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The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office responsible for the procurement and development of medical countermeasures, principally against bioterrorism, including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats, as well as pandemic influenza and emerging diseases.
Its functions include preparedness planning and response; building federal emergency medical operational capabilities; countermeasures research, advance development, and procurement; and grants to strengthen the capabilities of hospitals and health care systems in public health emergencies and medical disasters.
The 47th Medical Company (MRC), of the New Mexico State Defense Force, [151] the 10th Medical Regiment of the Maryland Defense Force, [152] and the Medical Brigade of the Texas State Guard [153] receive training and recognition from the Medical Reserve Corps program sponsored by the Office of the Surgeon General of the United States through the ...
Under the plan, the Department of Health and Human Services will be authorized to invest in “domestic manufacturing of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and critical inputs that have ...
In the 1990s, the US medical biological defense research effort (part of the U.S. Army's Biological Defense Research Program [BDRP]) was concentrated at USAMRIID at Fort Detrick. The army maintained state-of-the-art containment laboratory facilities there, with more than 10,000 ft2 of BSL-4 and 50,000 ft2 of BSL-3 laboratory space.
The bill reauthorizes funding to improve bioterrorism and other public health emergency preparedness and response activities such as the Hospital Preparedness Program, the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, Project BioShield, and BARDA for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures (MCMs). [18]
The governor knows well that his actions are illegal under 32 USC 109(c), which allows for the provision of a state guard, but only under the condition that they “may be used within the ...
State defense forces (also known as state guards, state military reserves, or state militias) in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. (Unless formally federalized by congress and approved by POTUS)