The Anthrax Enigma: As they struggled to cover the bioterror scare, the news media had no precedents, no blueprints. Neither did their often-disagreeing sources. Did news outlets keep their audiences informed without unduly heightening the fear?
When a second wave of horror rocked a shell-shocked and grieving nation in early October, the terrorists behind it appeared to be operating on the axiom: If you want to scare the wits out of America, scare journalists first. In what could be considered a stroke of...

PharmAthene Receives Tech Company of the Year Award from Anne Arundel Tech Council.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmAthene, Inc., a leading biodefense company specializing in the development and commercialization of medical countermeasures against chemical and biological terrorism, announced today that it has received the 'Tech Company of the Year' award from the Anne Arundel Tech Council. The Tech Company of...

PharmAthene Enhances Executive Leadership Team and Appoints Christopher C. Camut Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmAthene, Inc., a leading biodefense company specializing in the development and commercialization of medical countermeasures against chemical and biological terrorism, announced today that it has appointed Christopher C. Camut Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Camut brings more...

Chronology of the Iraq war: 2004.
Social Education Staff The November-December 2002 issue of SOCIAL EDUCATION included a timeline of the history of Iraq (pp. 422-23). In our January/February 2004 issue, we published a chronology of events affecting Iraq in 2003, the year of the U.S. invasion (pp. 41-45). The following chronology provides...

PharmAthene and Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Announce Definitive Merger Agreement.
Transaction Provides PharmAthene With Up to $70 Million in Cash ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Privately-owned PharmAthene, Inc., a leading biodefense company specializing in the development and commercialization of medical countermeasures against biological and chemical terrorism, and Healthcare Acquisition Corp. , a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition...

Spies and lies.
Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War. By Bob Drogin. Random House, 368 pp., $26.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. By Ron Suskind. HarperCollins, 432 pp., $27.95. ...

Analyzing acute-chemical-release data to describe chemicals that may be used as weapons of terrorism.
For more information about hazardous materials and emergency response, check out the following resources in NEHA's Bookstore: Emergency Response to Chemical and Biological Agents John R. Cashman (1999) It has become increasingly important that emergency response teams be trained to handle incidents involving...

An engineer's mathematical approach to designing an emergency room decontamination area for weapons of mass destruction casualties.
INTRODUCTION Chemical warfare agents as a military issue are events and civilians could be exposed to these agents (1). Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are threats that all healthcare facilities must be prepared to handle (2). Every healthcare facility is a vital part of the community response...

Physical organic chemistry in Latin America.
The Ninth Latin American Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (CLAFQO9), held 30 September-5 October 2007 in Los Cocos in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, was locally organized by researchers from the faculty of Chemical Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (UNC) and from the faculty of Exact, Physical,...

India gears up for wars of future.
Byline: Rajat Pandit NEW DELHI: India is launching a futuristic programme to develop sophisticated NBC (nuclear-biological-chemical) defence technology to counter the threats posed by hostile armies or terrorists resorting to such warfare. The new programme, being spearheaded by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), comes...