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Foot and Mouth Disease

(HobbyFarms.com) In 2003, the PIADC was transferred to the control of the Department of Homeland Security to monitor safety of livestock production and food supply against the threat of “agroterrorism.” The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is currently conducting …

Einstein Montefiore Bioethicist Helped Shape New Institute Of Medicine Report On Staging Antibiotics For Possible Anthrax Attack

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report last Friday that provides guidance to U.S. public health officials to develop plans to pre-position antibiotics that can be distributed to the general public in the case of a large-scale anthrax attack. Tia Powell, M.D…

New Online Equine Biosecurity Risk Calculator Available

(TheHorse.com) Equine Guelph (University of Guelph) recently introduced their new Equine Biosecurity Risk Calculator–a tool designed for horse owners that generates a report "grading" them on their farm's biosecurity management practices. Equine Guelph developed the …

Officials: U.S. Better Prepared to Respond to Biological Attacks

WASHINGTON — A decade after the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, the United States is more ready to rapidly distribute medical countermeasures to save a population or a large city in the event of a major biological strike, key Obama administration officials said on Tuesday (see GSN, Oct. 4). (Oct. 5) – U.S. military personnel  Read More »

USPS Reductions Won’t Affect its Door-to-Door Anthrax Response Capability

(Security Management) >A report published Friday examined US government programs in place to respond to a bioterror attack and the threat of anthrax as a weapon. The report, based on findings from a study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, …

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