In the News
Links appear for content that is available online indefinitely. March 25, 2008
WHO announces polio wiped from Somalia: still, officials worry virus could pop up again; 12 other countries remain. The Associated Press.
With regard to polio eradication in Somalia, Dr. D.A. Henderson commented “We can be optimistic, but I think we should also be very cautious.” March 10, 2008
Letter to the editor: increased regulation isn't the answer, by M. Sigmund Shapiro. Journal of Commerce.
With regard to government security and regulatory policy, the letter cites Dr. D.A. Henderson's perspective "that we can only protect ourselves so far, that certain vectors, for example, are impossible to interdict, much less control, so we have to live with the reality of the problem, and go on with our lives."
March 6, 2008
Five years later, smallpox preparedness improved, by Jeffrey Young. The Hill.
Dr. D.A. Henderson notes that the program to vaccinate healthcare workers failed because "The risk [of a smallpox attack] was a very unclear risk, there’s no question about it.” March 1, 2008
Longtime smallpox vaccine is destroyed, by Mike Stobbe. Associated Press.
Dr. D.A. Henderson is cited as a source on the history of Dryvax smallpox vaccine. February 19, 2008
Homeland Security: Inside and Out. Host: Randy Larsen. KAMU 90.9 FM.
Radio interview with Dr. D.A. Henderson about his experiences leading the WHO's smallpox erdication campaign: "Out total budget from the World Health Assembly was $2.4 million per year. And whatever we could scrounge in terms of getting donations from countries in any way, we did that, but none of them were very forthcoming." January 29, 2008
Homeland Security: Inside and Out. Host: Randy Larsen. KAMU 90.9 FM.
Radio interview with Dr. D.A. Henderson about the advice he would offer the presidential candidates, advocating strongly for a top level biological scientist to serve as the Head of OSTP: "I think we've had a number of physicists who had experience with nuclear weapons and all that the Cold War implied at that time. We're in a different world now, and we really have a whole different set of problems to look at." January 28, 2008
Fishing for a way to change the world; Bush thought his father lacked a grand doctrine. His greatest failures have come from trying to craft one, by Jacob Weisberg. Newsweek.
Newsweek printed an excerpt from a book entitled The Bush Tragedy, by Jacob Weisberg, in which an interview with Dr. D.A. Henderson is referenced. Dr. Henderson recalls advising the vice president, after the anthrax attacks of 2001, that vaccinating the public against smallpox was a bad idea. The 2001 Dark Winter exercise is also referenced in the article.
December 2, 2007
New anthrax vaccine doomed by lobbying, by David Willman. Los Angeles Times.
Dr. D.A. Henderson recalls a meeting convened the Sunday night following September 11, 2001, “There was intelligence information coming through and some chatter coming through, suggesting there was going to be a second event, that the second event could very likely be a biological event. And anthrax and smallpox were both raised as possibilities.”
October 14, 2007
Researchers with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, U.S. discuss study findings. NewsRx.com
Dr. D.A. Henderson is mentioned in this article.
August 16, 2007
Ohio planning to purchase stockpile of influenza drugs, by Regina McEnery. Plain Dealer (Cleveland).
Dr. D.A. Henderson comments about extending the shelf life of stockpiled antivirals past the date of expiration: ". . . if they are going to be extended, then the drugs have to be kept in conditions that must be carefully monitored—both for temperature and humidity. . . "
April 3, 2007
Flu studies point to isolation for prevention. National Public Radio, Morning Edition, reported by Richard Knox.
In a radio interview, Dr. D.A. Henderson is quoted: "I was in charge of surveillance at CDC for influenza in 1957. The speed with which that disease spread was just astounding." February 27, 2007
Polio eradication plan needs another $1B: WHO official. CBC News.
Dr. D.A. Henderson responds to WHO's classification of polio in Somalia and Ethopia as imported instead of endemic: "This is a deception." | 
