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U.S. Biodefenses Improve, But New Threats Develop

(GSN Daily News) Biodefense officials in the United States are concerned about the implications of evolving synthetic biology capabilities even as they note the significant strides the nation has made in the last decade in preparing for a potential disease-based attack, USA Today reported on Friday (see GSN, Feb. 11). “We are certainly better prepared  Read More »

Anthrax Attack Plans Need to Be Handled Locally, Report Says

(Newsday) Since the 9/11 tragedy and the anthrax scare that followed in its wake, Americans have lived with

Army Brigade to Take on WMD-Response Role

An Army brigade at Fort Polk in Louisiana on Saturday is slated to take on a new mission — to rescue and protect civilians following a potential WMD attack on the United States, the Fort Polk Guardian reported (see GSN, July 13, 2010). In a special ceremony the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is set to  Read More »

Report: Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax

If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of the deadly disease anthrax – caused by the B anthracis spores – unless they had rapid access to antibiotic medical countermeasures (MCM). The spores can be inhaled, be ingested, or come into contact with the skin.  Read More »

What Contagion Missed

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) It’s not often that Hollywood ventures into the realm of epidemics and public health, and when it does, the outcome is usually laughably out of touch with reality — like Outbreak, the 1995 movie about a deadly Ebola-like virus that infected a city. To prevent the virus from spreading, the  Read More »

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