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Public Engagement in the Bioterrorism Preparedness-Prevention Nexus

Sunday, September 13, 2009

We Live in a Nuclear World In our world of nuclear headlines, biological threat issues continue to get very little relative attention from the media, public, and government. Nuclear weapons certainly pose a very, and viscerally, immediate threat. Their very physical existence poses tremendous risks regardless of who controls them. On top of that, there may [...]

Biodefense, bioterrorism

The Need for a Mobilized, Prepared, and Infodemiological Citizenry

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Independent Citizens Helping Health Agencies by Blogging? On Wednesday, Michael E. Ruane of The Washington Post published an article entitled “Flu Trackers Encourage Patients to Blog About It,” describing public health agencies’ growing use of the internet social interactions to track flu outbreaks. This has been made particularly relevant today as a result of H1N1 fears, [...]

Biodefense, biological weapons, bioterrorism

Transparency Challenges in the Biological Weapons Convention and Biotechnology

Friday, August 21, 2009

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International Competition Another troublesome element of the biological dual-use dilemma, which I did not develop in my earlier post here, is the possibility of dangerous international competition. National research agendas, aimed at maintaining technological parity or advantages, could push the pace of advancements in the biological sciences at an incredible speed, perhaps thrusting research programs into [...]

Biodefense, biological weapons, Biological Weapons Convention, Biosafety Level 4, biotech, biotechnology, NEIDL