Former Department
of Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff and Jeh Johnson have been
named co-chairmen of the new Community Safety and Security Task Force designed
to enhance the safety and resilience of religious communities.
The task force
will make recommendations on how to... Read More »
A vaccine being developed by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. to treat the chikungunya virus showed strong results in an analysis of a Phase 2 clinical study, the company said on Tuesday.
The chikungunya virus virus-like particle (CHIKV-VLP) vaccine candidatewas well-tolerated and no... Read More »
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) officials recently visited the United States, touring Colorado's Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP).
The group included the OPCW Director-General H.E. Fernando Arias, Chairperson of the Executive Council H.E.... Read More »
Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX’s) 2019 Air Exercise (AirEx) attracted nearly 200 first responders, who participated in the simulation designed to test the airport's airfield accident readiness.
“The safety and security of our guests is paramount and this exercise allows... Read More »
Research members from the Jefferson Vaccine Center of the Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University have created a new drug to combat Nipah virus, which currently has no approved vaccines.
Nipah is an RNA virus transmissible from animals such as bats and pigs to humans. It’s a... Read More »
Legislation
introduced in the House this week would close a loophole in current law
and require the FBI director to notify
the House and Senate Intelligence Committee when a counterintelligence
investigation is opened about a candidate for federal office.
The requirement
also would apply into... Read More »
The Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a component of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, will collaborate with Johnson
& Johnson Innovation and the Children’s National Health System to launch an
innovation zone.
The innovation zone will... Read More »
Researchers from Virginia Tech were awarded a $1.4 million grant from Unitaid to perform economic and environmental impact assessments of a four-year project in Africa aimed at reducing malaria cases.
That project is called the Board One Health Endectocide-based Malaria Intervention in Africa... Read More »
ENSCO, Inc. has secured an 18-month, $2.9 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) contract to continue sensor system development initiatives.
ENSCO's work would focus on SenseNet, an endeavor devoted to developing a low-cost integrated sensor... Read More »
The City of San Antonio has secured a $3.25 million grant through the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to address terrorism preparedness efforts.
The $1.75 million funding increase from FEMA’s Urban Area Security Initiative would bolster initiatives... Read More »
In 2012, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
completed its Kansas City facility and the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) found workload projections have increased significantly from earlier
forecasts.
The facility produces or procures more than 80 percent of... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will award eight preparedness
grant programs totaling more than $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2019.
The grants will provide funding to states and local governments,
as well as transportation authorities, nonprofit organizations, and the private
sector,... Read More »
With Holy Week (Semana Santa) soon approaching, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officials said Laredo Field Office (LFO) holiday preparation is continuing.
“Our CBP officers and agriculture specialists are the nation’s frontline of defense against all... Read More »
Homeland Security Subcommittee lawmakers are seeking insight regarding investments Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism members are making to prevent terrorists and extremists platform exploitation.
Rep. Max Rose (D-NY), chair of the Homeland Subcommittee on Intelligence and... Read More »
A recent report from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) lays out present problems in global access to antibiotics.
The majority of the world’s annual 5.7 million antibiotic-treatable deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. The mortality burden from... Read More »
