H1N1: Most in U.S. think swine flu is over • Officials caution it’s still out there. Other News: House approves cybersecurity bill • More tainted milk in China • Bad malaria pills in Africa • Nuclear forensics • New methods to lower E. coli in beef. Read BNIB.
What's New Assessing the Legal Standard of Care in Public Health Emergencies: James G. Hodge Jr, JD, LLM (Arizona State University) Brooke Courtney, JD, MPH (Center for Biosecurity) discuss legal issues associated with establishing crisis standards of care during a disaster (JAMA Commentary). Read summary | Full text—subscription required. (Posted January 27, 2010)
U.S. Government Judgments on the Threat of Biological Weapons: Official Assessments, 2004-2009. While there have been many official, public U.S. government reports presenting assessments of the threat of bioterrorism and/or biological weapons, their collected findings have not been organized in such a way as to make evident common, persistent, and/or important judgments or trends. To that end, we have compiled in one document key judgments from a series of major U.S. government assessments that were conducted in the past 5 years. Read the report (PDF). (posted January 20, 2010)
Resilient American Communities: Progress In Practice and Policy. The purpose of this invitational conference was to apply state-of-the-art knowledge of resilience to the design of federal policies that will strengthen local communities and their environments to withstand disasters, epidemics, and terrorism. The meeting was convened on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the Natural Hazards Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Visit the conference website to find the full agenda, a 2-page brief, a full conference summary, speaker bios, and videos of the day’s presentations and panel discussions. (posted January 19, 2010)
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC Resigns from Alliance for Biosecurity. In late November 2009, the Center for Biosecurity submitted its letter of resignation from the Alliance for Biosecurity. Read the full text of the letter. (posted January 14, 2010) 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Issue Brief: International Progress in Vaccine Development and Distribution. HTML | PDF (Posted December 17, 2009) Research Brief: Preliminary Findings: Study of the Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic on Latino Migrant Farm Workers in the U.S. HTML | PDF (posted November 23, 2009) Peer Reviewed Article: Public Health and Medical Responses to the 1957-58 Influenza Pandemic. While it cannot be predicted with absolute certainty how the H1N1 pandemic might play out in the U.S. this fall, lessons from the 1957-58 influenza pandemic provide useful and practical insights for current planning and response efforts. Read the full article. (posted August 5, 2009)
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