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
The 9th DoD State-of-the-Science Meeting on Blast Injury Research will be held March 3-5, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting will address epidemiology and outcomes of blast-related burn injuries; prevention and acute management of blast-related burn injuries; prolonged field care and chronic care; and transforming research. This meeting is sponsored by the DoD Blast Injury Research
In this hands‐on, experimental workshop, pupils will use real laboratory techniques from Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre to track the outbreak of an infectious, parasitic disease. Suitable for: S1–3 Cost: Free of charge No of pupils: 24 per session max Timings: 10:30–13:00 or 11:00–13:30 (60 minute workshop, 60 minute exhibition & gallery visit) Dates: Tue 3–Thu 5
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 outbreak of the deadly coronavirus is the latest global health crisis to capture the headlines and the fears of the world. With daily updates from health officials, there is both a surfeit of information and plenty of misinformation about the disease, its spread, and its origin. Please join us at the Center for the
A cross-learning symposium on vaccine licensure based on technology platforms, the IABS-CEPI-ZAPI Technology Platforms Meeting, will take place 16-17 March 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The scientific committee for this workshop is co-Chaired by: Daniel Brasseur, former CHMP-PDCO-VWP chair at EMA; CEPI consultant Murray Lumpkin, former Deputy Director, FDA; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Highlighted topics
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
HOW WILL YOU AND YOUR TEAM USE AI TO SOLVE SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES The Global Health & AI Challenge, a partnership between the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Vector Institute will engage students in critical dialogue and problem-solving scenarios on some of the most complex global health challenges
