Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us

Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us
Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us

Dan Mahaffee of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress lays out lessons learned from a recent pandemic-related war game.

Learning from COVID-19, Pentagon’s Biodefense Council to break down stovepipes

Learning from COVID-19, Pentagon’s Biodefense Council to break down stovepipes
Learning from COVID-19, Pentagon’s Biodefense Council to break down stovepipes

A senior US official said it would be “foolish” to underestimate the number of countries developing defensive or offensive bioprograms.

To fix America’s biodefense strategy, think smaller

To fix America’s biodefense strategy, think smaller
To fix America’s biodefense strategy, think smaller

Overly broad strategies can confuse everything from prevention to response, for crises in which specificity is key, writes biodefense expert Al Mauroni.

COVID-19: Army Tries Prizes To Get Ventilator Tech ASAP

COVID-19: Army Tries Prizes To Get Ventilator Tech ASAP
COVID-19: Army Tries Prizes To Get Ventilator Tech ASAP

The Army’s annual xTechSearch contest is all about rapidly developing innovative ideas from smaller companies. But can they find, fund, and build a low-cost ventilator in time to combat the coronavirus?

Bio-Weapons Crusader Calls For Tighter Research Oversight

WASHINGTON: One of the grand old men of biodefense, Dr. Matthew Meselson, left his Harvard lab and came to Washington to call for greater international cooperation in monitoring new diseases, whether they arise in the wild or in the lab. The Department of Homeland Security’s process for reviewing potentially dangerous research, he said at an…