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Report of a Subcommittee of the ABC Committee

A subcommittee of the ABC Committee (of the National Academy of Sciences) was formed in response to the request of G.W. Merck, director of the War Research Service (WRS). The goal was to review experimental results of biological weapons and defense…

1944

Tags: Civil Disruption, Controllability, Countermeasures, Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Military Use, Mortality, Production, Stability, Transmissibility

Remarks on BW-CW to the 7th Tripartite Conference

Air Force discusses acceleration of their participation in development of BW and CW.

1952

Tags: Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Genetic Variation, Military Use, Mortality, Stability, Transmissibility

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report gives an update on US State and federal preparedness in case of a biological event.

2012

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Public Health

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report examines the status of public health preparedness in the United States following the erosion caused by the financial crisis and ensuing budget cuts.

2011

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Military Use, Population Susceptibility, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report examines the progress since 2009 in terms of preparedness for public health emergencies and discusses the consequences of recent budget cuts at all levels of government.

2010

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Population Susceptibility, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report examines the progress that the government has made in its ability to respond to public health emergencies since 2003 and evaluates the United States response to H1N1 .

2009

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Population Susceptibility, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report examines the progress that the government has made in its ability to respond to public health emergencies since 2003, with consideration to the fact it is a political transition year.

2008

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Population Susceptibility, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This is the fifth report in the series that seeks to assess the level of preparedness in the states, evaluate the federal government�s role and performance, and offer recommendations for improving emergency preparedness in case of a biological event.

2007

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Genetic Variation, Morbidity, Mortality, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This is the fourth report in the series that seeks to assess the level of preparedness in the states, evaluate the federal government�s role and performance, and offer recommendations for improving emergency preparedness in case of a biological…

2006

Tags: Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Incubation, Infectivity, Population Susceptibility, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

Four years after the 9/11 attack, this report examines areas of progress in the country�s ability to respond to public health emergencies, and the vulnerabilities that remain.

2005

Tags: Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report aims to evaluate the capacity of the public health system to respond to biological, chemical, or radiological attacks.

2004

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, Morbidity, Mortality, Public Health, Terrorist Use

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism

This report assesses the public health system's ability to respond to emergencies.

2003

Tags: Civil Disruption, Public Health, Terrorist Use

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.

2004

Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents

Presented risk ranking system that broke agents into three tiers: A, B, and C.

2002

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Detection, Dissemination, Morbidity, Mortality, Production, Public Health, Stability, Transmissibility

Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare

This memo for the Chief of Staff discusses measures to prepare US troops for biological warfare.

1944

Tags: Countermeasures, Dissemination, Military Use

Proposed Framework for the Oversight of Dual-use Life Sciences Research: Strategies for Minimizing the Potential Misuse of Research Information

Discusses considerations for institutional evaluation of the dual-use risk of proposed research.

2007

Tags: Controllability, Countermeasures, Genetic Modification, Infectivity, Novelty, Population Susceptibility, Stability, Transmissibility

Proposed Biosecurity Oversight Framework for the Future of Science

US government charged NSABB with "evaluating and providing recommendations on the effectiveness of two major US biosecurity policy frameworks governing" research with enhanced potential pandemic pathogens (ePPP) and dual use research of concern.

2022

Tags: Controllability, Countermeasures, Dissemination, Infectivity, Morbidity, Mortality, Population Susceptibility, Stability

Proliferation Profile Assessment of Emerging Biological Weapons Threats

Research paper presented to the Directorate of Research Air Command and Staff College.

1996

Tags: Availability, Countermeasures, Decontamination, Detection, Military Use, Morbidity, Mortality, Production, Terrorist Use

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Assessing the Risks

Office of Technology Assessment created a report describing what CBRN can do, analyzing consequences of spread to the US, summarizing technical aspects of monitoring/controlling production

1993

Tags: Availability, Controllability, Dissemination, Genetic Modification, Historical Weaponization Interest, Incubation, Infectivity, Military Use, Mortality, Production, Stability, Terrorist Use, Transmissibility

Project 112 - Evaluation of B-C Weapons

A series of memos that catalog results from a Working Group led by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Goals were to evaluate the biological and chemical weapons state of the art. Army, Navy, and Air Force participated and were tasked…

1961

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Decontamination, Detection, Economic Consequences, Military Use, Morbidity, Mortality, Novelty

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