Articles Tagged With: bioterrorism
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Bioterrorism Watch: CDC weighs vaccinating now or waiting until first smallpox attack
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Many hospitals unprepared for a bioterrorism event
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Look for syndromes in absence of cultures
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Worst-case scenarios abound for bioterror
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CDC gearing up rapid vaccine response plans for smallpox bioterror
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Smallpox: A single case is a medical emergency
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Smallpox: More fear of vaccine than of attack
It is becoming increasingly apparent that fear of adverse vaccine reactions and the perception that there is little likelihood of a smallpox attack have undermined the federal immunization plan for health care workers. -
Raising the ghost of 1918: Could flu be the ultimate bioweapon?
In an age of exploding genetic engineering, could the Spanish influenza strain of 1918 the unholy grail of infectious diseases be resurrected as the ultimate bioweapon? -
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CDC offers web link to real-time terror info -
Syndromic surveillance picks up terror ‘signals’
The wave of the future in bioterrorism surveillance is computer-based systems for syndromic reports that can serve as an early tripwire if an attack is under way.