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

A new report from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense finds that America’s land-grant universities can play a critical role in protecting the Nation’s food and agriculture, and details 15 specific recommendations to maximize their effectiveness. Titled Boots on the Ground: Land-Grant Universities in the Fight Against Threats to Food and Agriculture, the report’s recommendations address the coordination of federal and land-grant food and agro-biodefense efforts, early warning of threats to food and agriculture, and incorporation of land-grant universities into preparedness, response, and mitigation of various possible events.

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The Athena Agenda: Advancing the Apollo Program for Biodefense

The Athena Agenda: Advancing The Apollo Program for Biodefense, provides recommendations to implement the 15 technology priorities described by the Commission in its 2021 report, The Apollo Program for Biodefense, and also identifies the US government organizations responsible for leadership, accountability, and engagement in public-private partnerships necessary for success. If leaders act on these recommendations, the Nation could put an end to pandemics within a decade.

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Commission Publication
Saving Sisyphus: Advanced Biodetection for the 21st Century

Twenty years ago this week, letters laced with deadly anthrax spores arrived at the United States Capitol and other locations across the country. Yet according to a new report released today by the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense called Saving Sisyphus: Advanced Biodetection for the 21st Century, our federal government still does not have a national biodetection system that works. The report details critical failures with the Department of Homeland Security’s biodetection program and provides a roadmap to Congress for investing in next generation solutions.

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Commission Publication
Insidious Scourge - Critical Infrastructure at Biological Risk

As the Biden Administration and Congress continue to negotiate details of a federal infrastructure package, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense released a new report today entitled, Insidious Scourge: Critical Infrastructure at Biological Risk. The report urges the Administration, Congress, and the private sector to reduce biological risk by protecting infrastructure, sharing and securing information, maintaining public works and services, and ensuring public health and safety..

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Biodefense in Crisis - Immediate Action Needed to Address National Vulnerabilities

Despite warnings from public health professionals and the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, the country was caught unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. A new analysis from the Commission finds that the United States remains at catastrophic biological risk. Called Biodefense in Crisis: Immediate Action Needed to Address National Vulnerabilities, the report closely examines the extent of progress that has been made since the Commission released its seminal National Blueprint for Biodefense in 2015. Biodefense in Crisis provides a fresh assessment of governmental efforts to implement the Commission’s recommendations to prevent, deter, prepare for, detect, respond to, attribute, recover from, and mitigate biological threats. It also includes eleven updated recommendations based in-part on real-time learning during the pandemic.

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The Apollo Program for Biodefense - Winning the Race Against Biological Threats

On September 3rd, 2021, The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense commended the Biden Administration for developing a new American Pandemic Preparedness Plan to invest boldly in a national effort that transforms U.S. capabilities to respond quickly and effectively to future biological threats. As detailed in The Apollo Program for Biodefense, doing so could effectively end the era of pandemic threats by 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark wake-up call for the United States to take biological threats seriously. The risks of future pandemics increase as technological progress eases barriers to modifying pathogens, raising the specter of novel biological agents causing diseases much worse than humanity has ever faced.

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Special Focus
Diagnostics for Biodefense - Flying Blind with No Plan to Land

In this special focus report, Diagnostics for Biodefense – Flying Blind with No Plan to Land, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense provides an approach that would ensure the United States can rapidly develop innovative point-of-care and point-of-need diagnostic tests for COVID-19 and other novel, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases when they occur. The United States failed to develop and distribute a reliable diagnostic test when COVID-19 first struck. While the country stumbled for weeks, others such as Germany, South Korea and Taiwan developed diagnostic tests and established testing infrastructure that allowed them to control the spread of the virus and reduce death rates..

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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Holding the Line on Biodefense: State, Local, Tribal, And Territorial Reinforcements Needed

In Holding the Line on Biodefense, the Commission shines a light on the capabilities and policy needs of the non-federal governments, responders, and healthcare workers responsible for safeguarding U.S. public health.

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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Budget Reform for Biodefense: Integrated Budget Needed to Increase Return on Investment
The report finds that the ad hoc and stovepiped approach to budgeting across multiple federal agencies is preventing strategic, long-term, and cohesive progress toward bolstering America’s vulnerable biodefense posture.

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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Defense of Animal Agriculture

Defense of Animal Agriculture provides specific recommendations for protecting one of the largest sectors of U.S. economy.

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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Commission Publication
Biodefense Indicators: One Year Later, Events Outpacing Federal Efforts to Defend the Nation

The Commission's first progress report reviews the status of implementation of each recommendation from the Blueprint for Biodefense as of December 2016.

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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Commission Publication
A National Blueprint for Biodefense: Leadership and Major Reform Needed to Optimize Efforts

The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense was established in 2014 to assess gaps and provide recommendations to improve U.S. biodefense. The Commission is supported by a suite of distinguished ex officio members and staff with deep expertise in science, policy, intelligence, and defense.

Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.

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