Trump Establishes Biodefense Committee To Protect US From Bio-Terrorism, Deadly Diseases

Faizan Hashmi Published September 18, 2018 | 10:56 PM

US President Donald Trump's new National Biodefense Strategy creates a cabinet-level steering committee that will act to protect Americans against biological weapons and other potential bio-threats, the White House said in a press release on Monday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th September, 2018) US President Donald Trump's new National Biodefense Strategy creates a cabinet-level steering committee that will act to protect Americans against biological weapons and other potential bio-threats, the White House said in a press release on Monday.

"The biodefense National Security Presidential Memorandum Names the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, as the Federal lead for biodefense and establishes a Cabinet-level Biodefense Steering Committee," the release said.