Brookings Institute before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
This testimony is given by Richard A. Falkenrath on his observations on the successes and shortcomings of the reauthorization of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 and on biodefense and public health preparedness, more generally. By Richard A. Falkenrath
- June 22, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Commentary, and 2001-2025
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Opened for Signature: May 26, 2000 Entered into Force: September 11, 2003 In accordance with the precautionary approach contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the objective of this Protocol is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use Read More »
Innovation’s Darker Future: Biosecurity, Technologies of Mass Empowerment, and the Constitution
Biothreats alone are not the problem; the full problem is the broader category of threats they represent. Over the coming decades, we are likely to see other areas of technological development that put enormous power in the hands of individuals. The issue will not simply be managing the threat of biological terrorism or biosecurity more Read More »
- June 22, 2011
- | Filed under Commentary and 2001-2025
Cures that Kill: Biosecurity and the Dual-Use Dilemma
China represents a key player in biosecurity negotiations, as it has been both the victim of one of the worst biowarfare campaigns of the 20th century, at the hands of the Japanese, and has been a source of numerous emerging and re-emerging diseases, SARS and H5N1 being the best known. Of equal importance to China’s Read More »
- June 22, 2011
- | Filed under Africa, Commentary, and 2001-2025
Anthrax Countermeasures: Current Status and Future Needs
“The U.S. government does not yet have the range of medical-countermeasures needed to protect its citizens from anthrax and other potential bioweapons. In the event of an anthrax attack, treatment interventions in addition to antibiotics would be needed so that very ill patients can be treated and clean-up crews can be better protected, especially if Read More »
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