November 3, 2014 Kurdistan: From Pawn to Player Date: November 3, 10:00am Location: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036 Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir was...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) has issued a new funding mechanism for advancing Ebola countermeasures during FY2015-2016. The primary objective of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is...
Doctors and public health authorities need to renew their attention to measles, researchers from Emory Vaccine Center urge in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Because of its high level of...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) “2014 DNDO Industry Day” will be held December 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. This event will provide interested vendors, universities, national laboratories,...
The Department of Defense has issued a Request for Information (RFI) in support of future capability demonstration events conducted by the Thunderstorm Technology Demonstration Program. Thunderstorm is a series of technology demonstrations and other...
CNS NEWS – Being at first skeptical that Ebola virus could be an aerosol-transmissable disease, we are now persuaded by a review of experimental and epidemiologic data that this might be an important feature...
The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Contracting Division is conducting market research to obtain information regarding the capability of companies to manufacture Ebola Zaire Real-Time PCR (EZ rRT-PCR) assays...
An upgrade programme has begun at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) in Oklahoma to convert more than 2,000 ageing FIM-92E Stinger Block 1 man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS) to a modernised FIM-92J configuration. The...
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 23 September, delivered its payload to a target at Kwajalein Atoll. In order to validate the accuracy, safety...
Key Points China has protested at the inclusion of foreign components and systems in six MCMVs to be built for RoCN The MCMVs will likely form a key component of Taiwan’s defence against China’s...
Thales has developed a new seabed imaging and surveillance solution designed to help defence forces, maritime security agencies, and private operators to better protect waterways from threats such as sea mines and piracy. Launching...
Title: Pathway to Civilian Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Requirement Setting and UtilizationSpeaker: Richard I. Jaffe, M.S., Ph.D., MT(ASCP), Director, Medical Countermeasures, Strategy, & Requirements , Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ,...
Troops to be checked for chemical exposure in Iraq | Aerosolized fungal infection from bats | Recommendations regarding Ebola response | EVD-68 cases fading, but more unexplained neuro illnesses | Evaluation of border entry...
For this edition of the Pandora Report we look at Jonas Salk, avian influenza in China, TB and diabetes as a co-epidemic, and, of course, an Ebola update. As the weather is turning cooler,...
By Hans M. Kristensen The New York Time today profiles my recent blog about U.S. presidential nuclear weapon stockpile reductions. The core of the story is that the Obama administration, despite its strong arms...
By Hans M. Kristensen The New York Time today profiles my recent blog about U.S. presidential nuclear weapon stockpile reductions. The core of the story is that the Obama administration, despite its strong arms...
By Jonathon Marionaux As promised, we will be continue our coverage of bats and their diseases this week. Over the last several postings we have covered different diseases bats can carry and their place...
Event: New study recommends action to prevent nuclear smuggling to Iran, North Korea and other countries seeking nuclear weapons. The post Combatting Illegal Nuclear Trade: CNS to Release New Report appeared first on James...
The family of viruses housing Ebola and Marburg is ancient, and the two viruses last shared a common ancestor millions of years ago, scientists say. The new research shows that filoviruses — a family...
Enterovirus. Tuberculosis. Cholera. Measles. Various strains of the flu and hepatitis. The number of infectious disease outbreaks and the number of unique illnesses causing them appear to be increasing around the globe, according to...
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