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BSL-3 Operations and Management Course

Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex 2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd N, Birmingham, AL, United States

A professional development course reviewing the important aspects of Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facility and laboratory operations will be offered on 15 November 2019 as part of the ABSA's  62nd Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Conference. The course will cover approval and training of BSL-3 workers; maintenance support; occupational health issues; managing waste; maintenance of the

Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019

Planet Earth

Antibiotic Awareness Week will be held 18-24 November 2019 with countries around the world designating this week for focused awareness campaigns. Antibiotics save lives and are critical tools for treating a number of common and more serious infections, like those that can lead to sepsis. However, at least 30% of the antibiotics in U.S. outpatient

EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference 2019

Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel 777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA, United States

The EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) will host the 2019 International Decontamination Research and Development Conference 19-21 November 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia. Decontamination is one of the critical challenges that the United States and EPA would face in recovering from a major chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) incident. The conference is designed to

ASTMH 2019 – American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD, United States

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene will host the 2019 ASTMH Annual Meeting on 20-24 November 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. This 5-day five-day educational conference that includes four pre-meeting courses draws approximately 4,800 tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, government, non-profits, philanthropy, NGOs, industry, military and private practice. The meeting

Senate Committee on Armed Services Hearing: Biological Threats to U.S. National Security

Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC, United States

The Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities will convene on November 20, 2019 for a session on Biological Threats to U.S. National Security. Witnesses will include: Thomas V. Inglesby, Director, Center For Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health Tara J. O’Toole, Senior Fellow and Executive Vice President,

All of Us: How Public Health Can Learn From and Inform the Precision Medicine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, United States

The Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Webinar on 21 Nov 2019 on the All of Us research program. The National Institute of Health (NIH)-led All of Us research program aims to enroll over one million people in the U.S. in a research cohort

Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks

Webinar

A webinar on the Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks will be held 21 Nov 2019 at 2:00pm Eastern. The discussion will examine challenges public health professionals and responders are facing during the Ebola response, as well as current legal provisions and concepts and how to apply them to future infectious disease emergency response planning. In addition,

International Workshop on Medical Defence in CBRN Incidents

The Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences has arranged an International Workshop on Medical Defence in CBRN from 25 to 29 November 2019, as a part of the two-year program of the ICMM Pan Asia Pacific Regional Working Group for international participants. This scientific program will be presented within 5 days in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.