Archive for December 15th, 2004

Public Health – States slow to prepare for bioterror

Wednesday, December 15th, 2004

Associated Press – U.S. states are slowly getting better prepared to handle bioterrorism, but most still do not have statewide response plans and federal funding is declining, according to a new report.
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Smallpox – ‘I worry about a designed virus’

Wednesday, December 15th, 2004

San Francisco Examiner – An interview with Dr. Larry Brilliant, who worked on the United Nations’ successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s, and is a leading expert in the study of infectious diseases that can be used as bio-weapons.
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