From 9/11, to the anthrax scares, to the war in the Gulf -- so far, North Carolina has been spared from any direct bioterrorism hits. But that doesn't mean the state isn't preparing for the worst.

Calling it a threat to states' ongoing homeland security efforts, the National Governors Association (NGA) are voicing strong opposition to the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana is seeking a $16.7 million federal grant to help the state's hospitals and laboratories prepare for the threat of bioterrorism and disease outbreaks. Gov. Frank O'Bannon ...

MCALESTER, Okla. (AP) _ State and city leaders are preparing to hold what they say is the largest bioterrorism drill ever conducted. This spring, they will pretend that three Oklahoma cities are ...

WASHINGTON -- The federal government has truckloads of medicine and vaccines ready to deploy if bioterrorism strikes, but only Florida is fully prepared to receive and distribute those treatments.

McALESTER (AP) -- State and city leaders are preparing to hold what they say is the largest bioterrorism drill ever conducted. This spring, they will pretend that three Oklahoma cities are ...

or another virus is used in a bioterrorism plot against the country, said Richard McGarvey, spokesman for the state Department of Health. While an anthrax scare put the country on alert last year, an ...

Rural areas not immune from threat. HELENA -- Bioterrorism isn't just a big-city threat, a Montana public health official said Wednesday. "We don't want people to become complacent and think that it ...