What to Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Bunker Beneath Trump’s Ballroom

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What to Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Bunker Beneath Trump’s Ballroom
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

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“Unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has to stop!” wrote ...

Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are prohibited under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), but the general purpose criterion expressed in the BTWC allows for protective or biodefen...

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Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
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ABSTRACT
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are ...

The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Nature Medicine Preparing for tomorrow’s threats by enhancing our ability to help patients today.

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The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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For decades, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)...

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove ...

Biotech’s Role in US Military Biodefense Strategy In an era of escalating biological threats, from weaponized pathogens to evolving viruses like Mpox, small U.S. biotechs are stepping up to bolster military readiness and national security.

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Biotech’s Role in US Military Biodefense Strategy
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The United States currently has zero domestic manufacturing capability for MVA-based biodefense vaccines. That’s not a future risk—it’s a present ...

Biodefense Blind Spot: Why Washington Confuses Pandemics with Bioweapons The next great biological threat may not begin in a wet market, a jungle, or a laboratory accident. It may begin on a laptop with a commercially available

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Biodefense Blind Spot: Why Washington Confuses Pandemics with Bioweapons
warontherocks.com/2026/02/biod...

The next great biological threat may not begin in a wet market, a jungle, or a laboratory accident. It may begin ...

How Donald Trump Can Fix US Biodefense The Biden administration left the United States underprepared for biological weapon attacks.

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How Donald Trump Can Fix US Biodefense
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The United States will host three of the world’s most consequential global events over the next two years—the World Cup, America 250, and the 2028 Summer Olympics ...

Report finds US biodefense lagging as biological risks intensify A bipartisan working group proposes affordable, common-sense actions to bolster biopreparedness.

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Report finds US biodefense lagging as biological risks intensify
www.cidrap.umn.edu/bioterrorism...

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The working group concludes that US biodefense capabilities have steadily weakened as biological threats have grown more frequent, complex, ...

Why biodefense needs a stronger European commitment As biological risks are growing, Europe cannot wait for the next outbreak to act. Bavarian Nordic’s CEO Paul Chaplin explains why preparedness will...

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Why biodefense needs a stronger European commitment
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The next EU budget needs to treat biodefense as a core security priority.
Stockpiling medical countermeasures is essential....

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Proposal for an EU Regulation introducing measures to strengthen the biotechnology sector (“European Biotech Act”)
www.eversheds-sutherland.com/en/united-st...

On 16 December 2025, the European Commission presented the ...

Protecting Americans from Biological Threats As the risks of biological threats rise, Congress and the administration can bolster biodefenses by modernizing biosurveillance, ensuring biosafety and biosecurity, rebuilding the U.S. biodefense ente...

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Protecting Americans from Biological Threats
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Congress and the executive branch have a responsibility to defend the United States against a growing range of biological risks from ...

Biodefense Market Witnesses Robust Expansion Amid Rising Global Security Priorities Governments worldwide continue to bolster defenses against biological threats through strategic investments and innovative technologies This press release explores key drivers emerging trends and prom...

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Biodefense Market Witnesses Robust Expansion Amid Rising Global Security Priorities
www.openpr.com/news/4333942...

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The biodefense market size in 2021 stood at US$ 12.37 billion and is projected to reach US$ 21.62 billion by 2031. ...

Biodefense is core defense Opinion: It's crucial that NATO nations quantify their biological defense activities and count them toward NATO's 3.5% core defense spending target.

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Biodefense is core defense
www.defensenews.com/opinion/2026...

This year, NATO allies committed to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. 3.5% will go specifically toward core defense spending. As part...

Biodefense Market Witnesses Robust Expansion Amid Rising Global Security Priorities Governments worldwide continue to bolster defenses against biological threats through strategic investments and innovative technologies This press release explores key drivers emerging trends and prom...

#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #Industry
Biodefense Market Witnesses Robust Expansion Amid Rising Global Security Priorities
www.openpr.com/news/4333942...

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The biodefense market size in 2021 stood at US$ 12.37 billion and is projected to reach US$ 21.62 billion by 2031. The market is ...

Science Diplomacy to Reinforce the Biological Weapons Convention: A Strategic Agenda for Global Biosecurity Jasmina Saric, Cedric Invernizzi, Filippa Lentzos, Mary Onsarigo and Luk Van Langenhove call for a coordinated science diplomacy strategy to bridge science and security, strengthen the BWC and advance...

Reading around the biological weapons convention - a useful overview

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www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/10/2...

« Toxiques de guerre » et virus mortels : ce centre « unique » de l’armée renferme les pires agents pathogènes EXCLUSIF. Un site de la Direction générale de l’armement basé en Essonne réunit des laboratoires ultrasécurisés, dont l’un des trois classés

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« Toxiques de guerre » et virus mortels : ce centre « unique » de l’armée renferme les pires agents pathogènes
www.leparisien.fr/sciences/tox...

(A report in French on a visit to #France's biological and chemical high-containment laboratories at Vert-le-Petit.)

Why NATO must prioritise investment in biodefence NATO’s new 1.5% GDP target for spending on civil preparedness, resilience and critical infrastructure marks a turning point in the Alliance’s appro...

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Why NATO must prioritise investment in biodefence
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/partner/arti...

NATO’s new 1.5% GDP target for spending on civil preparedness, resilience and critical infrastructure marks a turning ...

France Biodefence Market Size, Share, Growth, Report 2035 France Biodefence Market share register 616.05 Million USD in 2024, projected to grow 4.77% CAGR to reach USD 1028.54 Million during the forecast period 2025 - 2035.

🛡 France strengthens preparedness with rapid growth in the Biodefence Market. More info 👉 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/fran... #France #Biodefence #Security

Moving Backward on Biodefense? | Leader's Edge Magazine Moving Backward on Biodefense? Though the Trump administration maintains it is committed to disease preparedness, cuts to relevant federal agencies and R&D pipelines have experts questioning the count...

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Moving Backward on Biodefense?
www.leadersedge.com/healthcare/m...

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Specialists who monitor global disease trends have been cut as part of the overall workforce reductions. At least 430 global ...

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Enhanced Maritime Biological Detection System Provides Biodefense Capability for Sailors in Near-Real Time
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The system is a software and hardware upgrade to the existing Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS) ...

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AI Impact Analysis on Biodefense Industry
www.marketsandmarkets.com/ResearchInsi...

The 21st century has ushered in a new era of biological threats not only from naturally emerging diseases ...

U.S. Universities Are National Security Assets (opinion) We undermine them at our peril.

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Let’s Talk About Hard Power: America’s Universities Are National Security Assets
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Biosecurity is equally critical. The COVID-19 pandemic proved that viruses can fundamentally destabilize economies ...

The advisory group on #ResponsibleScience and #DualUseResearch met at @who.int HQ in Geneva this week--look out for forthcoming reports on #AI-Biotech Convergence and Responsible Publishing, and Q&As on #MirrorBiology, research with pandemic risks, and military #biodefence research.

There’s a bigger story in the OpenAI for-profit news AI can help create bioweapons. So can we use AI to create safeguards?

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There’s a bigger story in the OpenAI for-profit news
www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Maximizing benefits and minimizing risks is the essential challenge around developing advanced AI, and no subject better represents ...

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

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Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Dozens of fired staff members at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, a federal health agency, ...

ETIH EdTech News: MIT Lincoln Lab unveils TX-GAIN, top AI supercomputer in U.S. academia — EdTech Innovation Hub MIT Lincoln Laboratory has introduced TX-GAIN, a 2 exaflop AI supercomputer built for research in biodefense, materials discovery, and cybersecurity. This EdTech news from ETIH highlights how the NVID...

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory unveils most powerful AI supercomputer at a U.S. university
www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/mit-lin...

MIT Lincoln Laboratory has brought online TX-GAIN, an AI supercomputer housed at its Supercomputing Center ...

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Atlantic Council announces Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
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The Atlantic Council announced today that the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will join the ...

U.S. Awards Biodefense Contracts to Emergent for Anthrax, Smallpox, and Other Countermeasures Emergent BioSolutions secures U.S. and global contracts for anthrax, smallpox, and antiviral stockpiles, reinforcing biodefense preparedness.

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U.S. Expands Investments in Biodefense Preparedness Through New Medical Countermeasure Contracts
globalbiodefense.com/2025/09/23/u...

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The U.S. contracts include a $30 million modification for CYFENDUS®, a two-...

Southeast Asia is home to rapidly expanding #biotech sectors, growing investments in #biodefence + high rates of emerging infectious diseases. These dynamics heightened risks of misperceptions and make the #transparency offered by #1972BWC CBMs especially valuable.

What to know about Plum Island: Theories and rumors about its lab work Since 1954, it has served as home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to study transmitted diseases from livestock, including foot and mouth disease.

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What to know about Plum Island: Theories and rumors about lab work done at the Animal Disease Center
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"Did Lyme disease originate in the eastern U.S. from Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks ...