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Biodefense |
Biological and Chemical Weapons; Bioterrorism/biodefense |
Biodefense refers to short term, local, usually military measures to restore biosecurity to a given group of persons in a given area — in the civilian terminology, it is a very robust biohazard response. It is technically possible to apply biodefense measures to protect animals or plants, but this is generally uneconomic. However, protection of water supplies and food supplies are often a critical part of biodefense. Various definitions of biosafety emerged in different professions to guar ...
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Biodefense Organizations
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/
- Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/
- Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.fda.gov/cder/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- U.S. Department of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/
- Kids Health http://www.kidshealth.org
- Public Health Foundation http://www.phf.org/
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
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