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FDA Employee Speaks on Counterterrorism

(The Tower) Luciana Borio, a counterterrorism expert for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), spoke about her involvement in the prevention of bioterrorism and emergent diseases at Catholic University on Monday. Towards the beginning of the presentation, the audience was informed that the FDA is on point when it comes to the safety and purity Read More »

November 12, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Clinton County to hold anthrax-exposure drill

(Press Republican) Clinton County Health Department officials are looking for volunteer help from the community to practice a mass-immunization drill for anthrax exposure. As with all local health departments in New York state, Clinton County’s has to hold such an event to help employees train for a possible disaster, whether of natural or human origin. Read More »

November 7, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Advancing Transient Passive Immunity for Biothreats

(Global Biodefense) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking innovative methods of scalable passive immunization to protection personnel for a period of time, suitable to a military mission requirement or in a public health setting. Towards this goal, the agency is soliciting proposals for the development of nucleic acid platforms capable of in Read More »

November 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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USDA enforcement power has far reach

(Western Farm Press) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has enforcement teeth. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Investigations, the USDA’s law enforcement branch, is authorized to conduct search and seizure operations; apprehend suspects; investigate fraud, animal abuse and agro-terrorism; and investigate nutrition program fraud, among other duties.

October 31, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Shelby County Health Department tests medicine delivery to prepare for bioterrorism attack

(The Commercial Appeal) Less than two hours after a bioterrorism response drill began in Lakeland on Tuesday morning, some 1,500 households had empty pill bottles on their doorsteps. In the case of an actual attack, those bottles would contain the medicine needed to combat bioterrorism agents such as anthrax or botulism. The Shelby County Health Read More »