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Feature Article: NYC Subway Sensors Could Warn Early for Chem/Bio Threats

S&T's is working on cost-effective technologies to detect chemical and biological threats inside a subway environment.

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News Release: DHS S&T SVIP Awards Funding to Monitor Current and Future Biological Threats

To develop capabilities to monitor the current COVID-19 pandemic and other future biological events, DHS S&T has awarded $199,648 to Mesur.io Inc., for analysis and reporting of outbreak-related data.

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Feature Article: How Does the Environment Impact COVID-19

S&T NBACC research finds that sunlight is the strongest environmental factor that inactivates COVID-19.

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Feature Article: S&T, EPA are Helping Coast Guard Prepare to Clean Up Following an Anthrax Attack

S&T and EPA collaborate in a joint project to help the Coast Guard decontaminate assets after a bioterrorist attack.

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PANTHR

S&T has established the PANTHR program to strengthen customer engagement within the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) by aligning chemical and biological hazard awareness and characterization activities to provide timely, accurate, and defensible decision support tools and knowledge to stakeholders. 

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News Release: S&T Completes Test of DNA Tool to Detect African Swine Fever

DHS S&T and MatMaCorp completed a successful evaluation of a field-deployable genetic test to detect African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in infected pigs and pork products.

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Technical Capability Standards for Radiological Detection

The following publications establish technical capability standards for radiological and nuclear detection goals unique to the U.S. Government. The materials augment the national consensus standards established by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and international consensus standards developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

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Snapshot: DHS Accelerates Data Solutions to Uncover Biothreats

Biothreats — harmful pathogens that are either naturally or deliberately released — pose a risk to national security and public health, and identifying new detection methods is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

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Snapshot: DHS and EPA Are Prepared to Restore Subways in the Event of a Bioterrorist Attack

S&T and EPA conducted studies and performed exercises to see how disease-causing microbes spread through subway systems; how they can be sampled and cleaned; and how long it takes to be cleaned.

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Chemical and Biological Detection

DHS S&T partners with authorities across the nation to address chemical and biological threat prevention needs through technological innovation and future-focused research.