Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, issued an analysis of the recent ricin incident in Las Vegas.
The Charlotte County Jail has been declared safe and resumed normal operation after lab tests determined that the white powder substance found on Monday afternoon was not biological.
The Maine Civil Liberties Union and York County Jail officials have reached an agreement that inmates can't be punished for refusing to clean up a biohazard. The settlement comes after a federal lawsuit filed by three inmates who were forced to clean up a bloody cell after another inmate tried to commit suicide. (Provided by News 13)
The state Health Department laboratory was certified this month as a biosafety level 3 laboratory -- part of ongoing improvements to prepare Hawaii for public health threats.