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U.S. doles out bioterrorism funds
(2/01/02)
Terrorism grants go to
states, cities
(2/01/02)
Fill those science jobs
(2/04/02)
Bush to request big spending push on bioterrorism
(2/04/02)
Buckets for bioterrorism, but less
for catalog of ills
(2/05/02)
Early-warning bioterror research puts Pittsburgh on Bush's itinerary
(2/05/02)
Bioterrorism funding boost slights CDC (2/05/02)
Bioterrorism bonanza (2/06/02)
Bush: U.S. need more Bioterror funds (2/06/02)
War and health (2/07/02)
Schools translate terror Into curriculum changes (2/08/02)
GMU bioterrorism center unites former foes (2/14/02)
U.S. tightening rules on keeping scientific secrets (2/17/02)
Biodefense funding creates quandary (2/19/02)
CDC chief Jeffrey Koplan resigns (2/21/02)
Embattled disease agency chief is quitting
(2/22/02)
US health bodies reap funds for
bioterrorism (3/2/02)
CDC enlists 146 disease detectives (3/7/02)
NIH
plans bioterrorism research (3/14/02)
Bioterrorism experts head to Atlanta (3/25/02)
Centers for Disease Control chief takes
post at Emory University (3/26/02)
Outgoing CDC chief Koplan takes post at Emory (3/26/02)
Bush
taps Carmona as Surgeon General (3/27/02)
Nominee would take
his seat at a desk piled high with issues
(3/27/02)
David Fleming named acting director of CDC
(3/30/02)
Georgia Senator proposes plan for CDC bioterrorism center (4/4/02)
What feds won't give CDC, Marcus will (4/4/02)
Russian lab storing germs faces cutoff of
electricity (4/7/02)
U.S. health care system grapples with new role (4/7/02)
U.S. warns Russia of need to verify treaty
compliance (4/8/02)
US bioterror effort may impact global disease fight
(4/16/02)
Thompson acknowledges confusion over who's in charge of bioterrorism cases
(4/18/02)
Congress to seek attack contingency
funds (4/19/02)
Disease detectives: ABC experiments with CDC drama (4/22/02)
Losing the race with bugs: bacteria beats new drugs (4/25/02)
Mr. Moussaoui's message (4/25/02)
Senator cautions on bioterrorism (4/26/02)
Montana lab may lead bioterror defense (4/28/02)
US stance rattles Korean Peninsula (4/28/02)
Study urges focus on terrorism with high fatalities, cost (4/29/02)
Ridge suggests likely effects of homeland-security campaign
(4/30/02)
Scientific speed is the key in fighting bioterror
(5/1/02)
Anti-bioterror chief steps down (5/3/02)
Henderson steps down from U.S. bioterror post (5/7/02)
Officials warned
on bioterror
(5/8/02)
Mailroom meltdown at Library of Congress (5/16/02)
Civil-liberties issues check plans to fight bioterrorism
(5/17/02)
New boss tackling germ lab problems
(5/21/02)
Conferees
agree on bioterror bill
(5/22/02)
House sweeps through bioterrorism bill
(5/23/02)
City simulates bioterror disaster
(5/23/02)
Bioterrorism legislation puts new scrutiny on
researchers, allows current projects to continue
(5/24/02)
US mulls development of counter-terror technologies
(5/29/02)
FDA acts to speed bioterror medicines
(5/31/02)
In search of antiterror drugs
(6/3/02)
Weighing an attack on Iraq...
(6/3/02)
Poll:
most Americans want security
(6/11/02)
Bush signs $4.6B bioterror bill
(6/12/02)
Bioterror defense bill signed
(6/13/02)
Inquiry gives fresh hope to Gulf veterans
(6/16/02)
Taking the right measures to end the WMD threat
(6/18/02)
Doctors to check up on possible terrorism
(6/19/02)
Filtering out bioterrorism
(6/20/02)
Scientists urge terrorism defense (6/25/02)
Congress warned against shifting CDC programs
(6/26/02)
CDC director choices are sent to Bush
(6/29/02)
We've got more risk than our brains can handle
(6/30/02)
Homeland-Office plan splinters, public-health duties, critics say (7/1/02)
Tensions between CDC, White House (7/1/02)
Infectious disease expert to lead CDC (7/3/02)
Squaring off over nominee (7/8/02)
Researcher shows how terrorists could create deadly pathogens
(7/12/02)
U.S. says Iraq would target troops
(7/14/02)
A first step on U.S. biodefense
(7/14/02)
Mail-order molecules brew a terrorism debate (7/17/02)
Synthetic bioterror (7/18/02)
Feds asked to watch DNA shipments
(7/19/02)
Go on, call Bush's bluff
(7/22/02)
Many states reject bioterrorism law
(7/23/02)
Carmona Is easily confirmed as new U.S. Surgeon General
(7/24/02)
CDC begins ambitious program to shore up facilities
that are falling apart
(7/28/02)
In Assessing Iraq's arsenal, the 'reality Is
uncertainty' (7/31/02)
A handle on deadly 'bugs'
(8/16/02)
CDC says they're prepared to handle bioterrorism
(8/28/02)
New troops enlist at CDC to fight disease
(8/30/02)
Quiet federal disease lab has new mission after 9/11
(9/2/02)
Gearing for bioterror
(9/8/02)
Many worry that nation is still highly vulnerable to germ attack
(9/9/02)
At disease centers, a shift in mission and metabolism
(9/10/02)
FDA grows to counter challenges of terrorism
(9/11/02)
Taking measure of 9/11 and other numbers
(9/11/02)
Farms vulnerable to terrorism, study says
(9/14/02)
Recipes for death
(9/17/02)
U.S. makes major strides, yet much work remains, in preparing for bioterrorism
(9/18/02)
CDC head: agency more prepared for bioterror attack
(9/19/02)
Bioterror
targets may be on farms
(9/20/02)
Where
would bioterrorism victims be quarantined?
(9/22/02)
To
fight bioterror, doctors look for ways to spur immune system
(9/24/02)
Blair
says Iraqis could launch chemical warheads in minutes
(9/25/02)
adv30
(9/25/02)
Israelis
prepare for life in the bull's-eye again
(9/26/02)
Scientists
have next move on chessboard that is Iraq
(9/28/02)
Vaccine
research shows resurgence
(9/29/02)
Dr.
Frank Young on US response to bioterrorism
(9/29/02)
CDC
sees progress in terror response
(9/30/02)
Labs under the microscope
(9/30/02)
U.S. supplied germs
to Iraq in '80s
(10/1/02)
U.S. likely sent Iraq toxic bugs
(10/2/02)
How vulnerable are troops if Iraq taps poison agents?
(10/2/02)
US plans a system to detect bioattack
(10/3/02)
Report cites Iraq's recent weapons role
(10/5/02)
At the health department, the messengers still stumble
(10/8/02)
Bioweapons tested in U.S. in 1960s
(10/9/02)
Cold war bio-weapon tests included California
(10/10/02)
A virus-fed doomsday
(10/10/02)
The biowarriors
(10/10/02)
Publish and perish?
(10/11/02)
Inside the mind of a dictator
(10/12/02)
Research institutes unveil plans for Fort Detrick lab expansion
(10/16/02)
Fauci addresses bioterrorism threats
(10/18/02)
Bioterror info for docs
(10/21/02)
What Al Qaeda learned in D.C.
(10/26/02)
U.S. tested a nerve gas in Hawaii
(11/1/02)
Only Florida prepared for bioterrorism
(11/2/02)
Health depts. aim to spot bioterror
(11/3/02)
UC Davis proposes new lab to study bioterrorism agents
(11/4/02)
Better public health training urged
(11/4/02)
Of terrorists and mosquitoes
(11/5/02)
For Iraq inspectors, 'yellow cake' and other quarries
(11/10/02)
'The Demon in the Freezer': A terrifying microbe
(11/10/02)
Moscow toll revives concerns over chemical attacks
(11/11/02)
Beef up the biotreaty
(11/12/02)
Jittery Britain to advise public how to react to terror attacks
(11/16/02)
Inspectors to scour Iraq for mobile weapons labs
(11/17/02)
Politicizing vaccines
(11/18/02)
Back to the usual pork
(11/19/02)
After many months of labor, the birth of an agency
(11/20/02)
Hospitals plan link to detect bioterror
(11/20/02)
Bioterrorism drill begins In Tucson, Arizona
(11/21/02)
US farms called
vulnerable to terrorism
(11/22/02)
Compensating a must for vaccine injuries
(11/25/02)
War on terrorism provokes massive Federal R&D move
(11/25/02)
Despite 9/11, study finds 'significant safety and health hazards' at Capitol
(11/26/02)
Homeland agency is big at birth
(11/26/02)
Troops lack protective fear, say lawmakers
(11/30/02)
Meet Dr. Germ: she built Iraq's deadly stockpiles
(12/2/02)
Guidelines aim to tighten lab security (12/6/02)
Iraqi report: gold mine or minefield? (12/7/02)
UK terror plans shake-up (12/9/02)
Iraq lacks new proof of arms destruction (12/9/02)
Biodefense testing site coming to Bethesda (12/12/02)
After 9/11, universities are destroying biological agents (12/17/02)
Saddam's burden of proof (12/19/02)
U.S. declares 'material breach' by Iraq over arms inspections (12/20/02)
Meeting daily, U.S. nerve center prepares for terrorists (12/27/02)
Experts warn of Iraq's improved weapons
(12/27/02)
Another attack: It can happen here (12/29/02)
Weapons 'inspectors' (12/30/02)
Cities ready with mock bioterror drills
(1/1/03)
NIH funds set for small rise, breaking recent years' trend
(1/2/03)
Terror fears may affect research dollars
(1/3/03)
Vaccines seen a $10 billion market by '06
(1/7/03)
Official: U.S. has bioterrorism holes
(1/8/03)
Military says it can't make enough vaccines for troops
(1/9/03)
U.S. may classify some data on disease due to terror fears
(1/10/03)
Aid agencies can help respond to terror attacks
(1/10/03)
Veterans ask if gulf illnesses could happen again in Iraq
(1/13/03)
Germ warfare researcher Riley D. Housewright dies
(1/15/03)
Vaccine may be key to future of company (1/19/03)
Study urges more action to cut risks from weapons stockpiles
(1/20/03)
Avant works on oral vaccine for Plague, Anthrax
(1/22/03)
U.S. Is deploying a monitor system for germ attacks
(1/22/03)
Why we know Iraq is lying
(1/23/03)
Nos amis, the French
(1/24/03)
Doctors warn Blair over Iraq attack
(1/24/03)
Letter in The Lancet to the Right Honourable Tony Blair, Prime Minister
of the UK
(1/25/03)
Terror threat casts chill over world of bio-research
(1/26/03)
US warns that bioterror attack is inevitable
(1/26/03)
War is not justified, EU chief tells US and Britain
(1/27/03)
Health data monitored for bioterror warning
(1/27/03)
'Damning portrait' of arms programs
(1/28/03)
Bush calls Iraq imminent threat
(1/29/03)
Bush asks for more bioterror vaccines, drugs
(1/29/03)
Project Bioshield is offering incentive for vaccine makers
(1/30/03)
CDC chief: bioterror threat remains real
(1/30/03)
South Africa's surrender was only half the battle
(1/31/03)
Blix says he saw nothing to prompt a war
(1/31/03)
WHO issues alert on food terrorism
(1/31/03)
U.S. aims to prove Iraq has secret cache
(2/1/03)
NIH braces for slower funding growth
(2/2/03)
We will not shrink from war
(2/3/03)
Top colleges offer few courses on threat of weapons of mass destruction, study
says
(2/4/03)
'Counter-terrorism' is in the eye of the beholder
(2/4/03)
Schröder's team
not telling full story on Iraq, foes say
(2/4/03)
The real case against Iraq
(2/5/03)
Scientists face security dilemma
(2/6/03)
Iraq defies U.N., Powell says
(2/6/03)
Powell's smoking gun
(2/6/03)
Labs unprepared for chemical attacks
(2/7/03)
Humanitarian groups unprepared for Iraq war
(2/8/03)
Why Iraq 's 'Dr Germ' is key target for weapons inspectors
(2/9/03)
Behind name loved by Islam, troubling firms Powell cited
(2/10/03)
Not even the reputable Powell could alter opinion in Europe
(2/10/03)
Pursuit of secure lab faces tough competition
(2/11/03)
FBI Director warns of possible terrorist attacks against colleges
(2/12/03)
Biodefense lab on the defensive
(2/12/03)
Be prepared: bioattack manageable (2/12/03)
CDC focuses on 'highest' risks
(2/13/03)
Duct tape and Anthrax
(2/14/03)
N95 masks flying off shelves, but they offer scant protection
(2/15/03)
Inspection report firms up Council's opposition to war
(2/15/03)
Disarming Iraq
(2/15/03)
Science journals change editing methods
(2/15/03)
The U.N.'s responsibility
(2/16/03)
Is a war necessary? Why now? who agrees?
(2/16/03)
Specialized marine unit readies to respond to the unthinkable
(2/17/03)
Mr. Bush's liberal problem
(2/18/03)
U.S. agriculture could be vulnerable to terrorists
(2/21/03)
US military prepares for Iraq to use chemical and biological weapons
(2/22/03)
Anti-terror readiness still lacking
(2/23/03)
Public health's main fear over bioterrorism: surge capacity
(2/24/03)
Scientific whodunits win award
(2/24/03)
Monkey's escape may sink biodefense lab
(2/24/03)
A weapon weakened: antibiotics
(2/24/03)
Terror's dual threats of bombs and biology
(2/25/03)
Missing lab monkey believed dead
(2/27/03)
U.S. fighters place faith in weapons
(2/27/03)
Forget the advice -- give us vaccinations
(3/2/03)
UK terror attack exercise planned
(3/3/03)
Homeland Security Becomes an Opportunity for Biotech Firms
(3/3/03)
Yolo board again backs UCD biolab
(3/5/03)
'Dream team' of scientists prepares for worst
(3/5/03)
Fear is still the thing to fear
(3/6/03)
Bioterror expert factors in war (3/8/03)
Fear factor (3/10/03)
Scientists face background checks
(3/12/03)
Can we find the weapons?
(3/14/03)
The right way in Iraq
(3/14/03)
Panic button
(3/14/03)
When war Is the best medicine
(3/16/03)
Rare health alert is issued for mystery illness
(3/16/03)
Iraq links germs for weapons to U.S. and France
(3/16/03)
France denies it knowingly helped Iraqi arms drive
(3/17/03)
Doctors work to identify pathogen for deadly pneumonia breakout
(3/17/03)
Health Dept. prepares for war
(3/17/03)
Chinese bureaucracy blocked news, failed to inform doctors
(3/18/03)
Researchers find clues that a virus is causing the mysterious illness, but seek
proof
(3/19/03)
Diseases without borders
(3/19/03)
Are States prepared for a bioterror attack?
(3/19/03)
W.H.O. reports gains against respiratory outbreak
(3/20/03)
Database on alert for outbreaks
(3/20/03)
Intelligence suggests Hussein allowed chemical-weapon use
(3/20/03)
Biological and chemical weapons would slow but not stop troops
(3/21/03)
Papers debate use of teams to react quickly to terror
(3/22/03)
California vulnerable to outbreak
(3/22/03)
Scientists find mystery illness virus
(3/22/03)
Al Qaeda near biological, chemical arms production
(3/23/03)
Untested companies enlist in U.S. biodefense
(3/23/03)
ERs prepare for another battle front
(3/24/03)
A vile business
(3/24/03)
Lab technicians eagerly await work
(3/24/03)
Obstacles confront anti-terror efforts
(3/25/03)
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