Bioterrorism news and information

Hoping to ramp up the country's ability to make vaccines and medicines to counteract a bioterrorism or pandemic threat, HHS announced the government had awarded contracts worth $400 million to three organizations for each to establish a new center to develop and manufacture remedies.
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While many downtown office workers worry about commuting headaches during the NATO summit, two Chicago hospital systems are prepared for far worse possibilities.
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Few will forget the imagery from Sept. 11, 2001. That morning, 19 hijackers took control of four jetliners. Two were crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing more than 2,600; another plane struck the Pentagon, where 125 died. The fourth plane didn't reach the...
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Budget cuts at federal, state and local levels are threatening the country's ability to respond to public health emergencies at basic levels, says a report from Trust for America's Health and funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Budget cuts at federal, state and local levels are threatening the country's ability to respond to public health emergencies at basic levels, says a report from Trust for America's Health and funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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