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By Category: Bioterrorism

Insight: Assad chemical weapons plans blocked by Moscow

(Reuters) – Increasingly under pressure by rebels intent on unseating him, Bashar al-Assad has considered using chemical weapons against his enemies but Washington and Moscow have formed an unlikely alliance to force him to abandon such plans. Analysts and diplomats across the region and beyond do not doubt that the Assad government, recoiling from a Read More »

July 24, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Keeping Biological Weapons In Check In Malaysia

(Bernama) The antrax attack on United States in 2001 still serves as a grim reminder that the threat of bio-terrorism of bio-warefare is real. Biological agents can be used to kill people or spread panic. The Biological Weapon Report issued by Bio Weapons Prevention Project 2004, recorded seven deaths with 17 people being infected by Read More »

July 18, 2012
| Filed under South Asia and Bioterrorism
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Enhancing Biological Threat Detection

(Heritage.org) In 2001, just one week after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax were found in the U.S. mail system addressed to offices on Capitol Hill and major media outlets. In response, the newly formed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed the BioWatch program, which seeks to detect the release of dangerous pathogens into the air, Read More »

July 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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It’s time to get serious about chemical and biological preparedness

(Government Security News) In Washington, attention has shifted from the daily grind towards a hyper-partisan presidential campaign. Battle lines are sharply cast between Republican challenger, Governor Mitt Romney, and the incumbent, President Barack Obama. While all eyes are on the economy, national security challenges abound. Obama’s killing of Bin Laden and targeting terrorists with Predator Read More »

June 29, 2012
| Filed under Africa, North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Pharma companies share $400m US biosecurity contract

(InPharm) GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Emergent BioSolutions will share a $400 million contract from the US government to provide vaccine manufacturing capacity that can be called upon in the event of a pandemic or bioterrorism. The three companies will help provide infrastructure – either new or retrofitted facilities – that can be used to provide a Read More »