Australia Will Have Its Own Centre for Disease Control, Labor Party Vows
A Labor government would set up an Australian Centre for Disease Control to strengthen the country’s preparedness for future pandemics ...
Tag: Strategic National Stockpile
The Challenge of Vaccine Cold Chain Logistics: How a Chemical ‘Casing’ Could Save Lives
Amid unpredictable outbreaks, and fears of a second wave, the hunt is on for a vaccine against COVID-19. The reason ...
The Next Once-a-century Pandemic is Coming Sooner Than You Think – But COVID-19 Can Help Us Get Ready
COVID-19 is being referred to as a “once in a century event” – but the next pandemic is likely to ...
SAFE Act Introduced to Improve Strategic National Stockpile
Today Congresswomen Susan W. Brooks (R-IN05) and Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA08) introduced H.R. 6517, the Stockpiling for America’s Future Endeavors ...
Senators Press White House for Answers on Mismanagement of the Strategic National Stockpile
“It should not take public pleas from governors or letters from congressional delegations for states to obtain the supplies they ...
In Pictures: DoD Airlifts Swabs for COVID-19 Testing from Italy to Memphis
Approximately 500,000 testing swabs and supplies were flown by Air Mobility Command on March 19-20 from Aviano Air Base, Italy, ...
Joint Call to Action on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: 7 Recommendations for Readiness
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, World Economic Forum and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have issued 7 recommendations ...
51 FDA Approved Medical Countermeasures Backed by BARDA
Many health security threats involve bacteria or chemicals for which clinical trials cannot be performed in humans. To overcome this ...
USAMRIID Study Leads to Approval of New Smallpox Vaccine
A new vaccine approved in the U.S. on Sept. 24 prevents both smallpox and the related disease monkeypox in adults. ...
Why Do We Need a New Smallpox Vaccine?
The FDA approved the Jynneos Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine last week. The live, non-replicating vaccine is made from a vaccinia ...
FDA Approves Jynneos to Prevent Smallpox and Monkeypox
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Jynneos Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Non-Replicating, for the ...
20 Years of the Strategic National Stockpile: Response History Timeline
The the nation’s largest reserve of medicines and supplies for use in a public health emergency – the Strategic National ...
Silverlon Wound Dressings Cleared by FDA for Injuries Caused by Mustard Gas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance Silverlon, a product to manage certain blister injuries caused by sulfur mustard, ...
In Fight Against Superbugs, BARDA Looks to Shore Up National Stockpile Countermeasures
A crisis has arisen from the simultaneous decrease in the number of pharmaceutical companies developing antibiotics and the dramatic increase ...
US Invests Additional 44 Million in Smallpox Vaccine Manufacturing
Bavarian Nordic A/S announced on Jan. 18 that the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised another ...
SIGA, USAMRIID Enter Agreement to Evaluate Post-Exposure Prophylactic for Smallpox
SIGA Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United ...
CDC to Award Contract to Emergent for 9 Million Doses of Smallpox Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Emergent ...
FBI Seeks Tamiflu Supplier for Pandemic Flu Preparedness Program
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking suppliers for anti-viral therapeutic Tamiflu to support is Pandemic Flu Preparedness Program ...
Health and Human Services Biodefense Budget Oversight
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held an oversight hearing focused on the FY2019 ...
Project BioShield: HHS Purchases Anthrax Countermeasure from Elusys Therapeutics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will ...
