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The ANSER
Institute for Homeland Security
Arms Control Association
Associated Press
Business First
Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)
Center for Nonproliferation Studies(CNS)
Council on Foreign Relations
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
Health System Change (HSC)
The Henry L. Stimson Center
Journal of the Amereican Medical Association
(JAMA)
The Journal of Homeland Security
Medline Plus Health Information
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Nature
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
Perspectives on Preparedness
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America (PHRMA)
Rand Corporation
Reuters
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
USA Today
Washington Post |
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The
ANSER Institute for Homeland Security - Current News (Purged Monthly)
Items of interest include: Biological
news, Terrorism, Chemical News, Homeland Security Organization,
Critical Infrastructure, International News, Cyber News, Department
of Defense, and Nuclear News |
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The
ANSER Institute for Homeland Security - Weekly Newsletter
This Week in Homeland Defense is an Analytical
Services Incorporated (ABSER) weekly newsletter that provides a
review of news stories on biological, chemical, nuclear, cyber or
powerful conventional threats and attacks against the US homeland.
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| Arms
Control Association |
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Arms
Control Association
The Arms Control
Association (ACA), founded in 1971, is a national nonpartisan membership
organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and
support for effective arms control policies. Through its public
education and media programs and its magazine, Arms Control Today,
ACA provides policy-makers, the press and the interested public
with authoritative information, analysis and commentary on arms
control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national
security issues. In addition to the regular press briefings ACA
holds on major arms control developments, the Association's staff
provides commentary and analysis on a broad spectrum of issues for
journalists and scholars both in the United States and abroad. |
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| Associated
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Associated
Press |
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| Business
First |
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Business
First
Western New York's Business Newspaper |
Area
dentists on guard against bioterrorism
May 16,
2003, Tom Hartley |
| Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace |
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Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Proliferation
News and Resources |
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| Center
for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) |
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The
Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
A chronology of bioterrorism-related
events of this month, and is part of an ongoing bioterrorism chronology
that begins with Sep 11, 2001. The information is compiled from
a variety of generally reliable sources, including major media organizations
and services such as the New York Times, the Associated Press, and
Reuters. Daily entries reflect information available on or immediately
after that date; some reports may be contradicted by later developments. |
Academic
Health Centers: Documenting their potential roles in a public
health emergency
CIDRAP
NIOSH
certifies two gas masks for first responders
March 18, 2004, CIDRAP
Bioterrorist
attack might trigger mass mailing of antibiotics
February 20, 2004, CIDRAP, Robert Roos
New
board to advise on ‘dual use’ research, announces
HHS
March 4, 2004, CIDRAP
FDA
seeks bid increase in food security funds
February 6, 2004, CIDRAP
Bush
Seeks to expand surveillance for Bioterrorism
January 29, 2004, CIDRAP
Initial
Assessment of Food System Biosecurity Threats
January 13, 2003, CIDRAP
GAO:
Monitoring systems to protect drinking water needed
December 3, 2003, CIDRAP
Tests
suggest Acambis smallpox vaccine may have a safety advantage
August 21, 2003
Report
says bioterrorist attack on US seaport could cost trillions
July 28, 2003
House
passes Bioshield bill to promote bioterrorism defenses
July
19, 2003, Robert Roos
Biodefense
talent shortage said to threaten nation's preparedness
July
8, 2003, Robert Roos
HHS
offers tool to assess hospital staff needs for bioterrorism response
June 27, 2003
HHS
to distribute $1.4 billion to biodefense funds to states
March 20, 2003
National
ad campaign urges Americans to prepare for terrorist threats
February 24, 2003 |
| Center
for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) |
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Center
for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Information
and analysis to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction. |
| Chemical
and Biological Weapons & WMD Terrorism News
CNS ChemBio-Terror News is prepared by the CNS
Washington, D.C. office to bring timely and focused information
to researchers and policymakers interested in the fields of chemical
and biological weapons (CBW), nonproliferation, and WMD terrorism.
To subscribe to ChemBio-Terror News, please email chembio-terr@miis.edu,
and provide your full email address in the message body.
What's
Behind U.S. Nonproliferation Studies Against Norinco?
June 6, 2003, MIIS,CNS,
Phillip Saunders, Stephanie Lieggi
Disarming
Iraq by Force: WMD Stakes and Scenarios
March 7, 2003, CNS, MIIS, Michael Barletta
Al-Qa’ida
and Weapons of Mass Destruction
December 31, 2002, MIIS,CNS, Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey
Bale
North
Korean WMD Facilities and Chronologies
October 2002, MIIS ,CNS
Special
Collection on Iraq: Biological Weapons Sites
October 11, 2002, MIIS ,CNS
Saddam's
Security & Intelligence Network
September 30, 2002, MIIS, CNS, Ibrahim Al-Marashi
The
1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, & the Soviet
Biological Warfare Program
July 2002, Occasional Paper No. 9
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| Council
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Council
on Foreign Relations
If you’re
bewildered by anthrax, Afghanistan, and a lot else that’s happened
since September 11, join the crowd. Our aim is to help sort it all
out for you—in a question-and-answer format that’s authoritative,
easily understandable, and nonpartisan. |
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| Emerging
Infectious Diseases (EID) |
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Emerging
Infectious Diseases (EID)
A peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends. |
Preparing
for a Bioterrorist Attack: Legal and Administrative Strategies
February 2003 Vol.9 No.2
Passive
Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense
Against Biological Weapons
August 2002 Vol 8, No. 8
Public
Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents
February 2002 Vol 8, No.2
Bioterrorism
-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases Reported in
the United States
No.6
Nov-Dec 2001 Vol.7
Lessons
Learned from a Full- Scale Bioterrorism Exercise
Nov-Dec 2000 Vol.6, No.6
Investigating
Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin
Weapons Convention
Nov-Dec 2000 Vol.6 , No. 6
Potential
Biological Weapons Threats
July – August 1999 Vol.5, No.4
The
National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism
July-August 1999 Vol. 5, No. 4
Epidemiology
of Bioterrorism, Julie A.Pavlin
July/August 1999 Vol. 5, No. 4
Historical
Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis
July-August 1999 Vol. 5,No. 4
Bioterrorism
as a Public Health Threat
July-September 1998 Vol.4,No.3
Biological
Terrorism-Responding to the Threat
April-June 1997 Vol. 3, No.2 |
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| Health
System Change (HSC) |
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Center
for Studying Health System Change
Providing
insights that contribute to better health policy. |
Has
Bioterrorism Preparedness Improved Public Health?
July 2003 |
| The
Henry L. Stimson Center |
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The
Henry L. Stimson Center
The CBW
Chronicle - A periodic newsletter about international and domestic
events related to the control and elimination of chemical and biological
weapons |
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| Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA) |
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Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
To
promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the
public health. |
Hemorrhagic
Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons -HTML
version
Hemorrhagic
Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons-Adobe
PDF version
Vol. 287, No.18 May 8, 2002
Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon 2002-HTML
version
Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon 2002-Adobe
PDF version
Vol. 287, No. 17 May 1, 2002
Tularemia
as a Biological Weapon-HTML version
Tularemia
as a Biological Weapon-Adobe PDF version
Vol. 285, No. 8 June 6, 2001
Botulinum
Toxin as a Biological Weapon-HTML version
Botulinum
Toxin as a Biological Weapon-Adobe PDF version
Vol 285, No. 8 February 28, 2001
Plague
as a Biological Weapon-HTML version
Plague
as a Biological Weapon-Adobe PDF version
Vol. 287, No.17 May 3, 2003
Smallpox
as a Biological Weapon-HTML version
Smallpox
as a Biological Weapon-Adobe PDF version
Vol. 281, No.22 June 9, 1999
Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon-HTML version
Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon-Adobe PDF version
Vol. 281, No.18 May 12, 1999
Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response
Feb. 20, 2002 Vol. 287, No. 7
Large
- Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in The United
States
Dec.5,
2001 Vol. 286, No.21
Domestic
Preparedness for Events Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jan.
12, 2000 Vol. 283, No.2: 252-254
Weapons
of Mass Destruction Events With Contaminated Casualities:Effective
Planning for Health Care Facilities
Jan. 12, 2000 Vol. 283,
No.2 |
| The
Journal of Homeland Security |
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The
Journal of Homeland Security
The
Journal of Homeland Security is provided by ANSER, a not-for-profit,
public sector research institute. It is an interdisciplinary journal
devoted to the discussion and analysis of issues related to the
subject of Homeland Security. The Journal publishes feature articles,
book reviews, commentaries and articles focusing on science and
technology relevant to the field of homeland security. Feature articles
are usually reviewed by at least two referees for significance and
scholarliness. Feature authors will be informed whether papers are
accepted, require revision prior to publication, or are rejected. |
Recurring
Pitfalls in Hospital Preparedness and Response
January
2004, Journal of Homeland Security |
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| Medline
Plus Health Information |
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Medline
Plus Health Information
Section on
Chemical and Biological weapons. |
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| Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) |
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Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data
in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC
by state health departments. The reporting week concludes at close
of business on Friday; compiled data on a national basis are officially
released to the public on the succeeding Friday. |
Biological
and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response:
Recommendations of the CDC Strategic Workgroup
April 21, 2000 49(RR04);1-14 |
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Nature |
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The
Bugs of War
Nature May 17, 2001 Vol. 411 232-235 |
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| Nuclear
Threat Initiative |
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Nuclear
Threat Initiative, Global Security Newswire by National Journal
Group
Daily news on nuclear, chemical,
biological, and chemical weapons, terrorism, and related issues |
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Perspectives
on Preparedness |
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Inside
and Outside the Loop: Defining Populations at Risk in Bioterrorism
Perspectives on Preparedness August 2002
No.10 |
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| Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America |
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The
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Daily updated news on biological and chemical weapons
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| Rand
Corporation |
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Rand
Corporation
A non-profit institution that
addresses the challenges facing the public and private sectors around
the world. |
Protecting
Emergency Responers: Volume 2 Community Views of
Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs
Rand Publications, 2003 |
| Reuters |
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Reuters
Reuters is a global information company providing
indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial
services, media and corporate markets. Our information is trusted
and drives decision making across the globe. We have a reputation
for speed, accuracy and freedom from bias. |
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| U.S.
Food and Drug Administration |
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U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
A listing of hot topics in bioterrorism. |
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| USA
Today |
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USA
Today |
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| Washington
Post |
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Washington
Post |
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| Submissions
from Readers |
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Homeland
Defense Journal July 29, 2005 |
| ANSER
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| ANSER
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| Associated
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