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TSA rationalizes airport security, emphasizing risk-based priorities
TSA emphasizes technology, explosives detection
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Direct funding of companies and pipeline approach to BioShield program defy convention
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Trust for Americas Health releases state-by-state bioterror scores
Most states failing, according to new report
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North Carolina bioterror surveillance system receives health IT award
NC DETECT wins award for helping public health officials to monitor disease outbreak
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Final food security rule issued by FDA under Bioterrorism Act
New rule covers record-keeping related to human and animal food
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Bioterrorism chief Stewart Simonson taking heat
Simonson is on the losing end of this battle
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Congress impatient with BioShields anti-radiation moves
HHS under heavy scrutiny from industry and Congress
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RAE shows personal radiation detector
RAE shows intrinsically safe personal detection equipment
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The long view
AI advancement opens health data privacy to attack
Advances in artificial intelligence have created new threats to the privacy of health data, a new study shows. The study suggests current laws and regulations are nowhere near sufficient to keep an individual’s health status private in the face of AI development.
Ebola crisis provides framework for how to respond to outbreaks like Zika virus
As world leaders grapple with containing the Zika virus, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provides valuable lessons for how to respond to other infectious disease epidemics, according to a just-published policy report. Rebuilding local health care infrastructures, improving capacity to respond more quickly to outbreaks and considering multiple perspectives across disciplines during decision-making processes are among the key recommendations the authors propose.