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BioRAM Security User Guide
This article describes BioRAM, a tool to assist biorisk officers in the in the identification, the understanding, and the communication of biorisks present in a laboratory and how to mitigate those risks.
Biological Threats to United States National Security
The Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee met to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and severity of biological threats to our security as well as the preparedness to respond to these threats.
Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare
This is the third edition of Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare and aims to highlight the current state of science on individual agents and toxins and general response capabilities to prevent knowledge gaps and serve as a reference source for the…
Summary of Findings and Recommendations of the Federal Security Advisory Panel on the Biennial Review of the Select Agents and Toxins List
In its Biennial Review, the FESAP considers the removal of Coxiella burnetti, Rickettsi prowasekii, Brucella abortus, Brucella suis, Brucella melitensis, and Bacillus anthracis Pasteur strain from the Select Agents list.
Biodefense: Worldwide Threats and Countermeasure Efforts for the Department of Defense
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats, and Capabilities discussed the threat of biological weapons attacks from state and nonstate actors.
Perceived Threat, Risk Perception, and Efficacy Beliefs Related to SARS and Other (Emerging) Infectious Diseases: Results of an International Survey
A phone survey was conducted that asked respondents their perceived threat of SARs and 8 other diseases.
Biodefense: Next Steps
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness discusses the threat to US security posed by bioterrorism.
Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons
The report assesses the health aspects of the threat of biological and chemical weapons, including specific agents, focusing on civilian impacts. It then makes recommendations for preparedness and prevention of attacks.
Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents
Presented risk ranking system that broke agents into three tiers: A, B, and C.
Next Generation Bioweapons: The Technology of Genetic Engineering Applied to Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
From the USAF Counterproliferation Papers. The author provides accounts of genetic engineering experiments performed in Soviet Russia's BW program and then discusses the future potentialities of biological weapons offensively and defensively.