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Center for Biosecurity Meets with Chinese Leaders in Public Health and Science
“China, like the U.S., has had to cope with a range of disease outbreaks in recent years and continues to prepare for future emerging and reemerging infectious disease threats. Over the past few years, the Center for Biosecurity has benefited greatly from policy discussions with government officials and nongovernment leaders in other countries, including Canada, Read More »
- February 10, 2012
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Executive Summary: Diagnostics for Global Biosurveillance
“The discovery of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the emergence of other diseases such as SARS have highlighted the important role that diagnostic tools can play in improving the surveillance of infectious disease threats at the population level. Experiences with these events have shown that recognition of outbreaks, management of epidemics, and development of Read More »
- February 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Other, Report, and 2001-2025
Information Sharing and Collaboration: Applications to Integrated Biosurveillance: Workshop Summary
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national security health threats in human and animal populations, food, water, agriculture, and the environment. However, gaps and challenges in biosurveillance efforts and integration of biosurveillance activities remain. September 8-9, 2011, Read More »
- February 8, 2012
- | Filed under North America and Report
An Introduction to Biorisk Management and Dual Use in the Life Sciences
This volume is one of the most relevant results of a cooperative effort among Quaid-i-Azam University, Landau Network Centro Volta, and Sandia National Laboratories and is aimed to provide the Pakistani life-sciences academic community with better instruments for education on managing biorisk and dual-use issues. The joint project which produced this volume also assessed the Read More »
- February 6, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, South Asia, Featured, Report, and 2001-2025
Contagion: Public Health’s “Top Gun”
“Contagion, the just released film by director Steven Soderbergh, traces a flu-like virus as it jumps from animals to humans, creating a deadly pandemic. Contagion is unique in that it has earned acclaim from both movie critics and members of the scientific community, a group that often criticizes Hollywood for producing unrealistic movies about lethal Read More »
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