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U.S. Eyes Bioterrorism Threat

(The Diplomat) I wrote last month about the importance the U.S. government should place on the threat of biological, and how domestic politics risked hampering progress on one of the United States most pressing security issues. Congress has previously acknowledged the seriousness of the threat, with the Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee reporting to Congress Read More »

June 26, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Report Cites Risks of WMD Material Theft in India

(Global Security Newswire) A new expert report highlights the continued risk that ingredients suitable for use in a weapon of mass destruction could be stolen from facilities in India, DNA India reported on Tuesday. The analysis by the British Royal United Services Institute and the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi examines the potential for Read More »

June 20, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Reduction Focus Shifts From Nukes to Bio Threats

(American Forces Press Service) WASHINGTON – The 21-year-old program to reduce weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union is shifting focus from nuclear to biological threats and from Russia to Southeast Asia and Africa, the assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs told a Senate panel yesterday. Madelyn R. Creedon said the Read More »

June 15, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Canada to Fund Antiterrorism Research Initatives

(Global Security Newswire) Canada on Wednesday announced it would provide more than $1 million for six new investigatory efforts under an antiterrorism initiative announced last June. The prorgrams would be the initial activities to receive financial backing under the $9.7 million Kanishka Project established in observance of the deadly 1985 bombing of an Air India Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Hernando emergency workers give students lesson on hazardous materials, more

(Tampabay.com) SPRING HILL — Viruses are lurking on objects and skin, just waiting for unsuspecting hosts. But sixth-graders at Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics are on to them. Their teachers worked with Hernando County Fire Rescue and the Hernando County hazardous materials response team to present information about plagues, bioterrorism, weapons of mass Read More »