In 1980 smallpox was declared eradicated after a global vaccination campaign. Today, only two labs in the world retain variola virus, the cause of smallpox, one in the USA and
Join faculty members from the Schar School’s Biodefense master’s program in a discussion on the future of global health security considering lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Policy Exchange: The
Panelists Leonard Rubenstein (author of the recently released Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War) and Joanne Liu will discuss attacks on health workers, patients, and hospitals
Dr. Natalie Prystajecky explores how the various public health applications of sequencing has played a crucial role in outbreak response, surveillance, emerging variant detection, and more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Academies' Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health will host a community open house as an ancillary event to the American Society of Human Genetics 2021 Annual Meeting. Speakers
In this fourth meeting of the committee on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication, the committee will meet in closed session to discuss
Dr. Cheston Cunha takes a deep dive into how clinicians and scientists approach the treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 during the global pandemic. This free event is brought to you by
Many conversations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic were framed as a trade-off between individual liberties and the health of the public. Was this the right framing? What are the implications of
The 7th African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity - GET Africa 2021 - will be held 27-29 October 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. GET was established in 2014 as a
