The Future Biosecurity Implications of Thousands of Samples Taken During Outbreaks
We learned from the 2014–16 West Africa Ebola outbreaks that during the emergency, the future biosecurity implications of of sample ...
Tag: Biosafety
CDC Approves Partial Resumption of USAMRIID Select Agent Research
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) will resume limited research, following a successful recent inspection by ...
Biosafety Levels in Laboratories – What is the Difference?
In July 2019, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) ceased research operations after failing to ...
Explosion Confirmed at Russian Lab Storing Smallpox, Ebola
One worker was hospitalized after a gas explosion on Sep. 16 caused a fire to break out at the Russian ...
DoD Inspector General to Reevaluate Select Agent Facilities, Biosafety Oversight
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD OIG) is conducting a Follow-Up Evaluation of DoD Biological Select ...
How Does USAMRIID Shut Down Impact Nation’s Bioterrorism Laboratory Response Network?
The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) is a collaborative federal effort run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Research Halted at USAMRIID Over Biosafety Issues
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), the only Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in the Department of ...
Portable Isolation Unit: Coast Guard-Developed System for Evacuating Infectious or Contaminated Patients
The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015 was notable for a number of important reasons: it was the largest outbreak in history, ...
‘TIS the Way to Transport a Highly Contagious Patient by Air
U.S. Air Force personnel conducted training on the Transportation Isolation System (TIS), an enclosure the Defense Department can use to ...
CDC to Build New BSL-4 High-Containment Continuity Laboratory (HCCL)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operates high-containment laboratories (HCLs) to study some of the most virulent threats ...
USAMRIID Temporarily Halts Activity at BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories
The U.S. Army for Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) has suspended Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level ...
NIH Awards Contract for Management of Biocontainment Facility at Fort Detrick
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) is part of the National Interagency Biodefense ...
Screening Pentagon Mail for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Hazards
Following the October 2001 confirmation of anthrax in official government mail, a series of screening processes were implemented to safeguard ...
Arizona Biosecurity Workshop Forges International Collaboration
Biosecurity professionals from across the U.S. and Mexico gathered on Arizona State University's Tempe campus Dec. 7 and 8 to ...
DARPA Seeks Biological Technology Innovations Through Streamlined BAA Process
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Biological Technologies Office (DARPA BTO) is currently accepting proposals under its streamlined funding process, ...
Anthrax: DoD Develops Biological Select Agents and Toxins Surrogate Solution
The Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, ...
Preventing Outbreaks: U.S. Investment in Global Health Security Training
Biological agents including viruses, bacteria, and toxins, can devastate local economies with their potential effects on humans and livestock. In ...
RFI for Cooperative Biosafety and Biosecurity Workshops in India
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and United States Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (DTRA/SCC-WMD) is seeking ...
Modernization of USAMRIID’s Biodefense Lab Management System
The U.S. Medical Research Army Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is conducting market research to identify parties capable of modernizing and providing ...
NSABB Meeting to Review Dual Use Research of Concern Oversight, NIH Variola Incident
The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) will convene this week on Nov. 4 in Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting ...
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