Biological Agents & Infectious Diseases
Domestic Preparedness
Global Health Security
Vaccinating Against Poverty (
Project Syndicate) A new study shows that developing countries could reduce poverty by targeting higher vaccination rates in poorer and more marginalized communities. Moreover, by making affordable, quality health care available to everyone, regardless of their income, immunization programs are an important step toward universal health-care coverage.
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US Investment in Global Health Security-A Good Return (
Contagion Live) Last summer, I wrote about why the GHSA matters for American clinicians and why health care workers and public health personnel need to know about this pivotal program. The vision of the GHSA "is to achieve a world secure from infectious disease threats, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberately released;" a lofty goal; however, despite the importance of global health security and the GHSA, its future is in jeopardy as funding is set to run by the end of 2019.
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Shortchanging Global Health Now Will Cost Us Later (
STAT News) The White House recently released a report outlining the progress and investments the US has made to make the world safer from the threat of epidemics. But the key to epidemic preparedness and response is the CDC, whose operations abroad will radically scale back due to looming funding cuts.
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Government Affairs & National Security
The Threat of Chemical and Biological Weapons
(Federal News Radio) This week on Fed Access, Andrew Weber, former assistant secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs under President Barack Obama, shared his concerns about a growing number of attacks around the world involving chemical and biological weapons.
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Medicine & Public Health
21st Century Threats
Taming the Mighty Mississippi (
Washington Post) A picaresque tour of infrastructure reveals a struggle for control all along America's great river, full of questions about what it once was, doubts about what it will become and who will pay for any of it. Scroll down to continue.
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