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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
PositiveID Corporation, a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, announced today a summary of its highlights for the third quarter of 2016. SenseNet Biosurveillance The company was awarded a follow-on [Read more]
U.S. Airmen from the 628th Medical Group recently put their chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear (CBRN) defense skills to the test during a patient decontamination exercise at Joint Base Charleston in South [Read more]
Firefighters, police officers and other first responders know how to manage many different types of emergencies, but they may not always be prepared to handle infectious diseases or biohazards like virus cultures [Read more]
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