Bioterrorist Attack: Fact or Fiction? May 26, 2008. By year end $50 BILLION in DHS funds will have been spent on biodefense programs for the attack that will most likely never come.

Bioterrorism is often talked about as a weapon of mass destruction, like nuclear and chemical weapons. Paradoxically, like low-level terrorism that encompasses knives and vehicles, those with ...

U.S. is unprepared to handle major bioterrorism attack, commission finds. January 26, 2010. By Joby Warrick. and Anne E. Kornblut. More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, ...

News; Bioterrorism remains real threat a decade after Anthrax attacks, expert says. Published: ; Nov. 15, 2012, 11:15 a.m.

The prospect of a bioterrorist attack and the actual attacks in Florida, the District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have changed public health in the United States.

Terrorist organizations continue to call for biological weapons attacks on the U.S., experts warn, yet our early warning system for bioterrorism is under attack in the Beltway. BioWatch, launched ...

Since September 11, 2001, federal, state, and local government agencies' emergency response planning has focused on possible terrorist attacks using chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or ...

Health and security agencies need to run exercises — as they often do already for suspected bioterrorism attacks — about how they will, in fact, verify whether audio and video reports are real ...

Urban hospitals have begun preparing for a possible bioterrorism attack, but much work remains: Many hospitals have not conducted drills and lack needed equipment, congressional investigators said ...

As the probe into the 2001 anthrax attacks comes to a close, the country still faces challenges preventing and responding to bioterrorism attacks. Experts assess U.S. preparedness.

In the event of a bioterrorist attack, the public must rely on media and opinion from medical and scientific experts who may disagree and increase public fear and anger.