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Indian navy to develop NBC training facility
by Paul Tinder on March 9, 2010

India's navy has begun the creation of a nuclear, biological and chemical defense training facility.

According to a report in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, Iran's Islami Revolutionary Guard Corps has equipped missiles with chemical warheads.

The city of Burbank, California, has made a purchase order with Universal Detection Technology for bioterrorism detection equipment, including the company's 5-agent detection kit.

The program for the Knowledge Foundation's 16th Biodetection Technologies conference has officially been revealed.

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense to aid the nation's front line performers in defense against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons of mass destruction.

The independent defense industries Visiongain thinktank has announced that the global chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense market in 2009 was worth $7.9 billion.

Universal Detection Technology has responded to a recent Harvard School of Public Health poll that found 39 percent of Americans facing a significant anthrax threat would delay taking prophylactic antibiotics.

Israel began its distribution of new gas masks to civilians on Sunday, which are meant to protect the nation in the event of a biological or chemical attack

At this week's Homeland Security budget hearing, Congressman David Price noted his concern about two programs meant to track and alter biothreats.

SIGA Technologies has been awarded a $2.8 million contract from the Department of Defense's Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative to develop a broad spectrum antiviral that could aid U.S. citizens in the event of a bioattack.

A former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has recently written that facing the problem of bioterrorism will require creative thinking and the ingenuity of the American people.

Eighteen members of the Army National Guard and four members of the Air Force National Guard used Shelbyville, Tenn.'s Calsonic Arena this week to stage a training exercise simulating a biological or chemical attack.

World Health Organization

A recent "Train-the-Trainer" session for the prevention of bioterrorism presented by INTERPOL was attended by law enforcement, customs and public health officials from Asia and the South Pacific.

A new three-floor underground car park to be built at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel will double as an emergency hospital in the event of a biological, chemical or nuclear attack.

India's Defense Research and Development Organization has announced that it will place a high priority on the development of systems, including better biological and chemical defense systems, to combat the challenges of terrorism.

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

The U.S. Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center has selected Camber Corp. to provide it with engineering, research and technology support services.

Experts have said that a biological or nuclear attack on the United States by terrorist remains the nation's greatest threat but is unlikely to occur.

A Queen's University study has revealed that one quarter of Ontario, Canada hospitals do not currently have pandemic plans in place and few have tested existing plans.

India's Defense Minister and President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Shri AK Antony, called for an end of war to settle disputes, the destruction of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and a call to fight terrorism.

The recent anti-vaccine movement, meant to combat the theory that childhood immunizations could be linked to autism, could seriously raise the dangers of the United States' response to potential acts of bioterror, an expert has recently announced.

A subcommittee of the National Biodefense Science Board, has released a report calling for closer collaboration with private industry to improve the nation's medical defenses against biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear threats.

Boeing Co 74 Jumbo Jet

A modified Boeing Co 74 jumbo jet using a high-powered laser has successfully shot down a ballistic missile in-flight for the first time, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has said in a statement.

U.S. Army officials have announced that more than 70 percent of the Army's chemical weapons stockpiles have been destroyed with the majority expected to be destroyed by 2012.

Under the White House's proposed fiscal 2011 budget proposal, current chemical facility anti-terrorism standards will be extended one year while a bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to reauthorize CFATS for five years.

A spokesman for Ireland's Labour Party has called for new legislation banning biological weapons to also include the prohibition of transmission of bioweapons through Irish airspace.

ALCO Water Service

The investor-owned Alco Water Service has begun using an RFID-based system for security at its unmanned pump stations throughout Salinas, Calif., bringing them into compliance with the Bioterrorism Act of 2002.

A strange new natural contender in aiding in the fight against biological weapons has stepped forward, with researchers learning that the fruit of mushrooms can be used in cleaning up following a biological attack.

A pair of conferences over the next few weeks will enact a comprehensive review of the United States' ability to reduce the impact of a biological weapons attack.

DeconGel

The Environmental, Security, Safety and Health Achievement Award has been presented to the National Energy Technology Laboratory and Safety and Ecology Corporation for their use of DeconGel to mitigate and abate hazardous matter.

A U.S. patent has been granted to Borealis Exploration Limited for its Avto Metals Technology.

Darpa, in a move that means to use bioweapons for good, has announced the investment of $6 million into a project that will create "synthetic organisms" that never die but can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch.

An agreement between Universal Detection Technology and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Service will allow UDT to promote its handheld bioterrorism detecting assays in Canada.

The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies has announced a new workshop that will examine federal policies and activities in relation to discovery through approval of medical countermeasures for biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear thre

A prototype vest design by Industrial design students at Emily Carr University of Art + Design contains sensors that display information about potential biothreats in the air and provides a built in face mask.

A landmine that exploded at the boundary of Libug and Cabcaban villages in Sumisip town, the Philippines, reportedly contained biological weapons, authorities have said.

Beginning May 1, hospitals, researchers and companies in Denmark will be required to apply for a license to use certain substances that could be used to make biological weapons.

Under President Barack Obama's recently announced proposed 2011 budget, two army sites would receive $511 million for the disposal of biological and chemical weapons.

Kavoshgar 3 Rocket

Iran has announced the successful test firing of a new satellite-carrying rocket containing an "experimental capsule" with live species inside that has raised the spectre of potential biological or chemical attacks.

Senior U.S. officials, noting N. Korea's biological and chemical weapons as well as nuclear warheads and long range missiles, announced that U.S. ground forces may not, in the case of an emergency situation, be able to arrive in S. Korea in time.

Another attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda within the next three to six months is expected, top U.S. intelligence officials have said, noting that the terror organization has been pursuing chemical and biological options.

Kathleen Sebelius

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services statement highlights critical components of President Obama's 2011 HHS budget that will protect citizens from bioterrorism and also protect the health and safety of American citizens.

A malfunction in a radar built by Raytheon Co., caused a U.S. attempt to shoot down a missile mimicking an Iranian attack to fail, the Defense Department has announced.

Sen. Dick Lugar

A summary of the progress of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction programs for 2009 has been released by U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar.

A new report raises questions as to the ethics of medicalized weapons, biological weapons meant to incapacitate rather than kill, and the implications of medical personnel designing, manufacturing and testing such weapons.

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama promised to take steps to ensure that a faster threat is ensured against the threat of bio-terrorism.

Bob Graham and Jim Talent

Universal Detection Technology has responded to the recent scathing WMD commission report that gave the government an "F" for its preparedness for biological attacks.

Barry Kellman

"The notion that we can insulate ourselves in any meaningful sense from a pandemic disease is naive," says Barry Kellman, president of the International Security & Biopolicy Institute.

Bob Graham and Jim Talent

A report card released today by the bipartisan Commisson on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism has turned a critical eye to the preparedness by the United States for a bioattack.

The warning is clear: Bioterrorism is a serious danger to the United States, says the Report Card Grading Government on Protecting the United States.

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

Years of work by Al Qaeda terrorists to acquire weapons of mass destruction and concoct methods of using them have been assessed by a retired Central Intelligence Agency officer in a newly released research paper.

Ronald F. DeMeo, president and CEO of Radiation Shield Technologies, has been announced as chairman for the 5th Annual CBRNe Conference.

INS Shivalik

India has revealed its fist indigenously built stealth class frigate, which will be inducted in April, that is equipped with state of the art defenses against biological, chemical and nuclear attacks.

The first three day Regional Symposium on the Advocacy and Partnership on Biosafety and Biosecurity in Mindanao, Philippines, has officially begun.

Drug cartels, as a result of the increase in the narcotics trade, have been increasingly able to acquire biological and chemical weapons and radioactive material for the purpose of WMD creation, the U.S. State Department has warned.

Major British ports have had high-tech machines installed to detect any materials that could potentially be used to build "dirty bombs," it has been revealed.

Researchers at labs working with biological agents have bristled at new proposals by Congress to secure infectious agents.

Experts at a recent panel discussion have raised questions on the number of experts in the United States on the sciences behind the collection of data on biological weapons of mass destruction.

Steve Brozak

Biodefense industry leaders have met to discuss how to facilitate the development and approval of products in the biodefense sector following the decision to remove funds from the BioShield Special Reserve Fund.

Israel's National Emergency Authority has begun the largest-ever exercise meant to train security forces on the proper response to a citywide biological attack.

Scientists have said that the Select Agents and Toxins list, rather than strengthening security, is, in fact, undermining the nation's security.

More frequent security screening has been recommended by a federal panel for researchers who handle the world's deadliest pathogens.

Israel's planned simulated biological warfare attack could be the run up to a catastrophic response to Iran and Hezbollah, Elias Bejjani, a Canadian-Lebanese human rights activist has said.

The federal Cabinet of Pakistan has given its tentative support to a new draft bill that would ban biological weapons activities.

Israel

Israel will simulate the largest exercise in its history simulating a response to a biological warfare attack next week.

Dr. Michael Shannon

Medizone International Inc., has announced the completion of its third round of testing and data logging for the company's enhanced AsepticSure technology.

President Barack Obama's December 30 executive order to prepare the nation against biological attacks - specifically anthrax attacks - calls for the development of a federal rapid response involving medical countermeasures to bioattacks

A high intensity explosion at a chemical laboratory inside India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre resulted in the death of two junior scientists with an initial investigation focusing on biological and chemical agent experiments.

South Africa

Approximately 450,000 soccer fans are expected to stream into South Africa for the World Cup tournament, June 11 through July 11, and the nation says it is prepared for the all manner of threats, from bioattack to nuclear.

The National Biocontainment Training Center at the University of Texas has received $5 million in federal funding support.

New rules ordered by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court will allow a county judge to cancel trials and jury duty in the wake of a catastrophe such as a bioattack.

Guidelines to specify which patients will receive access to lifesaving treatments in the event of a bioterrorist attack, severe pandemic or natural disaster that overwhelms the medical system are being developed by Louisiana health professionals.

Israel will begin distributing its entire population with gas masks in two months, though no reason has officially been given by the Israeli government.

NIAID

The University of Chicago Medical Center has been notified by the United States Department of Energy that it has full approval to commence operations at its new Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory.

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar has announced on the floor of the Senate the success of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperation Threat Reduction program, which has, among other accomplishments, built and equipped a biological monitoring station in Kazakhstan.

A new set of tools designed by the FDA and the United States Department of Agriculture aims to aid food-animal producers in mitigating risk of bioterrorism on the food production process.

A new study released next month that shows the standard risk analysis used by security risk analysts based on probabilities of uncertain hazards may not, in fact, capture the impact of an intelligent attacker's intent.

Britain's Royal Society

Britain's Royal Society has warned that more realistic exercises need to be conducted to improve emergency responses to both chemical and biological attacks.

General Physics Corporation has been honored with a 2009 Most Innovative Training Award by the Arkansas Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development.

Homeland Security

New research from NASA indicates that technology designed to guard against Earthbound infections during space exploration could hold potential for counterterrorism methods.

SRI International has received a patent for a bioadhesive drug delivery system that uses the human body's mucous membranes to enable enhanced release of drugs through a needle-free option.

Donald Rumsfeld

Citizens of Pueblo, Colorado, have given a cool reception to the government's plan to blow up 16 percent of its chemical weapons stockpile there.

Allen Shofe

A plan to ensure Europe is prepared for a biologic attack has been laid out by Allen Shofe, senior vice president of public affairs at Emergent BioSoloutions, as part of the Security & Defence Agenda's "Raising Biopreparedness Levels in Europe" report.

Israel's Home Front Command has begun joint exercises with Magen David Adom and the Shaare Tzedek Medical Center to prepare for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear missile attacks.

Barry Kellman

The Obama administration's recently announced biological weapons stance is, Professor Barry Kellman of the International Security and Biopolicy institute said, "crucial and complicated," and, he said, so nuanced that its hard for the lay reader to grasp.

Israel

In the face of potential biological and chemical attacks, the Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command requires national infrastructure companies to purchase active protection full-body suits to allow them to operate in contaminated zones.

DSO National Laboratories, Singapore's defense research and development organization, has created software to monitor the spread of chemical agents in real-time.

Barry Kellman

The United States has officially unveiled its strategy to crack down on biological weapons, though the new plan does not include international enforcement, which continues the Bush administrations' rejection of binding verification plans.

Biosafety Level-4

Safety and simulation training has begun on Boston University's Biosafety Level-4 laboratory even as the National Institutes of Health continues weighing the labs safety options.

Barry Kellman, J.D.

"I would argue bioterrorism is the most viable threat of an enormous magnitude, far more than a nuclear attack," Barry Kellman, president of the International Security & Biopolicy Institute said. "There are many threats.

DNA

The Department of Health and Human Services has warned U.S. businesses trading in DNA to be on guard against abuses leading to bioterrorism.

A plan to use explosives to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiled in Colorado and Kentucky has been floated by army officials, arguing that it would improve safety while prevent lags in the nation's weapons destruction schedule.

Fuad El-Hibri

The Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has advised Emergent BioSolutions that while BARDA's Request for Proposal has been canceled, Emergent is encouraged to submit a proposal for the office's Broad Agency Announcement.

A recently revealed report, marked "sensitive," has surfaced as part of a load of documents uncovered by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), the Salt Lake Tribune has reported.

Industry representatives have said that new European Union counter-terrorist measures could increase administrative burdens on the chemical sector while duplicating security procedures.

Skunk Odor as Chemical Weapon

A new form of chemical attack has been used on a prominent politician in the European city of Luxembourg.

New guidelines have been presented for genetic screening to prevent the possibility of bioterrism, dividing the opinions of scientists on the matter.

Australia

ETW Corporation has begun the investigative process for taking over a United Kingdom-based company that carries the rights to a fabric coating process that protects soldiers against chemical and biological threats.

OPCW

Ahmet Üzümcü has recently been appointed the director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Steven Chatfield

Steven Chatfield, Ph.D., has been appointed senior vice president of biodefense by Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

Kathleen Sebelius

Plans have been announced by a top Obama administration official to proceed with a major review of the federal government's policies for developing public health defenses.

Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc.

Howard Goldstein has been named to the position of executive vice president of commercial affairs at Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc.

Anne E. Derse

The United States and Lithuania have signed a protocol to strengthen cooperation between the two countries concerning the prevention of illegal transfer and trafficking in biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and related materials.

European Defense Agency

Plans to organize a biological, chemical and radiological explosives ordnance disposal training exercise have been announced by the European Defense Agency.

Ronald Kessler

The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. Secret Service will not comment as to if anyone at last week's White House state dinner was screened for radiological or biological weapons.

Chemicals that could potentially be used in bioterror attacks will be replaced with safer alternatives following the passing of new legislation.

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is not currently facing a bioterrorism threat but it is not taking any chances.

Peter T. King

Gatecrashers at President Obama's first state dinner have raised questions of how secure the president is kept and what steps are being taken to protect him from non-traditonal bioweapons.

Colonel Randy Larsen

U.S. Air Force Colonel Randy Larsen has an easy solution to the threat of biological attacks in America - immunize Americans against smallpox and anthrax.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that the country is ahead of schedule on destroying its chemical weapons stockpile.

The Seventh Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team at Fort Leonard Wood has completed two days of chemical attack training, saving Anytown, U.S.A. in the process.

Dennis Grimaud

DIATHERIX's Target Enriched Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction technology allows it to test for both viral and bacterial pathogens with a single test.

Israel has finished civilian exercises to aid in preparing its citizens for a chemical attack.

A workshop on identifying potential chemical, biological and nuclear weapons has been completed by South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the National Nuclear Security Administration.

The United States has maintained restrictions on the export of as many as 11 of its 16 dual use technology regimes to India, including on dual use technology in chemical and biological weapons.

Anthrax

Universal Detection Technology has demonstrated its latest development in bioweapon technology at the 2009 Milipol Conference, a five-agent biodetection handheld assay.

Microfluidic Chip

A tiny chip based on silicon produced by IBM's research labs in Zurich could soon be used by first responders to quickly diagnose dozens of diseases faster and with less blood required than normal.

Nicola Roxon

Australia will be enhancing its already stringent requirements to secure biological disease agents following the passing of a new measure.

URS Corp

The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Pine Bluff, Ark., which is uses incineration technology to destroy chemical agent stockpiles, has recorded a major safety milestone.

Anders Hedegaard

The United States will pay the Danish biotechnology firm Bavarian Nordic as much as $40 million to adopt its smallpox vaccine so that it can be freeze-dried.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

The life cycles of two virus types that could be used as biological weapons will be researched with funding from a National Institutes of Health agency with the hope of creating better treatments against them.

Rick Decker

Defense contractor General Dynamics and the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center have signed an agreement to work in tandem to roll out a new biological agent detector for commercial use.

Jing Li

NASA scientists have developed a new chemical sensor that allows iPhones to identify low airborne concentrations of chemicals including ammonia, chlorine gas and methane.

A Rockville, Maryland based biopharmaceutical company has purchased the East Baltimore bioscience nonprofit MdBio Foundation's 55,000-square-foot BioProcessing Center in East Baltimore.

Public Health Agency of Canada

A recent audit has shown that Canadian government labs handling samples of swine flu and other viruses and bacteria are struggling to keep track of their pathogens.

Senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent

An interim report by the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism states that the United States has failed to address the threat of bioterrorism.

The Stanford Research Institute International's new research facility in Harrisonburg, Va., has officially opened after four years of planning and construction.

Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office has released a new report calling for the naming of a central authority to oversee laboratories working with biological agents.

Ebola

A $198 million Boston University Medical Center biological defense laboratory complex's opening has been blocked by federal and state lawsuits brought by the public.

Humvee

Paint used to camouflage military vehicles by the United Kingdom could potentially become an enhanced method for protecting soldiers from chemical weapon attacks, researchers hope.

Marlies Glasius

This month, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court will come together in The Hague to prepare for their review of the Rome Statute, the ICC's governing document, in Uganda in 2010.

Fuad El-Hibri

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has completed the acquisition of a 55,000-square-foot manufacturing facility from MdBio Foundation and the land on which the facility stands from the city of Baltimore.

Breeding Bio Insecurity

Biological warfare has shaped human conflict throughout history. But the deadly anthrax-letter mailings following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks presented Americans with a threat new and terrifying.

Kathleen Vogel

The critical questions that frame the understanding of biological weapons include what biological weapons threaten the U.S.; how the threats have changed after the Cold War, the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the development of biotechnology; and how to bett

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is requesting proposals for a device that would enable faster, more accurate detection of a broad range of biological agents, writes Katie Drummond of Wired.com.

Penrose. C. Albright

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Penrose. C. “Parney” Albright, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named the principal associate director of Global Security at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Anthrax

NEW YORK — A sixth U.N. mission in New York has received an envelope filled with a suspicious white powder, Reuters reported Nov. 11.

GTCbio

WASHINGTON, D.C. — GTCbio’s seventh annual Vaccines: All Things Considered conference is scheduled for Nov 9-10 in Washington.

Maxime Verhagen

The Netherlands is expected on Nov. 9 to request that the International Criminal Court expand its definition of what actions constitute war crimes to include the use of chemical and biological weapons.

Kim Jong Il

The U.S. military would take the lead in destroying or safeguarding North Korean weapons of mass destruction should the isolated Asian state fall into chaos.

Susan Collins

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nov. 4 recommended the Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act for a vote by the full Senate.

Security expo

LOS ANGELES — Universal Detection Technology announced Oct. 30 that it would showcase its TS-10-5-agent biodetection kit, at Milipol Paris, a worldwide exhibition of internal state security Nov. 17-21.

Allen Shofe

An action plan that seeks to strengthen European Union defenses against the threat of a WMD attack is being considered for enactment by the close of 2009, Europolitics Environment reported.

Gregg Mosley

Two companies have combined their products and created Mail Safe Check, a diagnostic tool to test incoming mail for pathogens.

Shabaana Khader

Immunologists have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria that could lead to vaccines to prevent tularemia infection of the lungs.

Protective paint coating

Scientists are planning to develop a paint coating for military vehicles that would soak up a chemical warfare agent and then decontaminate itself.

Barry Kellman

The communities of experts and officials who focus on bioviolence (the intentional infliction of disease) have long considered smallpox (variola major) to be among the most terrifying bio-agents.

Fuad El–Hibri

ROCKVILLE, Md., and PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Emergent BioSolutions and Ninebio Sdn. Bhd. announced the formation of a joint venture in Malaysia that will focus on creating critical biologics infrastructure and supplying biodefense countermeasures.

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Indian navy to develop NBC training facility by Paul Tinder on March 9, 2010

Report says Iran in possession of chemical warheads by Nick Rees on March 9, 2010

Burbank, California purchases biodetection equipment by Nick Rees on March 9, 2010

Program for international biodetection conference announced by Nick Rees on March 8, 2010

Teledyne receives DoD contract to aid nation's CBRN responders by Tina Redlup on March 8, 2010

Thinktank says CBRN defense market worth $7.9 billion and growing by Nick Rees on March 3, 2010

Experts respond to Harvard anthrax response study by Ted Purlain on March 2, 2010

Israel begins distribution of gas masks by Nick Rees on March 1, 2010

Results demanded of government biothreat programs by Nick Rees on February 26, 2010

SIGA Technologies granted DoD contract by Tina Redlup on February 26, 2010

Medkits could be the future of fighting bioterror by Nick Rees on February 25, 2010

Bioattack simulated in Tennessee by Ted Purlain on February 25, 2010

INTERPOL trains Asian and South Pacific officials in bioterror threat prevention by Tina Redlup on February 25, 2010

Israeli hospital's parking garage to double as emergency CBRN hospital by Nick Rees on February 23, 2010

India to play high priority on biodefense by Nick Rees on February 22, 2010

Camber Corp. to provide Edgewood Chemical Biological Center with support services by Ted Purlain on February 18, 2010

Expert says bioattack unlikely by Ted Purlain on February 17, 2010

Quarter of Ontario hospitals not prepared for pandemic, report says by Nick Rees on February 17, 2010

Indian defense minister calls for end to bioweapons, wars by Rita Uplend on February 16, 2010

Anti-vaccine movement could have deadly consequences in the event of an attack by Tina Redlup on February 16, 2010

Subcommittee recommends White House oversight for medical countermeasures by Nick Rees on February 15, 2010

Laser shoots down ballistic missile in test by Nick Rees on February 15, 2010

Seventy percent of Army's chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed by Tina Redlup on February 15, 2010

Budget proposes extension to chemical facility anti-terror standards by Nick Rees on February 12, 2010

Ireland calls for tougher restrictions on bioweapons by Nick Rees on February 11, 2010

Calif. water utility secures unmanned stations from biothreats by Pat Dulnier on February 11, 2010

Mushroom fruit could aid in clean up of bioweapons by Nick Rees on February 10, 2010

Conferences will review U.S.'s ability to reduce biothreat by Ted Purlain on February 10, 2010

DeconGel garners award for decontamination properties by Nick Rees on February 10, 2010

New patent issued for biosensing metals by Tina Redlup on February 9, 2010

Darpa to develop immortal organisms by Daniel Purt on February 9, 2010

UDT to market handheld assays in Canada ahead of Olympics by Tina Redlup on February 9, 2010

Workshop planned to analyze federal medical countermeasures policies by Nick Rees on February 8, 2010

Vest can detect, protect from threats by Tina Redlup on February 8, 2010

Philippines allege use of bioweapons by communist rebels by Nick Rees on February 5, 2010

Denmark institutes new rules for handling certain biological substances by Pat Dulnier on February 5, 2010

Kentucky to receive funds to dispose of biological and chemical weapons by Tina Redlup on February 5, 2010

Missile test-fired by Iran has potential bioweapon capabilities by Ted Purlain on February 4, 2010

Army questions preparedness in face of N. Korean threat by Nick Rees on February 4, 2010

Experts expect CBRN attack on U.S. within six months by Nick Rees on February 3, 2010

Sebelius responds to president's 2011 HHS budget by Tina Redlup on February 3, 2010

Missile interceptor fails in mock attack by Nick Rees on February 3, 2010

Nunn-Lugar Cooperative releases 2009 report by Nick Rees on January 30, 2010

Ethics of medicalized weapons questioned by Nick Rees on January 30, 2010

President speaks of new bioterror initiative in State of the Union by Rita Uplend on January 28, 2010

Universal Detection Technology responds to WMD commission report by Nick Rees on January 28, 2010

Commission report a step in the right direction, but international preparedness shouldn't be ignored, expert says by Nick Rees on January 27, 2010

Commission gives U.S. a failing grade for biopreparedness by Ted Purlain on January 27, 2010

Heeding the warning of bioterrorism by Barry Kellman on January 26, 2010

New report sheds light on Al Qaeda's biological attack capabilities by Rita Uplend on January 26, 2010

President and CEO of Radiation Shield Technologies announced as chairman for CBRNe Conference by Nick Rees on January 25, 2010

India debuts bioattack resistant frigate by Tina Redlup on January 25, 2010

Biosafety symposium kicks off in Philippines by Nick Rees on January 21, 2010

Drug trade could increase availability of bioweapons by Tina Redlup on January 21, 2010

England reveals increased monitoring for dirty bombs, bioweapons by Pat Dulnier on January 19, 2010

Researchers cry foul over newly proposed infectious agents screenings by Nick Rees on January 18, 2010

Experts urge more collaboration in intelligence community by Nick Rees on January 15, 2010

Biodefense industry leaders meet to discuss changes to BioShield by Rita Uplend on January 14, 2010

Israel begins bioattack simulation by Nick Rees on January 14, 2010

Select Agents and Toxins list hindering biosecurity, scientists say by Nick Rees on January 12, 2010

More frequent screenings recommended for handlers of deadly pathogens by Nick Rees on January 12, 2010

Planned bioattack simulation in Israel could be sign of coming biowar, activist warns by Nick Rees on January 8, 2010

Pakistan moves to ban bioweapons by Tina Redlup on January 7, 2010

Israel to simulate biological attacks by Tina Redlup on January 6, 2010

Medizone completes third round of AsepticSure testing by Daniel Purt on January 6, 2010

Executive order calls for strong response against biological attack by Nick Rees on January 4, 2010

Blast in India believe to be at biolab by Paul Tinder on December 31, 2009

South Africa prepared for bioattack at World Cup by Nick Rees on December 31, 2009

University of Texas Biocontainment Training Center receives federal funding by Nick Rees on December 30, 2009

Rules drafted by Pennsylvania Supreme Court for pandemic, bioattack event by Tina Redlup on December 30, 2009

Louisiana begins drawing up plans for bioattack treatments by Ted Purlain on December 28, 2009

Israel to issue gas masks to population by Tina Redlup on December 28, 2009

UIC given no to open new biolab by Daniel Purt on December 23, 2009

Lugar-Nunn program constructs biological monitoring station in Kazakhstan by Nick Rees on December 23, 2009

Indian navy to develop NBC training facility
by Paul Tinder on March 9, 2010

Report says Iran in possession of chemical warheads
by Nick Rees on March 9, 2010

Burbank, California purchases biodetection equipment
by Nick Rees on March 9, 2010

Program for international biodetection conference announced
by Nick Rees on March 8, 2010

Teledyne receives DoD contract to aid nation's CBRN responders
by Tina Redlup on March 8, 2010

Thinktank says CBRN defense market worth $7.9 billion and growing
by Nick Rees on March 3, 2010

Experts respond to Harvard anthrax response study
by Ted Purlain on March 2, 2010

Israel begins distribution of gas masks
by Nick Rees on March 1, 2010

Results demanded of government biothreat programs
by Nick Rees on February 26, 2010

SIGA Technologies granted DoD contract
by Tina Redlup on February 26, 2010

Medkits could be the future of fighting bioterror
by Nick Rees on February 25, 2010

Bioattack simulated in Tennessee
by Ted Purlain on February 25, 2010

INTERPOL trains Asian and South Pacific officials in bioterror threat prevention
by Tina Redlup on February 25, 2010

Israeli hospital's parking garage to double as emergency CBRN hospital
by Nick Rees on February 23, 2010

India to play high priority on biodefense
by Nick Rees on February 22, 2010

Camber Corp. to provide Edgewood Chemical Biological Center with support services
by Ted Purlain on February 18, 2010

Expert says bioattack unlikely
by Ted Purlain on February 17, 2010

Quarter of Ontario hospitals not prepared for pandemic, report says
by Nick Rees on February 17, 2010

Indian defense minister calls for end to bioweapons, wars
by Rita Uplend on February 16, 2010

Anti-vaccine movement could have deadly consequences in the event of an attack
by Tina Redlup on February 16, 2010

Subcommittee recommends White House oversight for medical countermeasures
by Nick Rees on February 15, 2010

Laser shoots down ballistic missile in test
by Nick Rees on February 15, 2010

Seventy percent of Army's chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed
by Tina Redlup on February 15, 2010

Budget proposes extension to chemical facility anti-terror standards
by Nick Rees on February 12, 2010

Ireland calls for tougher restrictions on bioweapons
by Nick Rees on February 11, 2010

Calif. water utility secures unmanned stations from biothreats
by Pat Dulnier on February 11, 2010

Mushroom fruit could aid in clean up of bioweapons
by Nick Rees on February 10, 2010

Conferences will review U.S.'s ability to reduce biothreat
by Ted Purlain on February 10, 2010

DeconGel garners award for decontamination properties
by Nick Rees on February 10, 2010

New patent issued for biosensing metals
by Tina Redlup on February 9, 2010

Darpa to develop immortal organisms
by Daniel Purt on February 9, 2010

UDT to market handheld assays in Canada ahead of Olympics
by Tina Redlup on February 9, 2010

Workshop planned to analyze federal medical countermeasures policies
by Nick Rees on February 8, 2010

Vest can detect, protect from threats
by Tina Redlup on February 8, 2010

Philippines allege use of bioweapons by communist rebels
by Nick Rees on February 5, 2010

Denmark institutes new rules for handling certain biological substances
by Pat Dulnier on February 5, 2010

Kentucky to receive funds to dispose of biological and chemical weapons
by Tina Redlup on February 5, 2010

Missile test-fired by Iran has potential bioweapon capabilities
by Ted Purlain on February 4, 2010

Army questions preparedness in face of N. Korean threat
by Nick Rees on February 4, 2010

Experts expect CBRN attack on U.S. within six months
by Nick Rees on February 3, 2010

Sebelius responds to president's 2011 HHS budget
by Tina Redlup on February 3, 2010

Missile interceptor fails in mock attack
by Nick Rees on February 3, 2010

Nunn-Lugar Cooperative releases 2009 report
by Nick Rees on January 30, 2010

Ethics of medicalized weapons questioned
by Nick Rees on January 30, 2010

President speaks of new bioterror initiative in State of the Union
by Rita Uplend on January 28, 2010

Universal Detection Technology responds to WMD commission report
by Nick Rees on January 28, 2010

Commission report a step in the right direction, but international preparedness shouldn't be ignored, expert says
by Nick Rees on January 27, 2010

Commission gives U.S. a failing grade for biopreparedness
by Ted Purlain on January 27, 2010

Heeding the warning of bioterrorism
by Barry Kellman on January 26, 2010

New report sheds light on Al Qaeda's biological attack capabilities
by Rita Uplend on January 26, 2010

President and CEO of Radiation Shield Technologies announced as chairman for CBRNe Conference
by Nick Rees on January 25, 2010

India debuts bioattack resistant frigate
by Tina Redlup on January 25, 2010

Biosafety symposium kicks off in Philippines
by Nick Rees on January 21, 2010

Drug trade could increase availability of bioweapons
by Tina Redlup on January 21, 2010

England reveals increased monitoring for dirty bombs, bioweapons
by Pat Dulnier on January 19, 2010

Researchers cry foul over newly proposed infectious agents screenings
by Nick Rees on January 18, 2010

Experts urge more collaboration in intelligence community
by Nick Rees on January 15, 2010

Biodefense industry leaders meet to discuss changes to BioShield
by Rita Uplend on January 14, 2010

Israel begins bioattack simulation
by Nick Rees on January 14, 2010

Select Agents and Toxins list hindering biosecurity, scientists say
by Nick Rees on January 12, 2010

More frequent screenings recommended for handlers of deadly pathogens
by Nick Rees on January 12, 2010

Planned bioattack simulation in Israel could be sign of coming biowar, activist warns
by Nick Rees on January 8, 2010

Pakistan moves to ban bioweapons
by Tina Redlup on January 7, 2010

Israel to simulate biological attacks
by Tina Redlup on January 6, 2010

Medizone completes third round of AsepticSure testing
by Daniel Purt on January 6, 2010

Executive order calls for strong response against biological attack
by Nick Rees on January 4, 2010

Blast in India believe to be at biolab
by Paul Tinder on December 31, 2009

South Africa prepared for bioattack at World Cup
by Nick Rees on December 31, 2009

University of Texas Biocontainment Training Center receives federal funding
by Nick Rees on December 30, 2009

Rules drafted by Pennsylvania Supreme Court for pandemic, bioattack event
by Tina Redlup on December 30, 2009

Louisiana begins drawing up plans for bioattack treatments
by Ted Purlain on December 28, 2009

Israel to issue gas masks to population
by Tina Redlup on December 28, 2009

UIC given no to open new biolab
by Daniel Purt on December 23, 2009

Lugar-Nunn program constructs biological monitoring station in Kazakhstan
by Nick Rees on December 23, 2009

New tools will fight bioterrorism in food supply chain
by Pat Dulnier on December 22, 2009

Report calls for change of thinking on defending against bioterror
by Tina Redlup on December 18, 2009

- British Royal Society calls for more realistic bio-attack exercises
by Pat Dulnier on December 16, 2009

General Physics Corporation honored for training of first responders
by Nick Rees on December 16, 2009

NASA technology to be used to fight bioterror
by Tina Redlup on December 16, 2009

New drug administration system to speed delivery time
by Nick Rees on December 16, 2009