2001-11-20 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- The burgeoning black market in biological weapons and expertise could pose a critical threat to the United States -- perhaps one even more devastating than ...

Biological warfare ithe use of living organisms--pathogens and germs--which are alive and dangerous. Chemical warfare is the use of toxic compounds: Chemical agents are not contagious.

Accusations that epidemics or pandemics are "biological warfare" are not new. Humans rightly have an innate fear of disease. "This plague is a deliberate attack" is a trope that is thousands of ...

The novel coronavirus is not an ideal biological warfare agent, experts say, because its impact on the United States and adversaries alike cannot be controlled. But China refuses to help the world ...

Mark Kortepeter, an Army Colonel, was the medical chief at the facility. In his new book, “Inside The Hot Zone: A Soldier on the Front Lines of Biological Warfare,” (Potomac Books), out now ...

Debugging the details on biological warfare. April 7, 2017. Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings and Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings in FX's "The Americans." (Patrick Harbron/FX) ...

After retiring in 1986, Mr. Patrick remained of the world's foremost experts on biological warfare and defense and served as a consultant to the CIA, FBI and U.S. military.

It was one of the first large-scale biological weapon trials that would be conducted under a "germ warfare testing program" that went on for 20 years, from 1949 to 1969.

Today is Free Comic Book Day, and if you can’t make it to your local comic store, there’s one book that you can find online: Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History, written by Max Brooks, the ...