More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to the threat of large-scale bioterrorism, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the government mixed grades overall for how it has protected Americans from weapons of mass destruction.
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U.S. is unprepared for major bioterrorism attack, commission finds
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Massive biological attack drill begins
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
A simulation of a multi-agency chemical and biological attack in Ireland. [illustrative]
Photo: AP
Days after an acid attack in downtown Hong Kong, and in preparation for a non-conventional attack on Israel, the National Emergency Authority (NEA) will hold the largest-ever exercise to train security forces how to respond to a citywide biological attack.
May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009WHO chief Chan says will take 6-12 months to conquer H1N1
Troubling Reports Out Of Iowa And North Carolina Raise Fears That Deadly H1N1 Swine Flu Mutations Have Already Reached The United States
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Confirmed! H1N1 Swine Flu Mutation Detected In Norway – Is The Virulent Ukraine Strain Spreading?
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China expert warns of pandemic flu mutation
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009HONG KONG (Reuters) – China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said.
MILLION HIT BY ‘PLAGUE WORSE THAN SWINE FLU’
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.
Swine-Flu Panic in Ukraine: Crisis or Political Ploy?
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Commuters wear protective masks after the Ukraine government announced a swine-flu epidemic
Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP / Getty
Ukraine is in the midst of what some might call swine-flu hysteria. The country is in virtual lockdown mode, with the government closing schools, universities and movie theaters and banning all public gatherings until the end of November. Pharmacies have run out of protective masks; those who missed the rush are improvising with scarves or homemade facsimiles. And rumors are running rampant, much as they did during Soviet times when the authorities tried to cover up disasters like the Chernobyl nuclear-plant meltdown. “We are worried that the swine flu has mutated and is killing scores of people,” says Nina Sokolovska as she stands in line at a pharmacy.
First Daughters Not Vaccinated Against H1N1
Sunday, October 25th, 2009President Obama’s school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.
Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Registered nurse Bethlehem Tekolla administers the swine flu vaccine to Katie Alms, 3, as her mother Kim Alms of McLean Va., watches during a vaccine clinic at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
