CBRNe Convergence 2018
The CBRNe Convergence 2018 Congress & Exhibition will take place November 6-8, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. This must-attend annual congress for the global CBRNE community is now in its 11th year, offering [Read more]
Mobile Response
CBRN Exhibition 2018
This year’s CBRN Exhibition will be held 26-27 June 2018 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Hosted by the Chemical Corps Regimental Association (CCRA), this event is the premier gathering of chemical, biological, radiological and [Read more]
Biosurveillance
Early Insights from Madagascar’s Plague Outbreak: Lessons Learned from Ebola?
By Joshua Hutton The recent outbreak of pneumonic plague in Madagascar presents a test case as to how well the international community has learned lessons from the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West [Read more]
Biosecurity
Diablo Shield Exercise Tests Response to Biothreat Incidents
Army Reserve Major Dana Perkins, PhD, an assistant professor in the Global Health Division of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) preventive medicine and biostatistics department, recently traveled to [Read more]
CBRNE
Highlights from CBRNe World Convergence
By Claudine Weeks All eyes are already focussing on the forthcoming CBRNe Convergence Europe, taking place in London next year, which is due to feature cutting edge topics including CRISPR and the [Read more]
Biodetection
Air Force Bioenvironmental Engineers Monitor for Hazards on Installations
Bioenvironmental engineering technicians from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. protect Airmen and their families by continuously ensuring base facilities are hazard-free. The technicians perform air and water sampling throughout the year for [Read more]
Biodetection
DHS Assesses Tetracore’s Anthrax Lateral Flow Assay
Tetracore Inc. this week announced the successful completion of an extensive study of its Anthrax BioThreat Alert Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) and the BioThreat Alert Reader by the Department of Homeland Security [Read more]
CBRNE
Army’s Mobile Laboratory Unit Certifies for Global Mission
The only deployable laboratory in the Army, the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, successfully completed an annual Certification Training Exercise last month at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The mission of the 1st AML [Read more]
CBRNE
CBRNe Convergence Coming to San Diego
With just one month to go before the start of CBRNe Convergence 2016 in San Diego, there’s still time to register for your place! The 9th Annual CBRNe World Congress and Exhibition [Read more]
Decontamination
U.S. Navy Licenses Dahlgren Decon to First Line Technology
The U.S. Navy signed an exclusive license agreement with First Line Technology on Sept. 7 for the manufacture of a lifesaving decontamination technology. ‘Dahlgren Decon’ was developed to defend servicemembers against chemical, [Read more]