Since the 2001 anthrax attacks , and the consequent expansion of federal bio-defense expenditures , USAMRIID has been joined at Fort Detrick by sister bio-defense agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( NIAID 's Integrated Research Facility ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center and the National Bioforensic Analysis Center ) . These — along with the much older Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture — now constitute the National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research ( NICBR )
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
United States biological defense program