USAMRIID: America’s Key Lab for Fighting Infectious Diseases Has Become a Pentagon Backwater
At the White House briefing Wednesday on efforts to combat COVID-19, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that he had just ...
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PharmaJet Receives $9.6 Million Dollar Award to Support Next-Generation Needle-Free Delivery Devices
PharmaJet has announced that it received a $9.6 million dollar contract award from the Joint Science and Technology Office of ...
Why is the Defense Department Withholding Funding for USAMRIID and CCDC Chemical Biological Center?
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as Congressmen David Trone, Dutch Ruppersberger, Jamie Raskin, and ...
First-Ever Therapeutic Antibody Cocktail for Sudan Virus Shows Promise in Animal Studies
Army scientists working with partners from industry and academia have developed an experimental treatment that protects animals from Sudan virus, ...
Henry Eigelsbach, Microbiologist Known for Tularemia Research, Dies at 100
Renowned microbiologist Henry “Hank” Eigelsbach died of natural causes on December 6, 2019 at the age of 100. The former ...
CDC Approves Partial Resumption of USAMRIID Select Agent Research
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) will resume limited research, following a successful recent inspection by ...
USAMRIID Study Leads to Approval of New Smallpox Vaccine
A new vaccine approved in the U.S. on Sept. 24 prevents both smallpox and the related disease monkeypox in adults. ...
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 ...
Biosafety Levels in Laboratories – What is the Difference?
In July 2019, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) ceased research operations after failing to ...
DoD Inspector General to Reevaluate Select Agent Facilities, Biosafety Oversight
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD OIG) is conducting a Follow-Up Evaluation of DoD Biological Select ...
How Does USAMRIID Shut Down Impact Nation’s Bioterrorism Laboratory Response Network?
The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) is a collaborative federal effort run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Lawmakers Seek Answers on USAMRIID Shutdown, BioDetection 21 Capabilities
A weekly selection of news and papers we're reading at Global Biodefense: USAMRIID shutdown fallout; emerging technology risk assessment tools; ...
Research Halted at USAMRIID Over Biosafety Issues
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), the only Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in the Department of ...
USAMRIID Seeks Isolation and Purification of Ovatoxins
The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is conducting market research to obtain information regarding services provide Isolation and ...
Ology Bioservices Awarded DoD Contract for Countermeasures Against Bioweapons
The Department of Defense (DOD), through its Platforms for Rapid Integrated Solutions for Medical Countermeasures (PRISM) office, has awarded Ology ...
NICBR Winter Symposium on Novel Therapeutics
The National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (NICBR) will host a symposium on novel therapeutics for infectious diseases, cancer and ...
SIGA, USAMRIID Enter Agreement to Evaluate Post-Exposure Prophylactic for Smallpox
SIGA Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United ...
Collaboration Among BARDA, DTRA, USAMRIID and Spero to Advance SPR994
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it was awarded funding of $15.7 million, with the potential for up to an additional $28.5 ...
USAMRIID Temporarily Halts Activity at BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories
The U.S. Army for Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) has suspended Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level ...
USAMRIID Awards Select Agent Research Reagents Contract
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) lead laboratory for medical ...
