Effective bioterrorism planning, prevention, and response require information sharing between various entities, ranging from public health authorities and health-care workers to national security and ...

The Biology Department conducts research on anthrax. A social research group measures society’s response to a threat. A professor in public health works to improve disease detection. Under the ...

Below are resources for teachers on using bioterrorism as a topic in science classrooms: Below are resources for teachers on using bioterrorism as a topic in science classrooms: The U.S. Centers for ...

A coalition of hospital, law enforcement and fire agencies is sponsoring an amendment to the state constitution to increase California's sales tax by a quarter-cent to raise up to $1 billion annually ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria grown on a medium of sheep’s blood agar. B. pseudomallei is the bacterium responsible for causing melioidosis. (CDC/ Dr. Todd Parker, Audra Marsh) This piece ...

Three years ago, a biology lesson about smallpox would likely have centered on health officials’ boast that a worldwide campaign had eradicated the longtime scourge. And a classroom lesson about ...

Most of the nation's county public health departments are not adequately prepared to respond to a biological or chemical terrorist attack, with the biggest deficiencies found in small communities and ...

Bioterrorism could significantly affect public health across the globe and cause major disruption in society. Even though the risk of bioterrorism is substantially low, a significant attack could ...

Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological toxins that have the potential to cause disease and death in humans, animals, or plants. While these pathogens may not pose a threat to ...

A huge budget increase proposed by the president. Numerous legislative initiatives at the federal and state level. Public fears of biological harm. That is the new reality brought to us by ...

The United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic has fallen short and has cost the country significantly in terms of human lives, economic growth and social cohesion. What’s more, the health ...

fringes, but Congress’s role remains to be seen. Ellen Tauscher, the State Department’s undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, announced on Wednesday the new strategy that aims to ...