U.S. struggles with bioterror defenses
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More than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the government cannot show how the $5 billion given to public health departments has better prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic.
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Louisiana ranked somewhere in the middle of states in its ability to handle a bioterrorism emergency, improving its standing from last year but still falling short in a study of states&#39; preparations.
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Mass vaccination programs aimed at protecting most or all Americans against anthrax are impractical and would save fewer lives than a speedy, localized response in the event of an attack, a new report concludes.
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Washington state health officials are making encouraging progress in bioterrorism preparedness. According to a recent report from the nonprofit Trust for America&#39;s health, our state has met six out of 10 criteria for bioterrorism preparedness.
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Public health researchers have developed a model for recommending a range of responses in the event of an anthrax bioterrorist attack.
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U.S. quarantine law is in dire need of an update to protect patient rights, say legal experts.
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Making the genetic codes of  dangerous pathogens a secret will not save anyone from  bioterrorism and may make the population vulnerable to attacks  from Mother Nature, scientists said on Thursday.
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States have made some improvements in bioterrorism preparedness since 2001, but most remain &quot;woefully unprepared&quot; to respond to a bioterrorist attack or public health emergency, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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The Trust for America&#39;s Health says most states don&#39;t even have a comprehensive response plan for an emergency involving a biological weaon.
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Exotic animals captured in the wild are streaming into the U.S. by the millions with little or no screening for disease, leaving Americans vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist act.
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More than three years after the United States was stunned by terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, its much-vaunted homeland security is still a work in progress.
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The U.S. military's reserves and National Guard forces are not prepared to meet catastrophic threats at home and face an "appalling" shortage of forces able to respond to chemical, biological or nuclear strikes on U.S. soil, according to a congressional commission report released today.
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State health officials are expanding their early warning system for a bioterrorist attack by employing the help of rabbits, squirrels, mice and other critters.
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Washington - US authorities worry terrorists could target food supplies in an attempt to sicken or kill hundreds, maybe thousands of people.
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CHESTER, Pa. -- On Nov. 15, 2001, Irshad and Masood Shaikh found themselves standing under the darkest cloud imaginable: The brothers had become suspects in the worst bioterrorism attack in American history.
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No state is better prepared than Florida to detect and contain the deadly viruses, bacteria or toxins of a bioterrorist, according to a nationwide analysis released Tuesday.
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Illinois appears to have made little progress in boosting its readiness for a bioterrorist attack, an independent group reported Tuesday.