The National Biodefense Strategy describes a need for increased epidemiologic surveillance and laboratory capacities, including trained staff, updated and modernized surveillance systems, and interoperability between systems within the larger health security and national security enterprise. Preparing for the ...
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On 1 November 2005, the President of the United States declared that "nature has presented us with a daunting chal- lenge: the possibility of an influenza pandemic," and announced the government's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (http://www. pandemicflu.gov, under Federal Planning). ...
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two critical questions: first, why the US military never warmed up to the challenges of biological weapons (BW), either as a weapon for the US arsenal or as a weapon to defend against; and, second, why so few national-security leaders examined closely and challenged American strategy for ...
National biodefense plans may be woefully incomplete. Overall, say some experts, the department lacks a vision. It's a question of time, as much as effort. DHS, as the department is called, needs to methodicallystudy threats, rank possible responses, and allocate limited funds accordingly, ...
“Boy, we weren’t ready,” Shalala, a Democrat who is also former Health and Human Services secretary, said at a meeting of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. “We weren’t ready at any level,” she added. The commission, an independent group put together to advise on potential...