The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group will host a webcast entitled "A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics of Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire" on October 28, 2021. In 1804, the Spanish Crown introduced the smallpox vaccine to its empire, along with orders that vaccination be voluntary and that parents had a
Dr. Peter Hotez weighs in on identifying innovative strategies to tackling vaccine hesitancy and the anti-science movement. This free event is brought to you by the 2021 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS), one of a 4-part CVS Online: SARS-CoV-2 Webinar Series featuring leading experts in the field discussing the most pressing topics around COVID-19. ABOUT THE SPEAKER
The Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference taking place virtually from 1 - 3 November 2021. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach used to attain optimal health outcomes for people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. Practically, One Health involves the collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health sectors as well as other relevant stakeholders,
The Arab-American Frontiers program brings together outstanding young scientists, engineers, and medical professionals from the United States and the 22 countries of the Arab League for a series of symposia to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields. Due to ongoing concerns surrounding the new COVID-19 variant, the Eighth Symposium will now take place online, November
This BARDA Industry Day 2021 Virtual Event will be held 3-4 November 2021. This annual gathering of more than 1300 stakeholders from the public and private sector provides an opportunity to increase understanding of the U.S. government medical countermeasure priorities and funding goals; interact with BARDA and ASPR staff; and showcase innovations. Innovators may apply
The 2021 Annual Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will take place in virtual format from November 4-5, 2021. The 2021 Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will facilitate networking and collaboration among synthetic biology investigators. Attendees can use this meeting to collaborate with each other on current topics in synthetic biology and engage with NIH program directors. Highlighted
The Center for Global Development will host an online event on Allocating Scarce COVID-19 Vaccines Based on Epidemiological and Operational Considerations on 5 Nov 2021. Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutes have been using epidemiological modelling to predict the spread of the novel coronavirus as well as estimate the impact of
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and exacerbated challenges in caring for people of all ages with serious illness. The response to many of these challenges involved rapid innovation and as such provides valuable lessons learned that will likely significantly alter the field of serious illness care in the post-pandemic era. The Roundtable on Quality Care
The APCCMI 2021 Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection will take place 11-13 November 2021 in Singapore and through virtual offerings. APCCMI is the biennial conference for the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (APSCMI). Highlighted topics include: MERS CoV, avian influenza and other respiratory viruses Transplant infectious diseases Advances in
