This meeting is part of the Biological Threats in the Age of the Bioeconomy – A Workshop Series. Existing biosafety and biosecurity policies and frameworks, which are focused on pathogens and toxins, may not address concerns associated with advances in research and development of bioeconomy-relevant biotechnologies and biomanufacturing. This meeting will discuss existing frameworks and

The Public Health Communications Collaborative will host a webinar entitled "Ask Us Anything: The State of Social Media for Public Health Communicators" on January 30, 2025. "2025 kicked off with a public health crisis in Los Angeles, the removal of fact-checking on Meta platforms, and a new administration. Public health professionals and communicators across the

The NASEM Committee on the Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations will hold a public webinar on February 6, 2025. The discussion will center on release of a new report describing the state of knowledge regarding: How CWD is transmitted among cervids The current distribution of disease

The World Health Organization will host a virtual meeting on 19 March to identify the knowledge gaps and priority research questions related to the development and evaluation of medical countermeasures to prepare for and respond to H5N1 outbreaks The meeting will outline regulatory pathways for mRNA vaccines and other novel approaches and review other therapeutics,

As part of Advancing Drug Discovery: A Webinar Series of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a session on Unique Capabilities of Cryo-EM in Structure Determination and its Potential in Drug Discovery will be held on March 25th, 2025. Cryo-EM has emerged as a powerful structural technique that is generally applicable to samples spanning

Please join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on March 26, 2025 for an event reflecting on the past 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention. The event will include: Discussion of accomplishments, lessons learned, and looking ahead from the first 50 years that inform the next 50 years. Effects of science and

The National Academies will host a event on Building Trust in the H5N1 Response: Perspectives from the Field via webcast on March 27, 2025. Avian influenza is a growing threat to both human and animal health. In March 2024, avian influenza (H5N1) was detected for the first time ever in dairy cattle. The ongoing H5N1