New Mobile Lab Born Out of Scientists’ Frustration During Ebola Outbreak
A new lab on wheels could be a game-changer during the next Ebola outbreak, scientists say. A prototype was recently ...
Tag: Mobile Response
Ebola Situation Worsening and Still Only Half of Response Budget is Funded
Only half of the requested funds for the Ebola crisis response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been ...
Mobile Diagnostic: FDA Authorizes Use of First Ebola Fingerstick Test with Portable Reader
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on 9 Nov that an emergency use authorization (EUA) has been issued for ...
Early Insights from Madagascar’s Plague Outbreak: Lessons Learned from Ebola?
The recent outbreak of pneumonic plague in Madagascar presents a test case as to how well the international community has ...
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 ...
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, ...
Air Force Bioenvironmental Engineers Monitor for Hazards on Installations
Image credit: Danielle Quilla Bioenvironmental engineering technicians from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. protect Airmen and ...
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 ...
Army’s Mobile Laboratory Unit Certifies for Global Mission
Members from the 1st AML go over the proper steps for sample collection. The only deployable ...
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 ...
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 ...
PositiveID Provides Update on Firefly Dx and E-N-G Mobile Systems
PositiveID Corporation, a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, announced today a summary of its highlights for the ...
In Pictures: Air Force Patient Decontamination Exercise
U.S. Airmen from the 628th Medical Group recently put their chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear (CBRN) defense skills to the ...
Training First Responders on Infectious Diseases Safety
Firefighters, police officers and other first responders know how to manage many different types of emergencies, but they may not ...
Development of Chemical Warfare Agent Detector Paper
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) this week announced intentions to fund a single PhD studentship to develop ...
Battelle CBRNE Defense Group Wins Two Major R&D Contracts
The U.S. Army awarded two key contracts to Battelle last month for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) mission ...
CDC Releases Detailed History of Ebola Response
In 2014, in response to the threat of an Ebola epidemic entering the U.S., the CDC ...
FDA Backs State-Level Food Protection Rapid Response Teams
The complex challenges in the food safety arena require new, creative responses. However, no greater challenges exist than the ability ...
ECBC’s Biothreat Detection Self-Test Kit for Soldiers
The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s (ECBC) newly developed biological self-test kit can quickly tell soldiers on the ground whether they’ve ...
How Much Will the First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act Cost?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released their cost estimate of the S. 1915 First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act. ...
