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CDC on Bioterrorism
The Centers for Disease Control has established a Bioterrorism Program to ensure the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.
CDC MMWR
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
Anthrax Vaccine Update
The CDC's Terrorism Preparedness Compendium from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
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The Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for managing and coordinating Federal medical responses to major emergencies, including those resulting from terrorism.
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Drill preps responders for bioterrorism disaster
Pioneer Press Online, IL - 13 hours ago
By JOSH SINGER jsinger@pioneerlocal.com Crowds lined up outside the Sears Centre Arena mid-day Tuesday to take part in a large-scale disaster drill. ...
Big public-health drill has small turnout in Hoffman Estates Chicago Tribune
Stroger pays a visit to Hoffman Estates Chicago Daily Herald
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Ground Broken on New Public Health Lab in Taylorsville
KCPW, UT - 21 hours ago
Lab Director Patrick Luedtke says the new facility will greatly enhance the state's ability to fight chemical and bioterrorism. "We have been significantly ...
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Hoffman Estates seeks volunteers for bioterrorism drill
Chicago Tribune, United States - May 7, 2008
By Ken Manson | Special to the Tribune Hoffman Estates officials are looking for 2000 to 3000 volunteers next week to participate in a bioterrorism exercise ...
Register today for Westport Medical Reserve Corps
Spectator, MA - 20 hours ago
... such as having to dispense vaccines and antibiotics to the general population in the case of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorism event. ...
Bioterrorism Surveillance and Privacy: Intersection of HIPAA, the ...
RedOrbit, TX - May 2, 2008
The threat of bioterrorism in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks cannot be ignored. Syndromic surveillance, the practice of ...
Agency discovers private patient information on Internet Brownsville Herald
Privacy and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality ... RedOrbit
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Five Questions With...Tim Davie
RedOrbit, TX - May 12, 2008
By Smith, Ann C This is a new position that combines safety and security at the facility with bioterrorism planning I monitor the requirements for safety, ...
Louisa officials plan for pandemic or bioterrorism emergencies
Muscatine Journal, IA - Apr 25, 2008
The planning coalition for public health emergencies, such as a pandemic or bioterrorism, met Wednesday to review the County’s plans. ...
Critical care experts tackle disaster preparation, surge capacity ...
CIDRAP, MN - 16 hours ago
"Whether the goals are reasonable or not, we'll have to see," added Hick, medical director of bioterrorism and disaster preparedness and an emergency ...
Bioterrorism experts speak at CCCD’s Central Park campus
McKinney Courier Gazette, TX - Apr 14, 2008
BY STEFANIE WHITE, McKinney Courier-Gazette The anthrax attacks in 2001 gained much national attention but this particular bioterrorism attack was not the ...
New Ultrasensitive Assay Detects Most Poisonous Substance Known
Science Daily (press release) - May 1, 2008
The toxin is one of the most poisonous substances known that can cause life-threatening disease, and is considered a major potential bioterrorism threat ...
Bioterrorism detection gets a boost
Johns Hopkins News-Letter, MD - Apr 17, 2008
By Barbara Ha Hospitals are likely to be the first line of defense against a bioterrorism scare if one were ever to occur. A slow trickle of exposed or ...
Universal Detection Technology Completes First Phase of Department ...
CNNMoney.com - Apr 30, 2008
UDTT also supplies detection kits for detection of up to 5 bioterrorism agents. Among the Company's other products are radiation detection systems, ...
Feds seek help applying nanotech to defense Arizona Republic
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PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - May 9, 2008
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HSToday, MD - 21 hours ago
In 2002, HRSA “established the National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (NBHPP) with an explicit goal to improve the preparedness of hospitals ...
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CNNMoney.com - Apr 25, 2008
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Market Wire (press release) - May 12, 2008
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CNNMoney.com - May 13, 2008
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News-Leader.com, MO - May 9, 2008
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Work said the budget has increased because of increased duties such as enforcing a state smoking ban, preparing to respond to bioterrorism attacks and ...
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FOXBusiness - Apr 23, 2008
"We have seen increased interest in our bioterrorism detection kits recently from Israeli security firms and we hope that this trend can open up doors to ...
A Prosecutor's Holy Grail: Another Scalp
OpEdNews, PA - May 2, 2008
The then Governor of New York, George Pataki, lauded the work of the FBI for disrupting a major bioterrorism threat. And the then US Attorney in Buffalo, ...
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ADVANCE, PA - May 8, 2008
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Boston-Based BioDefense Corp. Announces New UK Partnership to ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Apr 22, 2008
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RIGHTS-US: "Bioterror" Case Falls Apart
IPS, Italy - May 2, 2008
The then governor of New York, George Pataki, lauded the work of the FBI for disrupting a major bioterrorism threat. And the then US attorney in Buffalo, ...
Panel call for biolab safety study that could delay project
Worcester Telegram, MA - May 3, 2008
BU won a competition in 2003 to open the controversial $200 million lab, which would study the germs to protect the country against bioterrorism. ...
Scientists call for expanded safety review of BU biolab Boston Globe
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Logan County celebrates Nurses Week
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - May 7, 2008
... services that assure healthier mothers and babies, child abuse prevention, school health education, bioterrorism preparedness and family planning. ...
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Peninsula Daily, WA - May 7, 2008
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DOR BioPharma Announces Appointment of Christopher J. Schaber, PhD ...
CNNMoney.com - May 9, 2008
... select biopharmaceutical companies committed to developing biodefense countermeasures to address a range of bioterrorism and natural pandemic threats. ...
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Updates
2008-05-14 CNN: Child-killing virus hits Beijing
2008-05-10 AP: Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season
2008-05-10 Toronto Star: Canadian train quarantine justified
2008-05-08 City News: More Cases Of Measles May Be Tied To PATH System
2008-05-07 WHO: Enterovirus in China - Update
2008-05-05 WHO: Pandemic Influenza Guidelines to be revised.
2008-05-03 VOA: China Issues Nationwide Alert After Virus Kills 23 Children
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NEJM Update on Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Humans
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National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan
CDC - Making Better Influenza Virus Vaccines?
WHO - Responding to potential intentional use of biological agents
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Sanofi Pasteur announces that H5N1 influenza Clade 2.2 bulk antigen enters US pandemic flu stockpile [5/9/2008]
China: Enterovirus 71 cases increase to 15,799 as Ministry of Health mandates reporting of all cases [5/7/2008]
WHO reports outbreak of over 1800 cases of enterovirus 71 in China [5/5/2008]
The Intolerable Global Burden of Malaria: Slides by Dr. Joel Breman on World Malaria Day [4/30/2008]
Indonesia completes 1,000-person, 3-day pandemic flu (Flu Yang Mematikan) simulation exercise with involvement of Bali airport [4/28/2008]
The Jakarta Post reports on 3-day live simulation exercise drill of a pandemic influenza outbreak [4/26/2008]
World Malaria Today: A conference on the occasion of the first world malaria day [4/25/2008]
Anti-Malarial Artemisinin Combination Treatment (ACT) Coartem average price cut 20% beginning on World Malaria Day April 25,2008 [4/23/2008]
Indonesia announces a series of PanFlu simulations to begin with a large-scale exercise April 25-27 in Bali [4/20/2008]
Restaurant Flyer Malaria (pdf) [4/16/2008]
World Malaria Day SFS Webpage [4/11/2008]
The Mortara Center for International Studies, and the Center for Infectious Disease, Georgetown University invite you to a one-day symposium to coincide with the first World Malaria Day, April 25.
World Malaria Day Agenda [4/10/2008]
Zanamivir (Relenza) influenza drug adds to its Warnings and Precautions based on reports of neuro-behavioral symptoms. [4/8/2008]
Hong Kong Reopens Schools and Issues Guidelines on Face Masks and Checklists During Ongoing Flu Season [3/31/2008]
CDC Conference Report on Anthrax Advises Early and Aggressive Pleural Fluid Drainage [3/29/2008]
Emergency Operation Centre inaugurated at the European CDC [3/28/2008]
Human Influenza Outbreak in Hong Kong Stabilizing [3/25/2008]
World TB Day and Global Tuberculosis Control 2008 [3/24/2008]
Hong Kong, Guangdong Province, and Macao experts meet March 17th to discuss influenza [3/18/2008]
Hong Kong reports human influenza A (H1N1) as the cause of death in one child and Influenza A (H3N2) as the cause of death in another child, and not an unusual human or avian flu virus. [3/15/2008]
15 March 2008
Courage Remembered: Five Years after the Initial WHO SARS Global Alert March 12, 2003, and Emergency Travel Advisory March 15, 2003 [3/14/2008]
Hong Kong closes all primary schools, kindergartens, and nurseries for two weeks due to human influenza outbreaks [3/13/2008]
Key Messages for World TB Day March 24 and Recent Report on TB Drug-Resistance from the WHO [3/11/2008]
Letter to Health Care Professionals from Manufacturer of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Updates Neuropsychiatric Information in Package Insert [3/10/2008]
World Malaria Day Website Created by WHO [3/7/2008]
2008 02 28 Oseltamivir Resistant Flu H1N1 Japan [2/29/2008]
Feb 28, 2008
WHO Update: H5N1 Virus Antigenic Changes and Relation to Candidate Human Vaccines [2/26/2008]
WHO Director-General Chan welcomes new funding of $350 million/5 years for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America [2/23/2008]
Europe: More oseltamivir-resistant Influenza A (H1N1). WHO posts evolving global resistance database results. [2/19/2008]
A new virus linked with a solid-organ transplant donor and the deaths of three transplant recipients [2/12/2008]
CDC reports flu vaccine not well-matched for Influenza A (H3N2) or Influenza B, and unexplained Tamiflu resistance found in 8% of Influenza A (H1N1) isolates [2/11/2008]
European CDC Update: 81/208 (39%) of H1N1 Influenza A isolates from France are resistant to Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) this Flu Season (Note: Not avian flu H5N1) [2/8/2008]
2008-2009 Flu Vaccine composition meetings announced for this month at WHO and US FDA [2/5/2008]
Summary table of H5N1 avian flu viruses shared with WHO 2003-2007 [2/4/2008]
Introducing ACAM2000 [2/2/2008]
WHO/ECDC posts 18 FAQs on new oseltamivir-resistant transmissible Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses and Canada also reports their presence [2/1/2008]
Increasing Numbers of European Nations (9) Report High Level (H274Y) Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant Human influenza A H1N1 (not H5N1 avian flu) [2/1/2008]
European CDC Interim Report on Osletamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant (H274Y) Human Influenza A/ H1N1 Virus (not H5N1 avian flu) [1/30/2008]
WHO posts 42 slides on containment strategy for the initial emergence of pandemic flu [1/10/2008]
First World Malaria Day: April 25, 2008 [12/31/2007]
WHO News Briefing Update on Pakistan H5N1 Infections in Humans [12/21/2007]
Pakistan Reports 8 Suspected H5N1 Avian Flu Patients and Myanmar reports First Confirmed H5N1 Patient [12/16/2007]
Health Requirements and Recommendations for Travelers to Saudi Arabia during the Hajj [12/4/2007]
US Funds Development of an Inhaled Form of Gentamicin [11/15/2007]
WHO Updates Pandemic Flu Rapid Response and Containment Plan [10/31/2007]
Beware of misidentification of Francisella tularensis as Actinobacillus or Hemophilus [10/6/2007]
As with the Anthrax attacks of 2001 remember that skin lesions have occurred with aerosol-transmitted Tularemia [10/4/2007]
Cutaneous Anthrax: Key References for Clinicians [9/8/2007]
WHO Updates Clinical Advice on Human H5N1 Virus Infections [8/23/2007]
FDA Clears First Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria [7/17/2007]
Containment Zone WHO Strategy for Pandemic Flu Initial Emergence [7/16/2007]
Indonesia reports 100th patient with H5N1 avian flu (80% mortality), asymptomatic infected chickens, and possible mutation facilitating poultry-to-human spread [6/18/2007]
TB and Air Travel: WHO Guidelines and Recommendations [6/6/2007]
WHO Factors to Consider in Launching a Pandemic Flu Containment Operation including Clustering of 5 or more Closely Related Cases or Two or More Generations of Transmission. [5/30/2007]
WHO Updated Protocol for Rapid Operations to Contain Initial Emergence of Pandemic Flu Includes 20 Days (not 10) of Antiviral Prophylaxis [5/25/2007]
Indonesia reports 15 new patients with H5N1 influenza over 3 months based on testing at National Laboratory in Jakarta [5/21/2007]
Defense Department Issues N-95 Respirator Guidance Including Reuse If Necessary, During A Time of Pandemic Flu [5/12/2007]
10 May 2007
Yellow Fever: Ongoing Emergence in Africa and South America [5/2/2007]
US FDA Approves Initial Human Vaccine against H5N1 (Clade 1) Avian Influenza Virus for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) [4/21/2007]
WHO posts a 1996-2007 Update on H5N1 Influenza in Animals and Humans and Convenes a Conference on Clinical Aspects of H5N1 [4/15/2007]
14 April 2007
An overview of 3 parasitic infections: Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, and dracunculiasis [4/12/2007]
World Health Day: International Health Security Theme [4/7/2007]
Laos reports first patient H5N1 influenza infection while Egypt and China report their 23rd patient [3/7/2007]
WHO Reports on 251 Persons with H5N1 Infection (2003-2006) and Confirms First Patient in Nigeria (2007) [2/13/2007]
WHO H5N1 Flu Investigation Guidelines: 7 Days is the Patients Incubation Period Upper Limit, and -1 to +14 Days is the Time Frame for Contact Tracing [2/1/2007]
3-Part CDC Plan to Deliver Antivirals, Masks and Respirators, and other Countermeasures after WHO Pandemic Flu Phase 4 is Declared [1/23/2007]
Indonesia to Ban Poultry in Residential Areas as H5N1 Virus Surges in Asia and Africa [1/20/2007]
US Funds Clinical Development of Peramivir, a Parenteral Neuraminidase Inhibitor Influenza Antiviral Drug [1/5/2007]
International Avian Flu Conference in Mali Reports Success [12/11/2006]
Report on H5N1 in Indonesia [11/30/2006]
Tamiflu now produced in USAare we safer? [11/4/2006]
Risk Communication as a Pandemic Flu Countermeasure for the Business Community: More is Better [10/24/2006]
22 October 2006
Additives or Not: The Anthrax Mailed in October 2001 Could Form an Aerosol and Could Reaerosolize [10/18/2006]
17 October 2006
Indonesia reports 48th patient, and 39th death (81% fatality rate), due to H5N1 avian flu virus in 2006 including use of recent WHO case definitions of H5N1 infection. [9/26/2006]
25 September 2006
WHO Recommends Indoor Spraying with DDT or other Insecticides to fight Malaria, in addition to Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets and Artemesinin Combination Therapies [9/15/2006]
15 September 2006
XDR-TB (Extensive (Extreme) Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis): WHO describes as Virtually Untreatable [9/6/2006]
5 September 2006
WHO: Three Clade 2 H5N1 Candidate Pre-Pandemic Vaccines Added to Current Clade 1 Vaccine [8/25/2006]
August 25, 2006
H5N1 outbreak investigation begins in remote village of West Java, Indonesia [8/18/2006]
18 August 2006
Domestic Cats in Iraq With H5N1 Clade 2 Avian Flu [8/3/2006]
31 July 2006
Anthrax Antitoxin Antibody: Second Source to be Added to US Stockpile [8/1/2006]
29 July 2006
Inhaled Zanamivir (Relenza) for Anti-Influenza Drug Stockpiling Available to 50 States, DC, and 8 other Jurisdictions at Subsidized Cost [7/27/2006]
27 July 2006
US Pandemic Flu Stockpile Plans: As Is vs To Be [7/10/2006]
8 July 2006
Indonesia Hosts Avian Flu Expert WHO Consultation: No Pandemic Virus Found In Single Family 8-Person Outbreak [6/26/2006]
26 June 2006
Four criteria in the WHO decision to launch an influenza containment operation once a change occurs from Pandemic Alert Phase 3 to Phase 4 [5/30/2006]
29 May 2006
New highly active anti-malarial Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) protected by phase-out of marketing single-drug artemisinin malaria pills [5/15/2006]
14 May 2006
H5N1 in the Horn of Africa: First human infection in Djibouti and new poultry infections in Sudan confirmed [5/13/2006]
12 May 2006
Department of Defense (DOD) Health Care Actions and Expectations in the New US Pandemic Flu Plan [5/8/2006]
8 May 2006
5 May 2006 The center of gravity of the pandemic response, however, will be in communities: The jewel in the lotus of the new US Pandemic Flu Plan, or a football team with no defensive line? [5/6/2006]
5 May 2006
Will persons who recover from pandemic flu be immune (protected) from re-infection, and thus able to return to work even without vaccination or antiviral prophylaxis? [5/3/2006]
May 2, 2006
Dengue Emerging Infectious Disease Update [4/20/2006]
April 20, 2006
WHO Calculates Large Numbers of Masks Needed for Patients and Health Providers During a Flu Pandemic [4/11/2006]
11 April 2006
Avian Flu Vaccine and Drug Preparedness 2006 Update [4/5/2006]
April 5, 2006
US To buy 50 million N-95 Respirators as part of Updated Pandemic Flu Planning [4/2/2006]
30 March 2006
Egypt Reports 5th Patient with H5N1 Infection and Hosts Two-Day Conference for Health Care Providers in Cairo [4/1/2006]
29 March 2006
International Influenza Meetings: Summary Pages [3/28/2006]
March 28, 2006
Dengue virus update [3/18/2006]
March 18, 2006
International Dengue Outbreaks Continue in February 2006 [3/15/2006]
15 March 2005
Cameroon reports H5N1 near Nigerian border as WHO Director - General outlines steps to limit H5N1 spread in Africa [3/12/2006]
12 March 2006
US Pandemic Plan Preparedness & Response Update [3/10/2006]
9 March 2006
Pandemic Influenza Home Health Care Planning [3/9/2006]
6 March 2006
WHO: New H5N1 prototype strain, A/Indonesia/5/2005, is available for pandemic vaccine development [3/6/2006]
3 March 2006
H5N1 spreads, China warns of massive outbreak, and WHO expands website [2/27/2006]
27 February 2006
Dengue Fever 2006: New Year, New Outbreaks [2/24/2006]
22 February 2006
Recent Advances In Vaccine Development for the Treatment of Dengue [2/17/2006]
17 February 2006
Feb 7th-14: Avian Flu outbreaks reported in Nigeria, Azerbeijan, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Iran. Is this how quickly human flu will spread when the next pandemic hits? [2/15/2006]
14 February 2006
Dulling Occams Razor: The Challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases When Applying the Single Explanation Principle in Public Health Policy [2/10/2006]
10 February 2006
Japan-WHO Joint Meeting on Early Response to a Potential Influenza Pandemic [2/8/2006]
8 February 2006
WHO Announces a 3rd Strategy to Address Pandemic Flu: Rapid Response and Containment Protocol and Training [1/30/2006]
28 January 2006
WHO updates facts on H5N1 virus, including use of a 7-day incubation period for monitoring contacts, and consideration of 7-10 day therapy with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for severe infection [1/24/2006]
23 January 2006
Turkey reports 21st patient with H5N1 this month and WHO is creating regional stockpiles of oseltamivir (anti-H5N1 drug) for developing nations. Is Africa next? [1/18/2006]
18 January 2006
2006 01 05 Turkey H5N1 [1/18/2006]
H5N1 Turkey
FDA Approves Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) as Prevention against Influenza A and B for Children Over the Age of One (1) Year [12/26/2005]
22 December 2005
2005 12 20 Adjuvant H5N1 Vaccine [12/26/2005]
WHO: Review of Data on Influenza Virus Transmission [12/13/2005]
12 December 2005
N-95 Respirator Protection against TB, SARS, or Flu: An Analogy to Automobile Seat Belts [12/8/2005]
30 November 2006
Three types of Influenza Vaccines: (1) The Yearly Human Flu Vaccine, (2) The Avian Flu H5N1 Vaccine, and (3) A Future Pandemic Flu Vaccine [11/28/2005]
New H5N1 Patients in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand as Winter Nears [11/27/2005]
WHO Reference Labs developing new experimental H5N1 vaccine prototype strains [11/11/2005]
October 29: Africa and the Threat of Avian and Pandemic Flu: The US Should Act Now [10/29/2005]
New H5N1 infections in Avians in Romania, Russia, China, Thailand, and in birds smuggled into Taipei, China; First new human infection in Thailand in 12 months; No evidence of P2P or P5P transmission [10/21/2005]