Browse By Region
Browse By Category
Recent News
By Category: Biosafety
HHS Seeks Comments on Bioterror Select Agents List
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a notice Wednesday seeking comments by Aug. 20 about its current list of select agents and toxins. The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 required creation of the list and a biennial review of it thereafter; the list consists of toxins Read More »
- July 22, 2010
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Public Health
Worker Protection From Pathogens Said Key in Bioterror Response
Adequate protections from airborne pathogens are crucial in protectiong health workers and other responders from infection in the event of a disease outbreak or bioterror attack, U.S. government researchers said yesterday.
- July 15, 2010
- | Filed under North America and Biosafety
FACT SHEET: Executive Order on Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
Today, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that directs fundamental changes to the way highly hazardous pathogens and toxins in the United States are secured against misuse. Research on such so-called Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) is critical for the development and availability of public health and medical tools that are needed to Read More »
- July 2, 2010
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Countermeasures
Executive Order – Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that: (a) A robust and productive scientific enterprise that utilizes biological select agents and toxins (BSAT) is essential Read More »
- July 2, 2010
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Countermeasures