Bioterrorism

Audit finds major gaps in US bio weapons detection system

By BEN FOXMarch 4, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. program created after the 2003 anthrax attacks to help detect biological weapons provided protection in less than half the states and couldn't detect many of the known threats, according to a report released Thursday...

Homeland Security suspending bioterror testing in Oklahoma

By The Associated PressDecember 22, 2017 GMT

NEWKIRK, Okla. (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it is suspending plans to conduct bioterrorism drills near the Kansas-Oklahoma border over concerns about their impact on grounds Native American tribes consider sacred because more than 100 children are buried there...

Tribes oppose planned bioterror tests near Oklahoma graves

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSDecember 16, 2017 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Five Native American tribes that own an Oklahoma site where the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intends to conduct bioterrorism drills next year now oppose the government's plan, saying the agency didn't inform them about chemicals it plans to release on grounds the tribes consider sacred because more than 100 children are buried there...