Tag: GMU Biodefense

Amid the myriad panels and posters on Ebola and Zika, the 2017 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Biothreats conference also ...

Establishing a shorthand for nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons has always been troublesome. Weapons of Mass Destruction, or WMD, is ...

Are we obsessed with bad science in television and film? It’s starting to feel like we can’t get away from ...

Even though it happens every year, the influenza vaccine is a high-stakes game of forecasting and luck. The annual flu ...

When the news that a woman in Pennsylvania was found to be carrying a unique strain of E. coli was ...

Before the age of mass travel, infectious diseases went from local outbreak to international epidemic by ship.  In the 21st ...

The use of bioweapons is not a new concept, having been employed since at least ancient Greece as a mechanism ...

George Mason University is offering a Summer Program in International Security for professionals, students, and faculty in related fields to ...

Attack upon an enemy’s food supply is a concept developed and used since the time of the Ancient Greeks. The ...

Bioterrorism and preparedness have been highlighted topics since the 2001 “Amerithrax” attacks. The reality that the United States is particularly ...