In a new video, Bob Graham and Jim Talent of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, ask: “Why weren’t H1N1 vaccines available for children before school started?” and urge the public to pressure government officials to improve the speed and capacity of U.S. vaccine production.
The two-minute video (below) [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Biological Terrorism'
New Video With WMD Commission’s Graham & Talent Asks ‘Why Weren’t H1N1 Vaccines Available For Children Before School Started?’; Urges Public To Push On Improving U.S. Vaccination Capability
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Pandemic Flu
As “WMD” Bill Is Introduced And Terror Suspect Is Indicted For Conspiracy To Use “WMD,” Does The Term “WMD” Need To Be Clarified For Public?
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments
U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) said earlier this month he agreed with the findings of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism that a biological attack on the nation is more likely than a nuclear attack.
Lieberman and ranking member Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a bill that [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Nuclear Terrorism · Preparedness Ideas
Be A “Fake Patient” To Help NYC Prepare For Anthrax, H1N1; City Looking For More Volunteers For Medicine Distribution Drill On Saturday
August 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The City of New York is looking for at least a few hundred more good men (and women) to be “Fake Patients” in a “Point of Dispensing (POD) Emergency Response Exercise” on Saturday afternoon. Officials say the drill will help in the planning for both a possible anthrax attack as well as the possible return [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Preparedness Events · Public Health Preparedness
New ‘Memo’ On “Expanding The Public’s Role In Health Emergency Policy”
April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
The influential University of Pittsburgh Center for Biosecurity has just released a series of “Biosecurity Memos to the Obama Administration” with “strategic recommendations regarding priorities for U.S. biosecurity as well as an array of specific program recommendations.”
One of the papers is titled, ”Expanding The Public’s Role In Health Emergency Policy”, written by Monica Schoch-Spana, Brooke Courtney and Ann Norwood. It offers [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Reports
Report From Public Health Policy Group, Associated With New FDA Nominee Hamburg, Highlights Economic Crisis’ Impact On National, Local Emergency Preparedness
March 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Margaret Hamburg, who President Obama nominated Commissioner of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday, is the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Trust For America’s Health (TFAH), a leading nonpartisan public-health advocacy organization. Late last year, TFAH, along with the Robert Wood Johnson, released their sixth annual report, Ready or Not? 2008: Protecting the Public’s Health [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Research Studies
Weekly “Biosecurity Briefing” E-Newsletter Is Becoming A Daily
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I am happy to report that a helpful weekly email resource is going daily beginning this Monday. The Biosecurity Briefing, published by the Baltimore-based Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is being expanded. I have found the weekly edition useful in following developments on biosecurity and other threats so I look forward [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Media · Preparedness Resources
Anthrax Antibiotics Delivery To Public By Mail Carriers Supported In New York Times Op-Ed
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Stanford University Business School Professor Lawrence M. Wein has an interesting Op-Ed article, “Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Anthrax…,” in today’s New York Times in which he supports the use of Postal Service mail carriers to deliver prophylactic antibiotics to the public in the event of an anthrax attack. In the piece (registration may be required), Wein lays out the [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism · Preparedness Ideas · Public Health Preparedness
New Report Examines Challenges Of Dispensing Medicine To Public Immediately After Anthrax Attack, Infectious Disease Outbreak
August 15th, 2008 · No Comments
I attended a fascinating workshop in March held by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events titled “Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies.” The report on the workshop was released today. It can be ordered through the National Academies Press, and the Executive Summary is available for free download on [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism
‘Anthrax Letters’ Case May Be Solved, But Question Remains ‘Are We Ready For Bioterrorism?’
August 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
The suicide of U.S. Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins may finally solve the ‘Anthrax Letters’ case. Almost seven years ago, letters with anthrax powder began appearing across the country and eventually resulted in the deaths of five people. One of those deaths came very close to home for me and my family. And it turned out [...]
Tags: Biological Terrorism



