Stay informed with the latest updates from the ASPR, including vital resources for H5N1 bird flu preparedness, COVID-19 therapeutics, and BARDA's pandemic influenza initiatives and project Nextgen.

Biohazards include biological agents and toxins infectious to humans, animals, wildlife, or plants such as parasites, viruses, bacteria, fungi, prions; and biologically-active materials such as toxins ...

Stay informed with the latest updates from the ASPR, including vital resources for H5N1 bird flu preparedness, COVID-19 ...

Biosecurity as the third component of biorisk management focuses on securing biological materials. The current focus on biosecurity e volved from a series of events that made the need for more focus ...

The 2023 HHS Screening Framework Guidance for Providers and Users of Synthetic Nucleic Acids was drafted to address advances in synthetic biology that have occurred since the HHS Screening Framework ...

National Healthcare Preparedness Programs (NHPP) has partnered with ASPR's Grants Management to develop a fast-track approval method that enables jurisdictions to request the use of Hospital ...

Disasters and other public health emergencies impact more than homes, roads and buildings. Such emergencies can affect the community's health infrastructure and ability to access medical care, can ...

In addition to biosecurity requirements and standards outlined in laws and executive policies, there are several overarching principles and strategies set forth to demonstrate the principles and ...

An accurate and current inventory should be maintained for biological materials in the laboratory. This is important for both biosafety reasons, and to ensure that dangerous biological materials are ...

Biosafety levels (BSL) are used to identify the protective measures needed in a laboratory setting to protect workers, the environment, and the public. The levels are defined in Biosafety in ...

Synthetic nucleic acids are chemically or enzymatically manufactured polymers of nucleotides, which encode genetic information. These are distinct from naturally occurring nucleic acids, which can be ...

Biosafety cabinets (BSCs) are one type of biocontainment equipment used in biological laboratories to provide personnel, environmental, and product protection. Most BSCs (e.g., Class II and Class III) ...