An anthrax outbreak in the tribal-dominated Kanhamal district of India has infected 15 people, in the Tumudibandh block of the district. Read More

Kalyan Banerjee, the former director of the National Institute of Virology in Pune, India, said that delaying the destruction of remaining smallpox virus could raise the chances for the deadly virus to be used in bioterrorism. Read More

The recent deadly attack by Libyan government forces on the port of the besieged western city of Mistrarah, Libya, raised concerns that embroiled dictator Muammar Gaddafi may engage in chemical warfare. Read More

There are approximately 300,000 tons of chemical weapons, dangerous relics from WWII, currently resting on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, recent reports have revealed. Read More

IQ Therapeutics has successfully completed the dosing of IQNLF, a fully human antibody against inhalation anthrax, in a phase 1 clinical trial. Read More

Thailand has denied allegations made my Cambodia that it used chemical weapons in a recent two day battle over a border territory dispute. Read More

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., has announced that it will undergo a $16.1 million renovation project at its East Baltimore biotechnology manufacturing facility. Read More

Officials from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced on Thursday that hey have now completed 2,000 inspections of declared chemical facilities. Read More

Officials with the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow have announced that they will start phasing out the weapons research program that garnered $1 billion from the U.S. government and other foreign donors. Read More

A recent study published in the April 2011 issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy is the first of its kind to characterize the severity of respiratory anthrax that can be cured. Read More

The federal budget bill recently passed by Congress will allocate $40 million to fund the efforts of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility as it begins construction at Kansas State University. Read More

President Obama this week added a proposal to the 2012 budget that would set aside $260 million in additional Department of Defense funds to upgrade security for research facilities in Africa. Read More

Standards for public health preparedness capabilities were recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to aid state and local public health agencies in prioritizing and strategizing during budget cuts. Read More

Authorities in Woodbridge, Connecticut, announced on Sunday that a suspicious bag that prompted a call to them earlier in the day and sparked bioterror fears merely contained a dirty diaper. Read More

Morphotek Inc., Exton, announced this week that it has been awarded a large U.S. military grant to help fund its efforts in developing antibodies to neutralize the toxic effects of neurotoxins. Read More

DiaMedica announced this week that it has entered into an evaluation agreement with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to further examine its monoclonal antibody for the treatment of the potential bioweapon tularemia. Read More

Authorities in Delaware recently announced that they still have no leads regarding the mysterious death of John P. Wheeler III, an ex-Pentagon official whose body was discovered in a landfill on New Year Read More

Various members of the health community in Richland County, Ohio, took part in a mock disaster this week to test emergency preparedness in the event of a biological attack. Read More

Oklahoma State University unveiled a new anti-terrorism device on Wednesday that would be used to track and monitor an attack at venues that draw large groups of people. Read More

A recent report by the New York State Assembly’s subcommittee on workplace safety has called for the development of preparedness and training standards for emergencies, including bioattacks. Read More

Registration has begun for the 8th Force Protection Equipment Demonstration, known as the FPED VIII, where the latest off-the-shelf technology for countering terrorist threats will be presented in a collaboration between government and industry. Read More

Scientists at the University of Exeter have used a new screening process to isolate the virulent parts of the gene structure of the Burkholderia pseudomallei pathogenic bacteria. Read More

The United States Army Research Laboratory is working on research into robotic systems that can sniff out chemical agents like chemical and biological weapons and explosives. Read More

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded Tuesday to a question connected to the CBS News investigation about how a poison attack on food could be the next terrorist plot for al Qaeda. Read More

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones announced plans for Olympic security recently at a conference put together by the Royal United Services Institute in London, detailing security exercises that will prevent terrorist attacks during the worldwide event. Read More

Biochemist Tsafrir Mor has developed a method for synthetically producing human butyrylcholinesterase, a bioscavenging molecule that may be able to protect humans against nerve agents and pesticides, using transgenic tobacco plants. Read More

A man from Eureka, California, who had served prison time for sending a fake anthrax letter to the FBI was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on charges that he wrote a threatening letter to President Obama. Read More

Leading Israeli physicians Joshua Shemer and Shmuel C. Shapira, in their Read More

Soligenix, Inc., the late-stage biopharmaceutical company, has been granted United States patent number 7,829,668, for RiVax, its ricin vaccine. Read More

A drill to train and prepare for incidents that could include the use of a biological, chemical or radiological agent was held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, New York, on Saturday. Read More