As biological threats grow more complex — spanning non-state actors, emerging biotechnologies, and increasingly porous borders — the need for coordinated international action across law enforcement, public health, and scientific communities has never been more pressing. A major international conference next autumn will bring these communities together to confront that challenge directly. INTERPOL's Bioterrorism Prevention
Advancing combat casualty care, operational medicine, and warfighter readiness demands a dedicated forum where the full breadth of military medical research converges — and for the Department of Defense, that forum is the Military Health System Research Symposium. Registration for the 2026 edition opens June 29, 2026, at noon Eastern, ahead of the symposium's four-day
On September 30, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with the New England Biological Safety Association, the Northeast Biological Safety Association, the Mid-Atlantic Biological Safety Association, and the Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association, will host the first in a series of public regional listening sessions aimed at strengthening and modernizing biosafety oversight.
