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National Defense
July 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Scientists Seek Breakthroughs In Bio-Detection The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to upgrade its biological sensor network with more encompassing and less costly systems.   |
National Defense
September 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Storm Brewing Over BioWatch3 Program Department of Homeland Security officials in July went to Capitol Hill to give House lawmakers a briefing and demonstration of the BioWatch3 program, which is designed to alert authorities to the release of potentially deadly biological weapons on U.S. soil. |
Fast Company
April 2012
Christina Chaey |
Srikant Iyer Streamlines Patient Care In Hectic Emergency Rooms This health-care innovator uses a different kind of triage system to identify who is very ill and who is mildly ill, keeping emergency room care moving. |
Reason
February 2009
Ronald Bailey |
E.R. Crowding A study blames a rising population, a falling number of emergency departments, and understaffing that prevents stabilized patients from being admitted to other parts of the hospital. |
National Defense
June 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Chem-Bio Directorate Shifting Research Dollars Toward 'Focused Innovative Technology' Despite investing billions of dollars in efforts to protect warriors from hazardous agents, the Pentagon's arsenal to detect and overcome potential exposure to traditional and nontraditional agents is still limited. |
National Defense
May 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
First Responders: To Fight Terror, Cross-Training Needed First responders should be trained to deal with a myriad of emergencies, from nuclear to biological attack. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Plague fears A bioterrorism expert talks about the wicked ways of anthrax and the even deadlier potential scourge of smallpox... |
National Defense
January 2010
Stew Magnuson |
House, Senate Spar Over FEMA's Status Within Homeland Security Critics of the of the U.S. government's response to Katrina and Rita propose that the Federal Emergency Management Agency return to its status as an independent organization. |
National Defense
January 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Budget Woes May Force Homeland Security To Cut Missions Sequester or no sequester, the Department of Homeland Security is in store for changes, a Senate Appropriations Committee staffer predicted. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
An Invisible Threat Commercial buildings are ill-quipped to thwart nuclear, biological and chemical agent attacks, which are excluded from terrorism insurance policies. |
CIO
December 1, 2002
Sarah D. Scalet |
When Every Molecule Counts A group of electrical engineers at Purdue University hope that their research could lead to ultrasensitive sensors capable of detecting a single molecule of a biological agent or chemical pollutant. |
National Defense
February 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
Senators May Seek Life Science Lab Security Regulations Life science laboratories, and similar facilities are proliferating throughout the world. Security is lax at many of them -- including the United States. Background checks for those working in the labs are spotty. |
National Defense
July 2009 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories 7 Deadly Myth article draws comment. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2007
Courtney E. Howard |
American Systems develops emergency communications system for homeland security Red Cell, intended to help homeland security authorities make informed decisions and respond to emergencies such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive events, also is a public safety service for natural disasters. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception. |
National Defense
April 2009 |
Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004
J.R. Wilson |
Military Services Eye Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Detection While efforts are in progress to improve the ability to detect and deter intruders at military installations, a separate set of programs is tackling how to detect and respond to an attack involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive agents. |
National Defense
March 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Security Beat The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services will share $275 million to expand the BioWatch program, improve a nationwide bio threat reporting system and upgrade food and animal inspections. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2000
Arthur Allen |
The battle over bio-terror A recent report urges America to pour $13 billion into preventing disease-based warfare, but evidence suggests that our fears are misplaced. |
Reason
June 2008
Ronald Bailey |
Queue Up Facing lengthening waits at hospitals, the British government has set a targeted turnaround time of four hours from arrival in an emergency room to treatment by a medical professional. |
National Defense
March 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Chris Colin |
Poison on the mind Is panic the right response to the specter of bioterrorism? |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort. |
National Defense
June 2007
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train. |
Managed Care
April 2001
Charles Downey |
EDTUs: Last Line of Defense Against Costly Inpatient Stays Many hospitals already have some variety of emergency diagnostic and treatment units. HMOs and physicians should welcome this level of care... |
Searcher
March 2002
Eva Perkins |
Bioterrorism Resources on the Internet: A Primer What is bioterrorism? Which organizations and governmental agencies publish in this area? Using the power of the beloved Internet, one can easily and quickly access a wealth of information. Here's how to do it... |
National Defense
November 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Threat Identification Software Receives Laurels HazMasterG3, a decision support system that combats biological, explosive and radiological agents, has been cited by the Homeland Security Department as being a qualified anti-terrorism technology. |
American History
Margaret Davidson |
American Biowarrior A pioneer in America's biological weapons program during World War II, the unassuming Dr. Ira Baldwin was critical to the development of methods that made large-scale, safe production of the deadly toxins possible. |
National Defense
September 2015
Taylor Feuss |
Report: U.S. Vulnerable to Biological Attack "We're going to see the use of biological weapons eventually," said former intelligence officer Asha George, co-director of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
The invisible nightmare Biological weapons are not that hard to produce, says a sober new book written before Sept. 11 -- and they're getting easier all the time... |
Popular Mechanics
January 15, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Researchers Decry Proposed Rules to Secure Bio Research Labs New proposals put forward by Congress and supported by a recently released federal study are roiling researchers at labs that work with biological agents. |
National Defense
October 2010
Stew Magnuson |
BioWatch Program to Require Sensors to Detect Unknown Pathogens The next generation of machines designed to sniff the air for biological threats may be required to detect pathogens currently unknown to science, a Department of Homeland Security official said. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Pamela Weintraub |
Be prepared? Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think... |
Technology Research News
March 26, 2003 |
Plastic coating makes chips biofriendly Electronics usually don't mix well with biological material. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have overcome the incompatibility with a microscopic laser designed to quickly measure and identify microorganisms and cell types without inhibiting biological processes. |
