Belarus Man Indicted for Mailing Ricin and Threats to Pelican Bay State Prison
A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Vladislav Victorvic Timoshchuk with attempted transfer of a toxin for use as ...
Tag: Bioterrorism
Battelle Awarded DARPA SIGMA+ Contract for Biological Threat Sensors
Battelle Memorial Institute has been awarded a $7,483,871 contract option for further research and development of an advanced networked biological ...
DNA Synthesis Risk Reduction: New Report Outlines Framework for Global Safeguards
In 2019, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the World Economic Forum organized an international expert Working Group on Preventing Illicit ...
Osama bin Laden’s “Anthrax Scientist” Freed by Malaysia
A Malaysian scientist who recruited terrorists for Islamic State and al-Qaeda and tried to help Osama bin Laden develop anthrax for use ...
Biological Terrorism in Indonesia
In mid-October 2019, the Indonesian police discovered that a cell of Jamaah Ansharud Daulah (JAD) – the largest pro-Islamic State (IS) network ...
Salad Bars and Water Systems are Easy Targets for Bioterrorists – and America’s Monitoring System is Woefully Inadequate
In October 2019, a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Defending the Homeland from Bioterrorism: Are We ...
Cutting Edge Chemical and Biological Defense Science: Hot Topics at CBD S&T 2019
In a few short weeks, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) will host the 2019 Chemical and Biological Defense Science ...
Darknet Biological and Chemical Terrorism Activities: Guide for Law Enforcement
INTERPOL has released a new manual to assist law enforcement in detecting potential criminal activity related to the access and ...
DARPA, DHS SIGMA Sensors Successfully Field Tested at Indianapolis 500
As some 300,000 cheering race fans packed the stands at this year’s Indianapolis 500, behind the scenes an advanced network ...
DARPA Tests Next-Generation Sensors for Detecting Chemical Threats
DARPA’s SIGMA program, which began in 2014, has demonstrated a city-scale capability for detecting radiological and nuclear threats that is now being ...
Biodefense Summit: Implementing the National Biodefense Strategy
Biological threats are among the most serious threats facing the United States. In today's interconnected world, biological incidents have the ...
The Role of Dental Professionals in Bioterrorism Response
As dental professionals are an integral part of the healthcare community, they should be educated regarding the medical and oral ...
SIGMA+ Expands Rad-Nuc Sensor Network to Detect Chemical, Biological Threats
Building on SIGMA’s advanced capability to sniff out illicit radioactive and nuclear materials, SIGMA+ program aims to create additional sensors ...
USAMRIID-Bavarian Nordic Smallpox Vaccine Phase 3 Study
Concept drawing of vaccinia. Credit: Shutterstock Bavarian Nordic announced on Feb. 6 the results of a successful Phase 3 clinical ...
DHS Announces Finalists in Biothreat Prize Competition
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in collaboration with the Office of Health Affairs National Biosurveillance Integration ...
U.S. Seeks to Develop Late-Stage Smallpox Antivirals
The etiological agent responsible for smallpox disease, Variola viridae (VARV) is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of ...
Happening This Week: ASM Biothreats
The American Society for Microbiology’s ASM Biothreats 2018 meeting is taking place February 12-14, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. ASM Biothreats ...
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 ...
Tangen BioSciences’ Anthrax Diagnostic Awarded 3.2M BARDA Contract
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded funding to Tangen BioSciences for advanced development of the company’s ...
BARDA BAA 2018: Pandemic Influenza, Infectious Diseases, CBRN Countermeasures
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is soliciting proposals for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures ...
