Billions for biodefense: federal agency biodefense funding, FY2007-FY2008.
Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent substantial resources on preparing the nation against a bioterrorist attack. Earlier articles in this series analyzed civilian biodefense funding by the federal government from fiscal years 2001 through 2007. This article updates those figures with budgeted amounts for fiscal year 2008, specifically analyzing the budgets and allocations for biodefense at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the National Science Foundation.
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Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA. cfranco@upmc-biosecurity.org
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