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One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. 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. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats. Weekly Epidemiological Record. Information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including emerging or re-emerging infection International Health Regulations. An international legal instrument that is binding on 194 countries across the globe, including all the Member States of WHO Clinicians Biosecurity Network. Update on Personal Protective Equipment
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Select Agent and Toxin List
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APHIS-2009-0070] RIN 0579-AD09 Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List; ...


Universal Detection Technology Fulfills First GSA Contract Purchase Order to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with ...

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Universal Detection Technology Receives Purchase Order for Bioterror and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with ...
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Bioterrorism response forces announced
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A force of 570 National Guardsman with training in responding to bioterrorism attacks with medical care, security and even ...

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Universal Detection Technology Responds to Congress' Proposed Cuts in ...
National Post (registration) (blog)
Out of the three “F” letter grades given, the most vocal from the commission was the failure to address the imminent threat of bioterrorism. ...

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FPAA Part 4:: FDA should consider advisory committee for Mexican produce
The Packer
Chapter 9 of FDA's Regulatory Procedures Manual, a few regulations promulgated in the last century, and the more recent Bioterrorism Act regulations ...

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2 UA public health students receive U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
Tucson Citizen
She was studying Greco-Roman history and simultaneously interning at the Pima County Health Department's Bioterrorism Division. ...


Universal Detection Technology Adds Mold Detection Device to Biohazard ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Universal Detection Technology (UNDT) is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The company on its own and with ...
Universal Detection Technology (UNDT.OB) Unveils Rapid Mold DetectorInternational Business Times
Universal Detection Technology Adds Mold Detection Device to Biohazard ...National Post (registration) (blog)

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Research and Markets: Industrial Microbiology Market Review 3rd Edition - An ...
Business Wire (press release)
In addition, IMMR-3 also provides Special Situation assessments of two important market opportunities for diagnostic companies: Bioterrorism and Healthcare ...

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Bioterrorism is real threat
San Francisco Examiner
That something is bioterrorism, what retired Air Force Col. Randall Larsen said is inevitable in this country, and inevitable because of these reasons: ...


Dallas mayoral adviser lands contract with Dallas County government
Dallas Morning News (blog)
... state and local health departments, and law enforcement departments as mandated by the Dallas County Bioterrorism Division," according to the contract. ...

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Protecting America's Water Treatment Facilities
Canada Free Press
I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about the steps that EPA and the states have taken since we passed the 2002 Bioterrorism Act. I know that many ...


Airborne-pathogen isolation units called for to fight bioterrorism
BioPrepWatch.com
Read noted that protecting health care workers would be critical in a public health crisis, such as a bioterrorism attack. A New York study demonstrated ...


New Smallpox Vaccine Delivered to National Stockpile As Part of Bioterrorism ...
CNSNews
... and after the terrorist attacks on 9-11, "there is heightened concern that the variola virus might be used as an agent of bioterrorism," the CDC says. ...


Research and Markets: Innovations in Combating Infectious Diseases ...
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Of particular current concern are the problems of rapidly developing drug resistance, emerging disease, re-emerging disease, the threat of bioterrorism, ...

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HHS Seeks Comments on Bioterror Select Agents List
Occupational Health Safety
The biennial review required by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 is under way. ...
HHS Seeks Comments on Bioterror Select Agents ListFireEngineering.com

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Chile finds no anthrax in ministry parcel
Reuters UK
After testing the parcel, the Institute of Public Health ruled out the presence of any infectious agents associated with bioterrorism, according to the ...

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Judge sets Nov. 3 trial for bite case
Detroit Free Press
Maceroni dismissed a bioterrorism charge in June, determining there was no evidence that Daniel Allen's HIV-positive blood was present when the 44-year-old ...


TheWallStreetLeader.com: Profiles Axxess Pharma, Inc. & Universal Detection ...
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Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with ...


US Panel Weighs Guidelines for Synthetic Biology
Science Now
... DC, on 8 to 9 July warned that the growing ease of manipulating DNA in living organisms could spawn new pathogens and ramp up the risks of bioterrorism. ...

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Project Bioshield Loses Momentum
Secrecy News (blog)
Project Bioshield, a program that was created by the Bush Administration in 2004 to foster development of new drugs to respond to a potential bioterrorism ...


NEWS SCAN: New smallpox vaccine delivered, biodefense funding targeted
CIDRAP
"Our partnership with BARDA and HHS over the recent years is a case study in successful public-private partnerships to combat bioterrorism," Bavarian Nordic ...


Chile tests parcel at foreign ministry for anthrax
Reuters Africa
... Public Health said it will announce test results on Thursday after testing to "determine the presence of infectious agents associated with bioterrorism. ...
Anthrax scare at Chilean chancelleryBioPrepWatch.com
Suspicious packages close Chile Foreign MinistryReuters Africa
Chilean Foreign Ministry building evacuated due to suspicious anthraxPeople's Daily Online

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Trial date set for accused HIV-positive biter
The Detroit News
At one time, Allen faced a bioterrorism charge for allegedly using HIV as a weapon in connection with the incident. A Macomb Circuit Court judge dismissed ...

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Assessment tools in support of epidemiological investigation of airborne dispersion of pathogens. (Nov-Dec 2008)
Ann Surg
Terror explosive injuries: a comparison of children, adolescents, and adults. (Jan 2010)
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol
Bioterrorism and the anaesthesiologist's perspective. (Sep 2008)
Biosecur Bioterror
How to reduce the impact of "low-risk patients" following a bioterrorist incident: lessons from SARS, anthrax, and pneumonic plague. (Mar 2010)
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Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for allocation of scarce resources in mass critical care: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL. (May 2008)
Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: current capabilities and limitations: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL. (May 2008)
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Smallpox vaccines for biodefense: need and feasibility. (Oct 2008)
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Concerns of Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) members about troubles at the nuclear power plant: experience from the Niigata Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, 16 July 2007, in Japan. (Jun 2010)
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Learning the lessons from conflict: pre-hospital cervical spine stabilisation following ballistic neck trauma. (Dec 2009)
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Salivary cortisol and psychopathology in adults bereaved by the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. (2009)
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Positive and negative psychological impact after secondary exposure to politically motivated violence among body handlers and rehabilitation workers. (Dec 2008)
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Imaging utilization during explosive multiple casualty incidents. (Jun 2010)
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Testing the use of symptom-based terrorism triage algorithms with hospital-based providers. (May-Jun 2008)
Evaluation of medical command and control using performance indicators in a full-scale, major aircraft accident exercise. (Mar-Apr 2010)
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The role of homologous recombination in the cellular response to sulphur mustard. (Aug 2010)
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