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Defense agency's effort to secure Soviet pathogens grows
Goal is to create disease surveillance network in former Soviet republics.
Defense
Installation of anthrax detectors at postal facilities nears end
By December, agency expects to have installed biohazard detection systems at 282 mail-processing facilities around the country.
Defense
FDA finalizes food bioterrorism rule
All domestic and foreign facilities that pack, store, manufacture or process food in the United States must register with the agency.
Defense
GAO criticizes Energy's plutonium disposal effort
Auditors find department has fallen far behind in effort to consolidate storage at Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Defense
Local officials call for more mass transit security funding
Wish lists of new security technologies are growing larger.
Defense
Pentagon employees seek continued hold on anthrax vaccination program
Plaintiffs argue that vaccine used in the program has never been formally found safe or approved for use against inhalation anthrax.
Defense
Pentagon appeals decision halting anthrax vaccinations
Defense Department argues that FDA studies show vaccine is safe and effective in combating all forms of anthrax.
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Chemical weapons depots slated for closure
Umatilla, Deseret and Newport depots to be shuttered stockpiles of chemical agents are eliminated, Pentagon says.
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