Saudi Arabia this week is scheduled to host a U.N. workshop on the dangers posed by biological weapons.
The European Commission hopes its CBRN action plan, designed to improve the EU’s defenses against the threat of a chemical, nuclear or bioterrorism attack, will be adopted by member states by the end of the year.
BRUSSELS — A roundtable discussion Oct. 14 focused on raising awareness in Europe about the importance of biopreparedness against naturally occurring pandemics and bioterrorism attacks.
Jeffrey A. Romoff spoke to BioTerrorWatch about his plan to improve the nation's capacity to develop and manufacture countermeasures critical to national and homeland security.

Montreux, Switzerland
GENEVA – Members of US humanitarian aid groups learned how to deter biological terrorist attacks during a recent two-day training session in Montreux, Switzerland.