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Witnesses, including members of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, testified at a hearing on how to prepare and respond to biological threats. The hearing came following the release …

Heritage Foundation scholars and former public health officials assessed the risks posed by the Ebola virus and the response options available to the U.S. and West Africa countries most affe…

Witnesses testified about bioterror threats and government policy and operations in responding to the threats. A recent report by the WMD Terrorism Research Center had given the U.S. mostly …

Witnesses testified about threats of bioterrorism and measures implemented to reduce risks and protect civilian populations. Among the topics they addressed were policies implemented followi…

Panelists talked about bioterrorism, infectious diseases, and international security. In their remarks they predicted future use of biological weapons in terrorist attacks, the availability …

The Partnership for Public Service hosted a discussion on U.S. bioterrorism readiness. Officials spoke to reporters about the ability of the U.S. to prevent and respond to such attacks. The…

The National Governors Association and participants talked about bioterrorism threats and answered audience questions.

Government officials told reporters that the last of many claims had been settled with families of civilians who were injected with plutonium or uranium as part of secret experiments in the …

Secretary Hazel O’Leary of other Department of Energy officials released a report on nuclear waste storage problems and classification for public comment. It contains several previously clas…

As part of a two-day conference on “Health, Science and Food for America,” panelists discussed the interrelationships between science and public health. Laura Tyson spoke about the importanc…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on documents released earlier in the week by the Department of Energy that revealed experiments with radiation o…

Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary briefed reporters and department employees on the reasons for declassifying nuclear weapons information accumulated since the mid-1940s. She stated that enviro…