Maryland's war on terrorism now includes a rapid-response strike force of roughly 700 men and women with the ability to maneuver in lab coats, not battle fatigues. They are pharmacists -- volunteers ...

Bioterrorism training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School was a topic of conversation recently at the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) annual meeting, where representatives ...

An effective response to a bioterrorism attack requires prepared, well-trained local responders. Such responders have been taught the unique characteristics of biological agents that could be used as ...

Do you know what to do in the event of a bioterrorist attack? A number of upstate New York emergency workers will know, thanks to a federal grant to develop a model bioterrorist response system ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Asked to tell which of five likely bioterror weapons would cause specific symptoms, emergency room doctors in Chicago did poorly. The 36 ...

SHERIDAN - The Wyoming Department of Health will conduct one in a series of summer bioterrorism training exercises Thursday with an event in Sheridan from 10 a.m. to noon. Department of Health staff ...

o explain the situations that New York Medical College's Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters will help address, Dr. Robert W. Amler said to picture the final ...

More than one-half of 631 physicians tested were unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists, such as smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague, ...

Canadian physicians, nurses, paramedics and other frontline health professionals will be asked to take biohazard refresher courses under a $12-million health- security package announced Oct. 18 by ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A new center that will provide additional education and training to professionals who respond to bioterrorism emergencies has been designated at the College of Public Health at the ...

Bioterrorism training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School was a topic of conversation this week at the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) annual meeting, where representatives ...