Items Tagged with 'bioterrorism'

From the standpoint of risk analysis, recency bias—that is, an overwhelming focus on events that have happened most recently—is one of the most nefarious psychological blinders.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever catalogue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.

Biological terrorism attacks, ground-to-air missiles and other evolving threats have motivated the UK Home Office to implement additional counter-terrorism measures. 

35 states and Washington, D.C., only score 6 or lower on 10 indicators of public health emergency preparedness. 

The new sensors will be tested after-hours to determine the real-world performance of the counter-terrorism measures. 

In a test to get medication to local citizens in the case of a bioterror attack, USPS personnel seemed to have scored high in an experiment started in Minneapolis and elsewhere this summer.

As reported previously by the Security Magazine Blog, an exercise including USPS workers delivering medicine to 2 million households impacted by a bioterror attack will continue this summer.

Think that a top U.S. bioterror lab would know to lock its doors...but internal emails describe repeated, potentially dangerous security lapses.

At the Center for Disease Control bioterror lab in Atlanta, doors to secure areas have consistently been found open and unchecked.

About 40,000 Minnesota residents will go to their mailboxes Sunday, May 6, for a rare delivery: an empty pill bottle representing a powerful antibiotic that would be delivered in the event of a bioterrorism attack. More than 300 mail carriers will participate in the test, fanning out across four neighborhoods