Recent News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee yesterday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to bolster security measures at the country’s biological research laboratories and strengthen federal prevention and response efforts for a potential WMD attack (see GSN, June 11). (Jun. 24) – U.S. House Homeland Security Committee member Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), shown in January, co-sponsored  Read More »

Once a disease has been eradicated there is a danger it could reappear, either naturally or as a result of an intentional release by a terrorist group; how much vaccine should be produced and stored for a disease that may never appear again — or which may infect hundreds of thousands tomorrow? modelers target optimal  Read More »

The head of the Texas National Guard said yesterday that Czech soldiers from an elite WMD defense unit could assist the U.S. state in building a similar response force, the Czech News Agency reported (see GSN, June 7). Gen. Jose Mayorga said as the Texas National Guard is weighing creating a unit to respond to  Read More »

A prototype alert system in North Carolina designed to warn health officials and workers of a looming bioterrorist attack could serve as a model for the rest of the United States to follow, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said yesterday (see GSN, March 3). The newly launched North Carolina Bio-Preparedness Collaborative seeks  Read More »