New tools and systems are available to estimate the potential impact of a biological event and predict resource needs for effective response, enable earlier detection of an attack or outbreak ...

While Germany dabbled with biological weapons in World War I ... the Soviet Union fired up its offensive program. In 1979, a rare outbreak of anthrax disease in the city of Sverdlovsk killed ...

Strategic investment in 15 promising technologies could help make the world better prepared and equipped to prevent future infectious disease outbreaks from becoming catastrophic events.

An outbreak of anthrax—a deadly bacterial disease ... also make anthrax an ideal candidate for biological warfare. It is well ...

He said as much in a statement on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Biological Weapons Convention. "The Ebola outbreak in West Africa demonstrates the damage ...

environmental health deputy director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The CDC must ignore the pushback from big agribusiness interests and ramp up its work to protect communities and prevent ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity has sent a letter to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority urging the release of information ...