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20 Jul An Update to The Apollo Program for Biodefense Winning the Race Against Biological Threats

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how biological threats can be created, detected, and countered. Following its June 4, 2026, public meeting, “Pandora’s Prompt: AI and the Biological Threat,” the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council established AI as the sixteenth technology priority in The...

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23 Jun Promote the Antidote: Reducing the Risk from Toxins

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION ACRONYMS METHODOLOGY ENDNOTES [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_column_text] Commissioners [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]Thomas J. Ridge, Chair Donna E. Shalala, Chair Thomas A. Daschle Frederick S. Upton Anna A. Eshoo James C. Greenwood Susan W. Brooks Kenneth L. Wainstein Margaret...

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01 May Battle Rattle: Fast Movers for Military Biodefense

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION ACRONYMS METHODOLOGY ENDNOTES [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_column_text] Commissioners [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]Thomas J. Ridge, Chair Donna E. Shalala, Chair Thomas A. Daschle Frederick S. Upton Susan W. Brooks James C. Greenwood Kenneth L. Wainstein Margaret A. Hamburg[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row...

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07 May Proposed Congressional Hearings on the Recommendations of the 2024 National Blueprint for Biodefense

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_column_text] Commissioners [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]Joseph I. Lieberman, Chair Senator (1989–2013) Thomas J. Ridge, Chair Governor of Pennsylvania (1995-2001), Secretary of Homeland Security (2001-2003), Congressman (1983-1995) Donna E. Shalala Congresswoman (2019-2021), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993-2001) Thomas A. Daschle Senate Majority Leader (2001-2003), Senate Minority Leader (2003-2005), Senator...

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07 May The National Blueprint for Biodefense

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] PREFACE SCENARIO EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE BIOLOGICAL THREAT IS REAL AND GROWING LEADERSHIP  INTELLIGENCE, ATTRIBUTION, AND DETERRENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE  RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND MITIGATION CONCLUSION APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS APPENDIX B: METHODOLOGY ...

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20 Feb Box The Pox: Reducing the Risk of Smallpox and Other Orthopoxviruses

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION ACRONYMS METHODOLOGY ENDNOTES [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_column_text] Commissioners [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Joseph I. Lieberman, Chair Thomas J. Ridge, Chair Donna E. Shalala Thomas A. Daschle Frederick S. Upton Susan W. Brooks James C. Greenwood Margaret A. Hamburg[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row"...

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09 May Boots on the Ground: Land-Grant Universities in the Fight Against Threats to Food and Agriculture

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO: AFRICAN SWINE FEVER DEVASTATES US PORK INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION COORDINATION  EARLY WARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND MITIGATION CONCLUSION ACRONYMS APPENDIX A: MEETING AGENDA AND SPEAKERS APPENDIX B: LIST OF LAND-GRANT...

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12 Apr The Athena Agenda: Advancing the Apollo Program for Biodefense

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] PREFACE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE BIOLOGICAL THREAT LANDSCAPE ADVANCING THE APOLLO PROGRAM FOR BIODEFENSE Governance Develop Vaccine Candidates for Prototype Pathogens Develop Therapeutic Drugs in Advance of Outbreaks Develop Flexible and Scalable Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals Develop...

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13 Oct Saving Sisyphus: Advanced Biodetection for the 21st Century

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04 Oct Insidious Scourge – Critical Infrastructure at Biological Risk

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CASE STUDY: IMPACT OF ANTHRAX 2001 ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS AT BIOLOGICAL RISK BIODEFENSE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE APPENDIX: RECOMMENDATIONS BY SECTOR CHEMICAL SECTOR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SECTOR COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR CRITICAL MANUFACTURING...

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