Countermeasures

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

Johnson unveils renovated state-of-the-art forensic laboratory

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Dan Ragsdale and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)…

8 years ago

Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee examines protections against energy disruptions

U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy, chaired a hearing on…

8 years ago

House Energy and Commerce Committee passes medical countermeasure bill authored by Brooks, Eshoo

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill on Thursday introduced by U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Anna…

8 years ago

DHS awards Chicago initial funding for Securing the Cities program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the initial funding of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s (DNDO) Securing the…

8 years ago

ECBC develops chemical agent decontamination spray for active soldiers in the field

The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) recently announced that is has developed a decontamination spray that enables soldiers at the…

8 years ago

Independent report highlights need for improvement of public health response techniques

An independent panel of public health, emergency response and communication experts issued a report on Friday on the Ebola epidemic…

8 years ago

FirstNet prepares for deployment of nationwide public safety broadband network

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) moved forward on Friday with its preparations for a public-private partnership to deploy and…

8 years ago

New study shows how some survive Ebola virus

A coalition of research institutions published a report in the Clinical Infectious Disease Journal on Wednesday that analyzed the immune…

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GAO: DoD has made progress incorporating HRFs into CBRN response enterprise

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Tuesday that found that the National Guard, part of the U.S.…

8 years ago

Lockheed Martin’s Q-53 radar demonstrates counter-UAS capabilities

Lockheed Martin’s Q-53 counter fire radar last week demonstrated its ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and…

8 years ago

HHS solicitations signal intent to maintain SNS anthrax vaccine stockpile

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two solicitation notices on Tuesday related to the development and…

8 years ago

FDA completes Pre-Approval Inspection of Emergent BioSolutions’ Building 55 BioThrax manufacturing facility

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed its Pre-Approval Inspection (PAI) of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s Building 55 for the…

8 years ago

Chimerix participates in symposium on North Carolina’s role in biodefense

Chimerix’s President and CEO M. Michelle Berrey participated in a panel focused on North Carolina’s role in biodefense preparation at…

8 years ago

INTERPOL conducts southeast Asia counterterrorism exercises

The International Criminal Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) Chemical and Explosives Terrorism Prevention Unit, in coordination with INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs),…

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

Battelle to showcase new defense technologies at Sea Air Space Show

Battelle is set to showcase its new anti-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) device, DroneDefender, along with other new technologies at the…

8 years ago

HHS study: Removing clothes, wiping with cloth removes 99 percent of contaminants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a sponsored study on Tuesday that found that up to…

8 years ago

Soligenix receives additional funds from NIAID for development of heat-stable ricin vaccine

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on Friday exercised an option for RiVax, Soligenix, Inc.’s new heat-stable…

8 years ago

Raytheon increases deliveries of small unmanned air systems

Raytheon Company on Monday increased deliveries of its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in response to growing warfighter demand. Raytheon…

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House rallies for continued coordination on school safety

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday released a report entitled “Emergency Management: Improved Federal Coordination Could Better Assist K-12…

8 years ago

GAO releases critical national biodefense study results

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday released the results of a critical study of the country’s biodefense enterprise and…

8 years ago

FDA releases medical countermeasures initiative FY 2015 program update

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its medical countermeasures initiative (MCMi) fiscal year 2015 update on Thursday as…

8 years ago

Navy awards Raytheon $1 billion contract for next-generation jammer development

The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday that it has awarded Raytheon a $1 billion sole source contract for engineering and…

8 years ago

RAND Corporation announce new counterterrorism plan for European cities

The RAND Corporation released a new report on Thursday that highlights new counterterrorism tactics and technologies to help prevent potential…

8 years ago

Sandia Labs developing powerful disease identification technique

Sandia National Laboratories discussed its new technique for simultaneously identifying mosquito-born diseases like West Nile virus, Zika virus, and malaria…

8 years ago

Zeldin’s counterterrorism bill passes House

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016, H.R. 4314, authored by…

8 years ago

FDA approves new anthrax treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the Anthim injection to treat inhalation anthrax in combination with…

8 years ago

DHS announces new funding opportunities for FY 2016

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced more than $1.6 billion on Monday for 10 DHS preparedness grants programs…

8 years ago

NIH seeking ID of therapeutic lead compounds

The National Institutes of Health announced last week that it is aiming to develop new and improved therapeutics to treat…

8 years ago

Laser-based tracking system could aid disaster relief assistance

The United Kingdom’s Highly Innovative Technology Enablers in Aerospace (HITEA) program announced on Thursday that its proof-of-concept, laser-based aircraft tracking…

8 years ago

Brooks: Add Zika virus to FDA tropical disease priority review voucher

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday responded to a letter led by Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) urging…

8 years ago

Hearing held on Zika virus countermeasures, diagnostic advancements

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Wednesday about the continuing danger posed by Zika virus to…

8 years ago

Preparedness Summit announces disaster relief plenary session

The Preparedness Summit announced on Thursday that it would hold a plenary session titled “Making Smart Choices: Disaster Risk Reduction…

8 years ago

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