The novel coronavirus pandemic has put the threat of bioterrorism back in the spotlight. White supremacist chat rooms are teeming with talk about “biological warfare.” ISIL even called the virus “one ...

Apart from the dark shadow of a mushroom cloud rising above a decimated city there are few threats which have captured the public imagination more than the prospect of bioterrorism. Yet, ten years ...

Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological toxins that have the potential to cause disease and death in humans, animals, or plants. While these pathogens may not pose a threat to ...

The emerging potential threats of bioterrorism combined with critical existing epidemics facing the United States call for immediate and urgent attention to the U.S. public health system. The ...

In the new movie Inferno, a super villain attempts to kill billions of humans with a genetically engineered super virus. The good news is that it's just a movie; the bad news is that there are actual ...

The Institute of Medicine defines public health as what a society does to create the conditions in which people can be healthy. [1] This mandate was emphasized repeatedly during this year's annual ...

Bill Gates warns a man-made virus threat from AI-enabled bioterrorism may now surpass natural pandemic risk. The post Bill ...

Science is often framed in a positive light, but when it falls into the wrong hands it can do a whole lot more harm than good. This episode is about the historical use of biological agents, the ...

The warning is clear: Bioterrorism is a serious danger to the United States, says the Report Card Grading Government on Protecting the United States, released Tuesday by the congressionally-mandated ...

SAN BERNARDINO >> At a secluded San Bernardino County warehouse, a 53-foot tractor-trailer delivered 17 pallets of pretend antibiotics Wednesday morning for what officials called the largest mock ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued the first recommendations for the prevention and treatment of plague since 2000. The new guidelines focus on the possibility of bioterrorism with mass ...