http://www.bioprepwatch.com Keeping You Well Informed So That You Are Well Prepared Wed, 16 May 2012 18:35:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/dtra-partners-with-jove-to-publish-bioweapon-detector-research/324074/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/dtra-partners-with-jove-to-publish-bioweapon-detector-research/324074/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:48:50 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324074 TweetThe Journal of Visualized Experiments recently announced plans to publish articles in cooperation with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency on recent advancements in defense technology, including the development of a new biological agent detector. In one of the DTRA … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/dtra-partners-with-jove-to-publish-bioweapon-detector-research/324074/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/national-guard-csts-remained-active-in-2011/324073/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/national-guard-csts-remained-active-in-2011/324073/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:49 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324073 TweetThe National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams were deployed in the United States 128 times in support of civil authorities during fiscal year 2011. The CSTs were established in 1998 and have been operating as full-time federally-funded … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/national-guard-csts-remained-active-in-2011/324073/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/vaccine_development/michigan-brownfield-tax-incentive-clears-hurdle-for-emergent-biosolutions/324082/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/vaccine_development/michigan-brownfield-tax-incentive-clears-hurdle-for-emergent-biosolutions/324082/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:32 +0000 Paul Tinder http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324082 TweetA $6.4 million brownfield tax incentive for Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., a developer of the anthrax vaccine, successfully cleared a procedural roadblock on Monday after the Lansing City Council held a public hearing on the matter. The incentive would collect new … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/vaccine_development/michigan-brownfield-tax-incentive-clears-hurdle-for-emergent-biosolutions/324082/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/two-new-portland-powder-scares-occupy-hazmat-squads/324081/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/two-new-portland-powder-scares-occupy-hazmat-squads/324081/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:09:30 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324081 TweetTwo additional matters involving suspicious white powder on Thursday kept Portland, Oregon, hazmat teams occupied, with both situations involving letters labeled with the word “anthrax.” A total of six letters containing a threat and a harmless substance have been discovered … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/two-new-portland-powder-scares-occupy-hazmat-squads/324081/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/connecticut-schools-reopen-after-white-powder-scare/324066/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/connecticut-schools-reopen-after-white-powder-scare/324066/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:55:12 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324066 TweetA white powder used to threaten an elementary school in Manchester, Connecticut, is not believed to be a hazardous agent. Manchester Fire Chief Robert Bycholski said that a second round of laboratory tests confirmed that the powder was not anthrax … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/connecticut-schools-reopen-after-white-powder-scare/324066/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/wyoming-county-tests-emergency-preparedness-with-anthrax-simulation/324067/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/wyoming-county-tests-emergency-preparedness-with-anthrax-simulation/324067/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:47:14 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324067 TweetPublic health officials in Laramie County, Wyoming, recently conducted an emergency health disaster drill that simulated a release of the bioterror agent anthrax. The Laramie County Health Department and several emergency and health organizations ran the drill to assess their … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/medical_countermeasures/wyoming-county-tests-emergency-preparedness-with-anthrax-simulation/324067/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/w-va-county-plans-simulated-public-health-emergency/324060/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/w-va-county-plans-simulated-public-health-emergency/324060/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:39:45 +0000 Paul Tinder http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324060 TweetThe health department in Marion County, West Virginia, is planning a simulated public health emergency for June to ensure that it is prepared for anthrax scares, flu outbreaks and other emergency situations. The Marion County Health Department facility has had … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/weapons_of_bioterrorism/w-va-county-plans-simulated-public-health-emergency/324060/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/expert-syrian-weapons-could-be-obtained-by-al-qaeda/324059/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/expert-syrian-weapons-could-be-obtained-by-al-qaeda/324059/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:26:44 +0000 Bryan Cohen http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324059 TweetIn an editorial for Ground Report, a former U.S. soldier and infantryman asks if the chemical weapons cache in Syria may be used by the Assad regime or be stolen away by al-Qaeda forces. Robert Tilford, a former soldier and … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/international_bioterror_policy/expert-syrian-weapons-could-be-obtained-by-al-qaeda/324059/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/experts-worry-about-obamas-food-security-approaches/324051/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/experts-worry-about-obamas-food-security-approaches/324051/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:33:42 +0000 Ted Purlain http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324051 TweetPresident Barack Obama recently invited a number of African leaders to join the G8 summit for a discussion on food security, despite claims that he has failed to adequately address food security issues at home. The Pew Health Organization recently … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/experts-worry-about-obamas-food-security-approaches/324051/feed/ 0 http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/house-committee-passes-wmd-legislation/324052/ http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/house-committee-passes-wmd-legislation/324052/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:19:43 +0000 Jeffrey Bigongiari http://www.bioprepwatch.com/?p=324052 TweetThe U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security recently passed multiple bills aimed at improving the federal government’s ability to prepare for and prevent an attack using weapons of mass destruction. In a unanimous vote, the committee passed the “WMD Prevention … Read More]]> http://www.bioprepwatch.com/us_bioterror_policy/house-committee-passes-wmd-legislation/324052/feed/ 0