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Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Pamela Weintraub |
Be prepared? Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think...   |
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... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2003
O'Brien & Halverson |
Recognition and Management of Bioterrorism Infections Familiarity with the infectious agents of highest priority can expedite diagnosis and initial management, and lead to a successful public health response to such an attack. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Chris Colin |
Poison on the mind Is panic the right response to the specter of bioterrorism? |
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
June 2011
Eric Beidel |
Industry, Academia Race to Create Drugs Against Biological Warfare On the heels of anthrax comes a string of deadly agents that scientists also fear can be used as weapons and spread with ease. |
National Defense
June 2009
Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
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. |
National Defense
June 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Agencies Scramble to Create Vaccine Market Defense and Homeland Security are pursuing disparate vaccination programs to combat different needs for military and civilian populations. |
National Defense
September 2011
David C. Ake |
Technology Only a Small Part of Detecting Bioterrorist Threats Perched on rooftops in 30 different U.S. cities are machines that sniff the air searching for weaponized pathogens that could harm the general public. |
Scientific American
November 2008
John Dudley Miller |
Postal Anthrax Aftermath: Has Biodefense Spending Made Us Safer? The Anthrax attacks in 2001 led to a massive increase in biodefense funding, which critics claim has done more harm than good |
National Defense
March 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them. |
Bio-IT World
November 14, 2003
Jason B. Lee |
Profiting from the BioShield How can software developers ensure a share of the tremendous biodefense funding available to bio-IT companies -- and what are the risks? |
National Defense
July 2009 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories 7 Deadly Myth article draws comment. |
National Defense
November 2005
Margaret Davidson |
Biodefense Experts: Vaccines `At a Crossroads' Many of the companies seeking government funds for biodefense work are small firms with no experience in bringing a drug to market. And they face a significant challenge. |
Fast Company
January 2002
George Anders |
The Real Biohazards We do face bioterrorism -- but the three threats we face aren't anthrax, smallpox, and pneumonic plague... |
National Defense
March 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Redirects Priorities In Chemical-Biological Defense The Pentagon will broaden the scope of its chemical and biological defense programs, in an effort to prepare for future domestic emergencies, officials say. |
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. |
CIO
June 1, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
Immune Systems Health officials are working toward a sophisticated IT network that could detect the early warning signs of bioterrorism, but formidable obstacles remain. |
Chemistry World
June 3, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Biosafety blunder as US sends live anthrax to labs around world Revelations that the US Department of Defense accidentally shipped live anthrax samples to at least 24 labs in 11 states and two foreign countries has prompted a congressional committee to demand answers. |
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
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. |
National Defense
December 2003
Geoff S. Fein |
Chem-Bio Defense Needs Common Standards Chemical and biological defense equipment is improving, but still is suffering from the lack of technical standards across industry and government agencies. Companies are focused on selling their technology, rather than combining forces and pushing the most promising concepts. |
National Defense
October 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Chemical-Biological Program Speeds Up Acquisition Process Whenever there is a crisis somewhere in the world related to chemical, biological or radiological weapons or accidents, "the first phone call comes to us," said Carmen Spencer, joint program executive officer for chemical and biological defense. |
Bio-IT World
April 15, 2003
James Golden |
Sequence Signatures and Homeland Security The bio-IT community has a unique opportunity to contribute to national biodefense. |
Smithsonian
November 2005
Robin Marantz Henig |
35 Who Made a Difference: D. A. Henderson Eradicating one of history's deadliest diseases was just the beginning. |
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... |
National Defense
June 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Government Contracts Focus on Vaccines, Emergency Response Since October 2006, 13 contracts have been awarded to industry and academia, ranging in value from $2.7 million to $28 million. |
National Defense
January 2006
Grace Jean |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Simon Cooper |
North Korea's Biochemical Threat While its nuclear test spurs outrage, North Korea grows a vast biochemical weapons arsenal in secrecy. We investigate Kim Jong Il's deception, his country's human trials and the terror potential of this rogue nation's deadly harvest. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Simon Cooper |
North Korea's Suspected Biochemical Weapons: Breakdown Compared to nukes, biological and chemical agents offer mass destruction "on the cheap," argues Michael Stebbins of the Federation of American Scientists. Below, a sampling of Kim Jong Il's toxic arsenal. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2006 |
Nine Cautionary Tales If terrorists decide to strike again, are we prepared? Not really, as these scenarios of extremism make clear: 1. Bomb in a Box... 2. Electroshock... 3. Toxic Train Wreck... 4. Crude Attack... 5. Agro-Armageddon... etc. |
National Defense
February 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2006
Simon Cooper |
North Korea: The Bigger (Non-Nuclear) Threat The consensus is that North Korea has developed anthrax, plague and botulism toxin as weapons, and has extensively researched at least six other germs including smallpox and typhoid. |
National Defense
November 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Army Lab Channels Expertise to Non-Traditional Areas When the United States invaded Iraq, the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center began tackling a host of problems that were far removed from traditional chemical or biological defense, such as roadside bombs. |
Fast Company
February 2002
John Ellis |
The (Life) Science of War Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War." Now the threat of smallpox and other forms of bioterrorism has unleashed the next generation of conflict. Welcome to the science of war... |
National Defense
September 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Vaccine Stockpiles Now Required by Law... Commission: Military Had No Warning During 9/11... Simulated Agent Mimics Bio-Terror Weapons... Cyber-security Hampered by Lack of Attention... |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
NIH audit turns up plague bacteria and ricin US National Institutes of Health initiated a sweep of its facilities to uncover any improperly stored dangerous agents, toxins or hazardous biological materials. That search has now revealed several instances of lax oversight. |
National Defense
April 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Worldwide Biosurveillance Network Still a Distant Goal Since the anthrax attacks of 2001, the U.S. government's intention has been to create a global disease-monitoring system. |
Salon.com
October 17, 2001
Laura Miller |
Our first line of defense An expert on public health talks about what America needs to fight a bioterrorist attack, why we don't have it and how stocking up on cipro is a danger to everyone... |
National Defense
November 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Local Responders Linked With Coast Guard Units... Russian Horror Highlights U.S. School Security... Public Would Ignore Authorities in Terror Event... Fort Detrick Begins Bio-Defense Additions... etc. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
To Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Reaching Out To International Partners U.S. officials believe that terrorists aspire to build bio-weapons. The White House is also expanding collaborative efforts with international partners to help prevent such attacks. |
National Defense
June 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Chemical Weapons Demobilization Meets New Hurdles The Defense Department's troubled effort to neutralize its stock of chemical weapons is facing more turmoil, caused in part by homeland security considerations, according to officials at a recent congressional hearing. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Congress Poised to Act on Weak Bio-Preparedness Flaws in the U.S.' current defenses against dangerous diseases are numerous and institutional, according to experts. In response to these shortcomings, key congressional leaders are vowing action to fix the problems. |
National Defense
August 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Abandoned Chemical Weapons Pose Continual Threat Hidden chemical weapons are scattered across the globe, in rivers, bays, lakes and oceans, and buried in the ground at current and former military bases |
CIO
June 15, 2002
Stephanie Overby |
Stopping Epidemics Early Even before last year's anthrax cases, doctors and public health officials had been testing Web-based databases and other bio-surveillance technologies that could help monitor medical data to stem an outbreak before it spreads. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
WMD Commission: 'We're Not Going Away' The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism is not being continued by the government, but the members are starting non-profit with the same mission. |
National Defense
May 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Army to Test Assay Reader Add-On for Smartphones Scientists at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center have developed two clip-on attachments for an Android phone that can do just that, and they plan to test the devices within the next couple months. |
National Defense
June 2011
Grace V. Jean |
U.S. Strategy To Combat Bioterrorism Takes Global View The Defense Department has embarked on a multi-hundred-million dollar effort to protect troops from bioterrorism. Its strategy focuses on containing potential outbreaks in areas of the world where pathogens are known to exist. |
