The deputy director of Texas A&M's Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program will give the first in a series of weekly Facebook Live COVID-19 updates on Monday, March 30.
About 80% of pharmaceuticals sold in the U.S. are produced in China. The global dependence on China for the production of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment poses a potential crisis.
The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs conference on infectious disease outbreaks will result in policy recommendations for addressing pandemics.
A white paper presented in Washington, D.C. today at the 3rd Annual Pandemic & Biosecurity Forum outlines strategies to improve pandemic and biosecurity preparedness and response in the face of infectious diseases.
The Tuesday, May 14 event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. will include keynote remarks from U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and ADM Brett Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS, and feature remarks from international pandemic researchers and the release of a Scowcroft Institute white paper with policy recommendations for addressing the next pandemic.
A poster from a world summit in Hong Kong on preparing for worldwide pandemics in June 2010. Despite efforts to develop plans, none is yet in place. (Vincent Yu/AP Photo) By Christine Crudo Blackburn, Andrew Natsios and Gerald W. Parker, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government &…