Health Department Steps Up Efforts To Protect From Bioterrorism

The State Health Department is taking steps to better protect Missourians from bioterrorism. Health Director Marlene Dempsey says her agency set up a bioterrorism and emergency response unit more than two years ago. She says the job now is to develop a faster response plan. Dempsey says her department also is increasing its surveillance systems – to spot, diagnose, and treat illnesses that might be linked to bioterrorism.