The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. A number of countries, including the U.S., are actively screening incoming travelers from Wuhan. Starting January 21, 2020, CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) response team will host a series of national
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a one day workshop on Feb 26, 2020 to bring together stakeholders to discuss potential ethical issues that may arise from new and emerging trends in biomedical research (including behavioral and social research) and society. The workshop will identify a range
With COVID-19 now spreading via community transmission in the U.S. and the World Health Organization raising its risk assessment to “very high,” the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will host a 30-minute webcast featuring some of the best minds addressing this global health concern. You’ll hear from Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo and Dr. Tara Kirk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. A number of countries, including the U.S., are actively screening incoming travelers from Wuhan. Starting January 21, 2020, CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) response team will host a series of national
Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) members are invited to a special webcast event "Covering COVID-19: What Do You Need to Know?" on 10 March 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak story is evolving quickly and there are many unknowns about the epidemic, including how contagious the virus is, its mortality rate and whether there is undetected
The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will convene a meeting entitled ‘Next Evolution: Overhauling Key Elements of Biodefense' on March 18, 2020 in Washington D.C. and made available by webcast. This meeting aims to inform the assessment of biodefense programs with structural challenges that impede the government’s ability to safeguard the Nation. Topics to be discussed
The Role of Digital Health Technologies in Drug Development: A Workshop will be webcast on March 24, 2020. As digital health technologies (e.g. smartphone apps, wearables, and mobile-device-based tools) – hardware and software – become increasingly available to consumers, providers, and researchers, there are new opportunities to address critical barriers or “pain points,” better connect
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is hosting a virtual summit to help companies working on COVID-19 treatments, diagnostics and vaccines to come together to discuss challenges and opportunities with government officials and other stakeholders. The two-day summit will take place on Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 25, and will be led by BIO President
Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, The Science of Social Distancing webinar series will explore the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact.
