NIH is obligated to make data and novel products being developed for civilian healthcare available for transfer to the Department of War to support military biodefence work.
(It also misspells NIAID at the very top, calling it the "National Institute for Allergic and Infectious Diseases")
(It also misspells NIAID at the very top, calling it the "National Institute for Allergic and Infectious Diseases")
September 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
NIH is obligated to make data and novel products being developed for civilian healthcare available for transfer to the Department of War to support military biodefence work.
(It also misspells NIAID at the very top, calling it the "National Institute for Allergic and Infectious Diseases")
(It also misspells NIAID at the very top, calling it the "National Institute for Allergic and Infectious Diseases")
The agency is pivoting. NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya outlined a new vision that moves away from pandemic preparedness, basic immunology, HIV/AIDS, and biodefence. Bhattacharya specifically referred to those subjects as Fauci's legacy.
May 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The agency is pivoting. NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya outlined a new vision that moves away from pandemic preparedness, basic immunology, HIV/AIDS, and biodefence. Bhattacharya specifically referred to those subjects as Fauci's legacy.
The UK government has committed GBP 580 million to building a state-of-the-art biodefence lab at Porton Down. Official announcements have been scant on detail, other than noting that the new lab will form part of ‘Project Andromeda’. @dankaszeta.bsky.social reports.
warsight.com/2026/10/02/p...
warsight.com/2026/10/02/p...
Project Andromeda: What is known about the UK's secretive GBP 580 million biodefence lab at Porton Down? - Warsight
The UK government has committed GBP 580 million to building a state-of-the-art biological defence lab and infrastructure modernisation at Porton Down.
warsight.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The UK government has committed GBP 580 million to building a state-of-the-art biodefence lab at Porton Down. Official announcements have been scant on detail, other than noting that the new lab will form part of ‘Project Andromeda’. @dankaszeta.bsky.social reports.
warsight.com/2026/10/02/p...
warsight.com/2026/10/02/p...
In case you were wondering if grant making is political or merit based.
arc.net/l/quote/faja...
*Note, CREID had nothing to do with "biodefence" - it was a network focused on emerging infectious diseases and the threats they pose.
arc.net/l/quote/faja...
*Note, CREID had nothing to do with "biodefence" - it was a network focused on emerging infectious diseases and the threats they pose.
September 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
In case you were wondering if grant making is political or merit based.
arc.net/l/quote/faja...
*Note, CREID had nothing to do with "biodefence" - it was a network focused on emerging infectious diseases and the threats they pose.
arc.net/l/quote/faja...
*Note, CREID had nothing to do with "biodefence" - it was a network focused on emerging infectious diseases and the threats they pose.
Why is NIH doing this?
A senior official told Nature: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business.
We’re trying to get research that’s more Department of War-related back to Department of War.”
A senior official told Nature: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business.
We’re trying to get research that’s more Department of War-related back to Department of War.”
September 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Why is NIH doing this?
A senior official told Nature: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business.
We’re trying to get research that’s more Department of War-related back to Department of War.”
A senior official told Nature: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business.
We’re trying to get research that’s more Department of War-related back to Department of War.”
If you are ever feeling inclined to believe that NIH Director Bhattacharya has any core scientific beliefs, remember this...
He criticized and eliminated pandemic preparedness and biodefence from the NIAID strategic plan (without any process).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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He criticized and eliminated pandemic preparedness and biodefence from the NIAID strategic plan (without any process).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/4
The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Nature Medicine
Preparing for tomorrow’s threats by enhancing our ability to help patients today.
www.nature.com
September 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
If you are ever feeling inclined to believe that NIH Director Bhattacharya has any core scientific beliefs, remember this...
He criticized and eliminated pandemic preparedness and biodefence from the NIAID strategic plan (without any process).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/4
He criticized and eliminated pandemic preparedness and biodefence from the NIAID strategic plan (without any process).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/4
Transferring vast sums of money to a so-called "department of war" to do infectious-disease related work doesn't exactly assuage anyone's fears about bioweapons now does it?
September 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Transferring vast sums of money to a so-called "department of war" to do infectious-disease related work doesn't exactly assuage anyone's fears about bioweapons now does it?
Heroin addicts who take a line of coke off a toilet seat don't believe in pandemics. 'About one-third of the NIAID’s US$6.6-billion budget currently funds projects involving emerging infectious diseases and biodefence.'
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Heroin addicts who take a line of coke off a toilet seat don't believe in pandemics. 'About one-third of the NIAID’s US$6.6-billion budget currently funds projects involving emerging infectious diseases and biodefence.'
Reading around the biological weapons convention - a useful overview
#Biosecurity #Biodefence
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/10/2...
#Biosecurity #Biodefence
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/10/2...
Science Diplomacy to Reinforce the Biological Weapons Convention: A Strategic Agenda for Global Biosecurity
Jasmina Saric, Cedric Invernizzi, Filippa Lentzos, Mary Onsarigo and Luk Van Langenhove call for a coordinated science diplomacy strategy to bridge science and security, strengthen the BWC and advance...
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Reading around the biological weapons convention - a useful overview
#Biosecurity #Biodefence
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/10/2...
#Biosecurity #Biodefence
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/10/2...
'About one-third of the NIAID’s US$6.6-billion budget currently funds projects involving emerging infectious diseases and biodefence.'
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
'About one-third of the NIAID’s US$6.6-billion budget currently funds projects involving emerging infectious diseases and biodefence.'
Released today in Canada 🍁👏🏼
Includes investment in biodefence
& emergency health countermeasures for threats like pandemics - things the NIH under Bhattycharya are reportedly scrapping
shorturl.at/LPcRD
Includes investment in biodefence
& emergency health countermeasures for threats like pandemics - things the NIH under Bhattycharya are reportedly scrapping
shorturl.at/LPcRD
Canada defense plan aims to reduce ‘dependency’ on US
Prime Minister Mark Carney is promoting the "Buy Canadian" defense industrial strategy amid Trump’s economic threats.
shorturl.at
February 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Released today in Canada 🍁👏🏼
Includes investment in biodefence
& emergency health countermeasures for threats like pandemics - things the NIH under Bhattycharya are reportedly scrapping
shorturl.at/LPcRD
Includes investment in biodefence
& emergency health countermeasures for threats like pandemics - things the NIH under Bhattycharya are reportedly scrapping
shorturl.at/LPcRD
Implementation remains unclear but this story tells you who is in charge and what they plan to do.
"Matthew Memoli has ordered more changes, including the review of the portfolio of grants funding biodefence and pandemic preparedness."
more changes -> cancellation of projects.
"Matthew Memoli has ordered more changes, including the review of the portfolio of grants funding biodefence and pandemic preparedness."
more changes -> cancellation of projects.
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Implementation remains unclear but this story tells you who is in charge and what they plan to do.
"Matthew Memoli has ordered more changes, including the review of the portfolio of grants funding biodefence and pandemic preparedness."
more changes -> cancellation of projects.
"Matthew Memoli has ordered more changes, including the review of the portfolio of grants funding biodefence and pandemic preparedness."
more changes -> cancellation of projects.
Senior NIH official: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business”
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
The agreement was signed out of the public view a month ago by Pentagon official Robert Kadlec and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, echoing my reporting.
It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.
It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
www.nature.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Senior NIH official: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business”
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
(3) when the rest of the world finds out he paid for tony fauchi's biodefence program in wuhan..
November 30, 2024 at 9:21 PM
(3) when the rest of the world finds out he paid for tony fauchi's biodefence program in wuhan..
The NIH will redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars to military biodefence programmes.
Funding will move out of the NIAID, the premier US infectious-disease research institute, to support defence initiatives.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Funding will move out of the NIAID, the premier US infectious-disease research institute, to support defence initiatives.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
www.nature.com
September 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM
The NIH will redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars to military biodefence programmes.
Funding will move out of the NIAID, the premier US infectious-disease research institute, to support defence initiatives.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Funding will move out of the NIAID, the premier US infectious-disease research institute, to support defence initiatives.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Never forget. Nobody funded fauchi biodefence more, and ran faster from the whole warp speed deal..
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December 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Never forget. Nobody funded fauchi biodefence more, and ran faster from the whole warp speed deal..
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Southeast Asia is home to rapidly expanding #biotech sectors, growing investments in #biodefence + high rates of emerging infectious diseases. These dynamics heightened risks of misperceptions and make the #transparency offered by #1972BWC CBMs especially valuable.
September 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Southeast Asia is home to rapidly expanding #biotech sectors, growing investments in #biodefence + high rates of emerging infectious diseases. These dynamics heightened risks of misperceptions and make the #transparency offered by #1972BWC CBMs especially valuable.
I was filling a biodefence survey once, where they asked what is IMO the greatest bio threat to the UK. My reply was "Palantir"
I stand by it.
I stand by it.
NEW Nerve investigation reveals extent of Palantir's enmeshment in UK state operations
Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
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Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
🔗⏬
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
I was filling a biodefence survey once, where they asked what is IMO the greatest bio threat to the UK. My reply was "Palantir"
I stand by it.
I stand by it.
Why are we pretending this is even for Biodefence? It's the War Department now (JB even says that in his tweet). Warriors need weapons. They want our help to make Bioweapons.
September 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Why are we pretending this is even for Biodefence? It's the War Department now (JB even says that in his tweet). Warriors need weapons. They want our help to make Bioweapons.
#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #DualUse #1972BWC
Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
ABSTRACT
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are ...
Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
ABSTRACT
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are ...
Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are prohibited under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), but the general purpose criterion expressed in the BTWC allows for protective or biodefen...
www.tandfonline.com
February 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #DualUse #1972BWC
Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
ABSTRACT
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are ...
Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
ABSTRACT
Biological and toxin weapons (BTW) are ...
#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
openai.com/index/biodef...
[...]
OpenAI is launching this biodefense action plan to help build a more resilient biological future: one in which societies can detect threats sooner, develop ...
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
openai.com/index/biodef...
[...]
OpenAI is launching this biodefense action plan to help build a more resilient biological future: one in which societies can detect threats sooner, develop ...
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience
openai.com
June 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
#BiologicalWeapons #Biodefence #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
openai.com/index/biodef...
[...]
OpenAI is launching this biodefense action plan to help build a more resilient biological future: one in which societies can detect threats sooner, develop ...
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
openai.com/index/biodef...
[...]
OpenAI is launching this biodefense action plan to help build a more resilient biological future: one in which societies can detect threats sooner, develop ...
🛡️ Spain boosts its biotech armor! Biodefence market is heating up amid global health threats 🇪🇸🧪
#Biodefence #HealthSecurity #SpainInnovation #BiotechBoom #PublicHealth
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/spai...
#Biodefence #HealthSecurity #SpainInnovation #BiotechBoom #PublicHealth
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/spai...
Spain Biodefence Market Size, Growth Report 2035
Spain Biodefence Market is expected to grow from 419.25(USD Million) in 2024 to 875 (USD Million) by 2035. The Spain Biodefence Market CAGR (growth rate) is expected to be around 6.917% during the for...
www.marketresearchfuture.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🛡️ Spain boosts its biotech armor! Biodefence market is heating up amid global health threats 🇪🇸🧪
#Biodefence #HealthSecurity #SpainInnovation #BiotechBoom #PublicHealth
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/spai...
#Biodefence #HealthSecurity #SpainInnovation #BiotechBoom #PublicHealth
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/spai...
IIRC, this same "Biodefence" collaboration set off Ebright et al.'s @biosafetynow.bsky.social on their crusade 25 years ago. research-office.njms.rutgers.edu/research-cen...
Northeast Biodefense Center | NJMS Research
research-office.njms.rutgers.edu
September 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
IIRC, this same "Biodefence" collaboration set off Ebright et al.'s @biosafetynow.bsky.social on their crusade 25 years ago. research-office.njms.rutgers.edu/research-cen...
💡 Beyond tanks and missiles: Bioinnovation offers opportunities for defence
From biodefence to food and health security, glycomics is enabling new solutions that strengthen #NationalSecurity while driving economic growth:
canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
From biodefence to food and health security, glycomics is enabling new solutions that strengthen #NationalSecurity while driving economic growth:
canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
💡 Beyond tanks and missiles: Bioinnovation offers opportunities for defence
From biodefence to food and health security, glycomics is enabling new solutions that strengthen #NationalSecurity while driving economic growth:
canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
From biodefence to food and health security, glycomics is enabling new solutions that strengthen #NationalSecurity while driving economic growth:
canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
Thank you.
No paywall: archive.ph/xJaeZ
"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the DOD, aka the Dept of War, by the end of September."
No paywall: archive.ph/xJaeZ
"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the DOD, aka the Dept of War, by the end of September."
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
www.nature.com
September 7, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Thank you.
No paywall: archive.ph/xJaeZ
"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the DOD, aka the Dept of War, by the end of September."
No paywall: archive.ph/xJaeZ
"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the DOD, aka the Dept of War, by the end of September."