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Fort Detrick holds anti-terrorism awareness month
It promotes iWatch, an Army program to encourage people to identify and report suspicious behavior that may be related to terrorist activities.
Completion of Army bio lab in Md. delayed to 2017
The Army Corps of Engineers says completion of the Army's new flagship biodefense laboratory building at Fort Detrick in Frederick has been pushed back two years to 2017.
Md. developer sues Army, alleging water pollution
Chemicals dumped decades ago in trenches at Fort Detrick have contaminated the groundwater on private property next to the Army post and ruined the parcel's development potential, a developer claims in a civil lawsuit seeking $37 million in damages from the U.S. government.
Fort Detrick: Building site groundwater polluted
The Army says it has found unsafe levels of groundwater pollution on private property near Fort Detrick where a developer wants to build more than 700 homes.
Pentagon honors Fort Detrick vaccine researcher
The Pentagon is honoring a scientist at Fort Detrick in Frederick with its top award for career civilian employees.
Teacher training event falls victim to shutdown
FREDERICK — The federal budget battle is keeping some Frederick County public school teachers from meeting with Army researchers for professional development. The Frederick News-Post reports that a science, technology, […]
Study: Ebola treatment shows promise
FREDERICK — A new study authored by Army scientists at Fort Detrick reports that a treatment grown in tobacco plants cured three of seven monkeys that developed symptoms from the […]
Fire breaks out at Md. Army lab under construction
FREDERICK — Fort Detrick officials say two construction workers were injured when a fire broke out at an Army lab under construction. The two-alarm blaze broke out Wednesday afternoon at […]
SAIC awarded contract for Fort Detrick work
SAIC Inc., of McLean, Va., a government services contractor, announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity to provide information technology services in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command.
Developer seeks $37M for Fort Detrick pollution
FREDERICK — A Frederick developer is seeking $37 million for what it claims is the Army’s failure to stop toxic chemicals from Fort Detrick from polluting groundwater off post. The […]
Ft. Detrick biolab reports flaws in safety suits
FREDERICK — An Army laboratory says a maker of biological safety suits is redesigning the outfits after workers at Fort Detrick reported an increase in potential exposures to some of […]
Ft. Detrick scientist’s sons sue government
WASHINGTON — The sons of a Cold War scientist who plunged to his death in 1953 several days after unwittingly taking LSD in a CIA mind-control experiment are suing the […]
