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Published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Diane Meyer, RN, MPH, Editor
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Public Health & Healthcare Preparedness
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Help Your Patients Make Safer Food Choices. Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. Salmonella and Campylobacter, two of the many types of bacteria that are commonly transmitted through food, can cause antibiotic-resistant infections.
(CDC, 9/26/18)
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PRESS RELEASE
US Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance. This unprecedented challenge, led by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charges pharmaceutical and health insurance companies, food animal producers and purchasers, medical professionals, government health officials, and other leaders from around the world to work together to address antibiotic resistance.
(CDC, 9/25/18)
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PRESS RELEASE
HHS Partners to Develop Faster Tests to Identify Bacterial Infections. A test that may reduce, from days to hours, the time needed to diagnose patients with bacterial infections and determine how well an antibiotic will work against specific infections will receive advanced development support from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
(HHS, 9/25/18)
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The Road Less Traveled: Genomic Epidemiology Capacity in State Public Health Programs. In 2017, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists published its latest Epidemiology Capacity Assessment of state health departments' workforce size and resources. The assessment inquired about the number of current and optimal epidemiologist positions; sources of epidemiology activity and funding; and states' self-perceived capacity to lead epidemiology activities, provide expertise, and manage resources for the four Essential Public Health Services most closely associated with the field of epidemiology.
(CDC, 9/24/18)
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Homeland Security & Disaster Preparedness
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HHS Selects Pilot Projects to Demonstrate Better Approach to Disaster Medical Care. In a disaster, thousands of Americans may require immediate medical specialty care, surpassing the care available in the community. The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today awarded two $3 million grants to demonstrate how a new Regional Disaster Health Response System could meet these needs, including trauma, burn or other specialty care, during a national emergency and save more lives.
(HHS, 9/27/18)
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HHS Sponsors New Formulation of World's First Approved Smallpox Drug. To expand US health security and prepare for the potential use of smallpox virus in bioterrorism attacks against the United States, the US Department of Health and Human Services will purchase additional doses of a smallpox antiviral medication called TPOXX for the Strategic National Stockpile and will work with Siga Technologies of New York City to develop an intravenous (IV) formulation of the drug.
(PHE, 9/25/18)
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HHS Enlists MediWound to Develop Treatment for Sulfur Mustard Injury. The US Department of Health and Human Services will work with MediWound Ltd.of Yavne, Israel to develop a new treatment for skin injuries caused by sulfur mustard, a potential terrorism threat. Currently, there are no treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for skin injuries caused by exposure to sulfur mustard.
(PHE, 9/24/18)
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Science & Technology Policy
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This Week's Hearings
There are no hearings scheduled for this week.
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