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Preparing for Epidemics, Philips Teams with Methodist Scientists to Build …

(VAdvert Press Center) “After 9/11 and the SARS outbreak in southeast Asia, the NIH wanted to build a BSL-4 imaging suite for studying infectious agents, both natural and bioterrorism-related,” Li said. “I was at the NIH at the time, and helped design the imaging equipment …

August 22, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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EMT’s train for terrorist situation at 2012 RNC Convention – ABC Action News

ABC Action NewsEMT's train for terrorist situation at 2012 RNC ConventionABC Action News"We trained on stuff like anthrax poisoning, ricin poisoning. What do you do in a situation like that? Biohazards, chemical hazards, any kind of exposure," said Morris. Dotten teaches first responders all over the state through a Homeland Security …and more »

August 19, 2011
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First Responders Able To Visualize Post-Event Disaster Environments Using New Software Tool

Using iPad™ mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11) were able, for the first time, to make use of a new, science-based software tool that allows them to view and modify accurate models of building damage and other post-event disaster Read More »

August 19, 2011
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Biodetection Cannot Rely Only on Technology, Experts Say

Biodefense experts are highlighting the importance of person-to-person awareness and cooperation in identifying the potential terrorist release of a biological agent, National Defense Magazine reported in its September issue (see GSN, Aug. 1). Public health professionals at a recent forum in Washington said existing surveillance technology, such as the federal government’s Biowatch program that deploys Read More »

August 18, 2011
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Funding Renewed for Pathogen Dispersal Modeling

The United States has extended by five years funding of an effort to develop computer simulations for the dispersal of disease agents released deliberately or by natural means, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University said on Tuesday (see GSN, March 1). The effort, dubbed “Synthetic Information Systems for Better Informing Public Health Policy-makers,” started Read More »