Critical training might otherwise be out of reach for local jurisdictions due to budgets or skill gaps. Keep Reading
A new Global Health Security Index, the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries, suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or pandemic. Keep Reading
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In the U.S. alone, the Centers for Disease Control says there are some 30,000 cases a year, but the CDC concedes the number is likely significantly higher than that. Keep Reading
Dame Sally Davies said the UK must adopt a similar approach to global health as does with its counter-terrorism (CONTEST) strategy. Keep Reading
The tears came last summer as the Christian physician visited with Dottie Schulz, a missionary care volunteer with Texas-based Mission Resource Network. Keep Reading
The biodefense enterprise is the whole combination of systems at every level of government and the private sector that contribute to protecting the nation. Keep Reading
When last epidemic was over, world leaders took a solemn vow: never again. Health officials studied the failures of their sluggish and haphazard response. Keep Reading
Congress passed the first Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act in 2006, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, to drive better federal disaster health support. Keep Reading
Biodefense expert wrongly accused in anthrax letters calls "alarming" the emergence of micro-outbreak strains. Keep Reading
