Bioweapons

RAND’s Gerstein: U.S. needs biodefense strategy to protect against terror threats

The U.S. government has become “somewhat complacent” in preparing for potential bioterrorist attacks and needs to implement a national biodefense…

8 years ago

INTERPOL reveals new biosafety curriculum for law enforcement

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) produced its first biosafety curriculum for police colleges to advance law enforcement capability and…

8 years ago

FDA grants orphan drug status to Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s BioThrax

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., on Wednesday for BioThrax (anthrax…

8 years ago

Royce, Ryan join House Republicans in unveiling new national security agenda

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), along with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), unveiled the House…

8 years ago

LLNL supports test of NYC subway biodefenses

Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) researchers took to the New York City subway system last month to aid in conducting…

8 years ago

Army awards Battelle $59 million for medical countermeasures against weaponized diseases

The U.S. Army Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense awarded Battelle a $59 million contract on Monday…

8 years ago

Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense applauds legislation to establish national biodefense strategy

The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense on Wednesday applauded legislation advanced by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security to…

8 years ago

BARDA orders bulk supply of Bavarian Nordic’s non-replicating smallpox vaccine

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…

8 years ago

Energy and Commerce subcommittee examines U.S. biological threat preparedness

The Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Response Act”…

8 years ago

HHS sponsors new point-of-care anthrax diagnostics test

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on…

8 years ago

HHS supporting the development of single dose nasal spray anthrax vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that one of the nation’s Centers for Innovation…

8 years ago

Congressional Republicans push back on plan for BioShield special reserve fund

A coalition of Congressional Republicans sent a letter on Thursday to the Obama administration pushing back against a plan to…

8 years ago

Brooks calls for more public-private partnerships to strengthen U.S. biodefense position

The U.S. is woefully underprepared for potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pandemics like the Zika virus, and the federal…

8 years ago

HHS sponsors new broad spectrum antibiotic treatment against tularemia

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Wednesday that it is sponsoring a new broad spectrum…

8 years ago

Oversight Subcommittee examines bioresearch labs security

The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Wednesday regarding strengthening oversight of high-containment laboratories. “Sweeping improvements…

8 years ago

Poll: Americans concerned about biosecurity, want more investment in preparedness

A survey released on Wednesday by the Alliance for Biosecurity, the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense and the Trust…

8 years ago

Rebmann: U.S. infrastructure needs to be improved to respond to bioterror, pandemic events

Founded in 2001 to train professionals in biosecurity and disaster preparedness, the Institute for Biosecurity at Saint Louis University’s College…

8 years ago

Interpol holds bioterrorism workshop

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) held a workshop on Friday in Lyon, France, to enhance the capacity of authorities…

8 years ago

Frech: U.S. should focus on biodefense, preparation

The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense’s “National Blueprint for Biodefense” warned that “the United States is underprepared for biological…

8 years ago

National Institutes of Health develops successful dengue vaccine

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Wednesday that a vaccine jointly developed by the NIH and…

8 years ago

Q&A with co-director of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense

Homeland Preparedness News recently interviewed Dr. Asha George, co-director of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a bipartisan organization…

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New CBRNE sensors increase detector range from centimeters to meters

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) announced on Monday that it has built an enhanced threat detection device…

8 years ago

Alliance for Biosecurity applauds committee approval for Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act

The Alliance for Biosecurity applauded Wednesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approval of the Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act,…

8 years ago

U.S. Army Contracting Command awards $900 million contract to SAIC

The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced on Feb. 25 that it had awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to…

8 years ago

New study brings MERS vaccine strategy into question

A new study published this week in the online open-access journal mBio suggests that the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus…

8 years ago

Ebola countermeasure has successful human trial

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office, along with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious…

8 years ago

LLNL researchers developing quicker testing for nerve agents

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced this week that they have developed a new simulation for drug-membrane…

8 years ago

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center licenses pathogen identification technology

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) announced the signing of a series of licensing agreements on Thursday with…

8 years ago

SAB Biotherapeutics produces new human antibody treatment for MERS-CoV

SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc., announced on Wednesday that it produced a new human antibody therapeutic to threat the deadly Middle East…

8 years ago

American Society for Microbiology sends letter to Congress in support of Obama’s Zika request

The American Society for Microbiology sent a letter this week in support of President Barack Obama’s request to the Senate…

8 years ago

Emergent BioSolutions’ auto-injector to be tested, developed by Department of Defense

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., announced on Wednesday that its ruggedized, military-grade auto-injector platform will be tested and developed as a platform…

8 years ago

House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hears about lack of U.S. preparedness for biological threats

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Friday to learn from experts about current preparedness…

8 years ago

Study: Medical countermeasures not up to par for children in emergencies

AAP Gateway, a department of the American Association of Pediatrics, released a report for February shedding light onto the ongoing…

8 years ago

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