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Company Creates BioWatch ‘Lab in a Box’

(National Defense) After six years of development, a technology firm says it has created what has been a holy grail for the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch program: a laboratory in a box. PositiveID, a Delray Beach, Fla.-based company said its M-BAND — microfluidic bio-agent autonomous networked detector — has the ability to collect and  Read More »

Hours to save the world: New software program aims to stop deadly pandemic spread | Fox News

Hours to save the world: New software program aims to stop deadly pandemic spread

(Fox News) It’s a terrifying doomsday scenario: A novel infectious disease is sweeping through the world’s population, and health officials have only a day or two to stop its deadly spread. While this may sound like the plot of a movie thriller, health officials argue that an event of this kind could become a reality  Read More »

Stopping Microbes Not Missiles: U.S. Plans For Next Global Threat

(WEMU) Spot the next plague before it arrives. Predict the next swine flu outbreak before it makes headlines. Even detect a biological weapon before it’s launched. These are the goals of an ambitious initiative, launched Thursday, to build a worldwide surveillance system for infectious diseases.

Operation Pure Cure tests bioterrorism response

(DVIDS) An employee goes rogue and sets off an explosion inside the urban headquarters of a large biotechnology company. A hazardous materials team from the company makes entry into the smoking building but must withdraw after detecting radioactivity. Local first responders that have arrived on the scene determine that it’s time to call in the  Read More »

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