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U.S. Bioterror Detection Program Comes Under Scrutiny

(ScientificAmerican) A cutting-edge biological terror alert system detected a potential threat in the air one morning back in 2008, threatening to derail then-Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver for his party’s presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Initial results from a pricey national air sampling system suggested that bacteria that could cause tularemia  Read More »

No anthrax found on ‘suspicious’ letter received by Napa business Tuesday

(KTVU) A “suspicious” letter that caused a scare at a medical malpractice insurance company in Napa on Tuesday contained no anthrax, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI said Thursday. An employee at The Doctors Company at 185 Greenwood Road who opened a package around 7:50 a.m. saw the word “anthrax” and a substance  Read More »

DARPA Develops Tiny Helpers To Spot Bioterror Attacks

(InformationWeek) The government might soon have at its disposal highly sensitive gas analyzers that can detect chemical or biological attacks, atomic clocks the size of chips, and micro-vacuum tubes. A group of researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently developed a new class of powerful, tiny vacuum pumps that could be  Read More »

Anthrax scare grips Angul – The New Indian Express

House Slashes Bioweapon Detection Funds, Citing Upgrade Delays

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The U.S. House of Representatives last week rejected an $11.1 million funding boost requested by President Obama in the coming budget cycle for a federally operated network of biological-weapon agent sensors. Legislation approved by the chamber would instead provide $79.5 million for the Biowatch program in fiscal 2014, essentially holding spending at the level  Read More »

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