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OU Health Sciences Center awarded $490,000 grant

(Oklahoma Daily) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $490,000 grant to researchers at the OU Health Sciences Center. Researchers will study ways to improve identification of potential terrorist threats, according to a press release. “Law enforcement officers are transforming from first responders to first preventers serving on the front lines of counterterrorism,” Read More »

April 11, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Fast-Acting Bioagent Detector Developed in Wales

(Global Security Newswire) The Welsh branch of a Germany security company has led development of a portable device that within minutes could reveal a bioterror agent that had been introduced into drinking water, the Cardiff Western Mail reported on Saturday. “Growing concern about drinking water safety and the highly distributive nature of water supplies highlights Read More »

April 10, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Beyond the breach: Officials look back at safety and security a decade after anthrax scare

(FrederickNewsPost.com) Ten years ago today, a leaking flask of anthrax set off a series of events that led scientist Bruce Ivins to an unsettling discovery: Anthrax spores had made their way outside a containment lab, contaminating several areas and renewing fears that the community at large was at risk for possible exposure. Army investigators never Read More »

April 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Tackling Bioterrorism

(The Diplomat) The United States is vulnerable to an attack that could kill hundreds of thousands. But the big threat might not come from a nuclear device falling into the wrong hands, and certainly not from a brigade of suicide bombers. Instead, argues James Glassman in an article Forbes article this week, “terrorists could spray Read More »

April 9, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, and Research
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Handling of Capitol threat bashed

(Indianapolis Star) A day after a mysterious white powder spilled from an envelope opened on the Iowa House floor, public safety officials and lawmakers said it appears the potential threat was not handled properly. Gov. Terry Branstad and others said on Wednesday that even though it was later determined the powder posed no threat, the Read More »