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Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents

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

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

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.

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.

Tags: Civil Disruption, 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.

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

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.

Tags: Countermeasures, Detection, Economic Consequences, 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…

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

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.

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 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.

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 .

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

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

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

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

Remarks on BW-CW to the 7th Tripartite Conference

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

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

Report of a Subcommittee of the ABC Committee

1944 Report of Subcommittee of ABC Committee.pdf

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…

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

Report of the Conference to Discuss Proposals for Field Tests Submitted by the Operations Research Office

Provides details regarding the use of stem and leaf rusts as BW agents in the United States and the U.S.S.R. The report takes a deep dive into the conditions that are optimal for these rusts to be the most effective when disseminated on a given plot…

Tags: Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Infectivity, Production, Transmissibility

Report of the FAS Committee on Biological Warfare

Designates 3 levels of weapon effectiveness; absolute, primary, and secondary; and seeks to place BW on that effectiveness spectrum.

Tags: Controllability, Countermeasures, Decontamination, Dissemination, Incubation, Infectivity, Military Use, Production, Stability

Report of the Second Session of the Scientific Advisory Board

This report of the Scientific Advisory Board discusses ricin production, the meaning of "production by synthesis", a progress report on CW destruction matters, and a few other issues.

Tags: Availability, Countermeasures, Infectivity, Morbidity, Mortality, Production, Stability

Report of the Secretary of Defense's Ad Hoc Committee on Biological Warfare

Secretary of Defense James Forrestal convened this committee to explore the "unconventional" technique of biological warfare, including technical and strategic possibilities. Emphasis was to be placed upon strategic, economic, and psychological…

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Decontamination, Detection, Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Military Use, Morbidity, Mortality, Production, Transmissibility

Report of the Secretary of Defense's Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Warfare

Report to Secretary of Defense from the Committee on Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Warfare. Discusses the state of CEBAR in the United States and provides recommendations on policy.

Tags: Civil Disruption, Countermeasures, Decontamination, Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Military Use, Morbidity, Production

Report of the Secretary-General on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons and the Effects of Their Possible Use

This report provides an appraisal of the effects of chemical and biological weapons to inform governments of the potential consequences of their use.

Tags: Availability, Civil Disruption, Controllability, Countermeasures, Detection, Dissemination, Economic Consequences, Environmental Persistence, Genetic Modification, Genetic Variation, Incubation, Military Use, Morbidity, Mortality, Novelty, Population Susceptibility, Production, Stability, Transmissibility

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