Items of Interest
- "Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellows Announced" Press Release, May 14, 2012.
- "Biological Security: The Risk of Dual-Use Research." Thomas Inglesby testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 26, 2012.
- "Return of Epidemic Dengue in the United States: Implications for the Public Health Practitioner." Bouri N, Sell TK, Franco C, et al. Public Health Reports. 2012;127(3):259-266.
- "The Integration of Mental and Behavioral Health Into Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery." Pfefferbaum B, Flynn BW, Schonfeld D, Brown LM, Jacobs GA, Dodgen D, Donato D, Kaul RE, Stone B, Norwood AE, et al. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:60-66.
- Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Special Feature: A Decade in Biosecurity. Various authors. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2012;10(1):5-88. This series of 7 review articles by leaders in the field was commissioned by the Sloan Foundation to document achievements of the past decade and help chart the direction of future efforts.
- "A History of Eradication--Successes, Failures, and Controversies." Henderson DA. Lancet. 2012;379(9819):884-885.
- "After Fukushima: Managing the Consequences of a Radiological Release." Fitzgerald J, Wollner S, Adalja AA, et al., Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. March 2012.
- "Lessons Learned During Dengue Outbreaks in the United States, 2001–11." Adalja AA, Sell TK, Bouri N, and Franco C. Emerging Infectious Diseases [serial on the Internet]. April 2012;18(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110968.
- "Sunday Dialogue: Bird Flu Experiments." Inglesby TV. Sunday Dialogue: Bird Flu Experiments. New York Times. January 29, 2012. Letters.
- "Engineered H5N1: A Rare Time for Restraint in Science." Inglesby TV. Annals of Internal Medicine. March 20, 2012;156(6):460-462. First published January 26, 2012 on annals.org.
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Materials posted in the past 90 days—publications, conference reports, conference videos, and interactive features.
Publications and Reports
- "Return of Epidemic Dengue in the United States: Implications for the Public Health Practitioner." Bouri N, Sell TK, Franco C, et al. Public Health Reports. 2012;127(3):259-266.
- "The Integration of Mental and Behavioral Health Into Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery." Pfefferbaum B, Flynn BW, Schonfeld D, Brown LM, Jacobs GA, Dodgen D, Donato D, Kaul RE, Stone B, Norwood AE, et al. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:60-66.
- "U.S. Medical Countermeasure Development Since 2001: A Long Way Yet to Go." Russell PK and Gronvall GK. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2012;10(1):66-76.
- "The People's Role in U.S. National Health Security: Past, Present, and Future." Schoch-Spana M. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2012;10(1):77-88.
- Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Special Feature: A Decade in Biosecurity. Various authors. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2012;10(1):5-88. This series of 7 review articles by leaders in the field was commissioned by the Sloan Foundation to document achievements of the past decade and help chart the direction of future efforts.
- "A History of Eradication--Successes, Failures, and Controversies." Henderson DA. Lancet. 2012;379(9819):884-885.
- "After Fukushima: Managing the Consequences of a Radiological Release." Fitzgerald J, Wollner S, Adalja AA, et al., Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. March 2012.
- "Lessons Learned During Dengue Outbreaks in the United States, 2001–11." Adalja AA, Sell TK, Bouri N, and Franco C. Emerging Infectious Diseases [serial on the Internet]. April 2012;18(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110968.
- "Sunday Dialogue: Bird Flu Experiments." Inglesby TV. Sunday Dialogue: Bird Flu Experiments. New York Times. January 29, 2012. Letters.
- "Engineered H5N1: A Rare Time for Restraint in Science." Inglesby TV. Annals of Internal Medicine. March 20, 2012;156(6):460-462. First published January 26, 2012 on annals.org.
- "Preventing Pandemics: The Fight Over Flu." Fouchier R, Osterhaus AB, Steinbruner J, Yuen KY, Henderson DA, et al. Nature. 15 January 2012;481(7381):257-259.
- "Life Sciences at a Crossroads: Respiratory Transmissible H5N1." Osterholm MT and Henderson DA. Science. Published ahead of print January 19, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1218612.
- "The Eradication of Smallpox – An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future." Henderson DA. Nature. 19 Dec 2011;29S (2011):D7–D9.
- "Editorial: The Risk of Engineering a Highly Transmissible H5N1 Virus." Inglesby TV, Cicero A, and Henderson DA. www.upmc-biosecurity.org. December 15, 2011.
- "Use of Potassium Iodide (KI) in a Nuclear Emergency." Adalja AA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(4):405-407.
Events
- U.S. Preparedness for a Nuclear Detonation. Second in a series of Congressional seminars, this was held on October 17, 2011.
- Charting the Future of Biosecurity Ten Years after the Anthrax Attacks A special symposium held in Washington, DC, October 4, 2011, that focused on the future of U.S. biosecurity policy.
- Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe. Conference held May 19, 2011, Washington, DC.
Interactive Feature
Everywhere You Look: Select Agent Pathogens Interactive Map. By Kunal J. Rambhia, Abigail S. Ribner, and Gigi Kwik Gronvall, March 2011.
As part of its Select Agent Program, the USG regulates 80+ pathogens. Nearly all of these pathogens are found in nature and cause disease outbreaks with some regularity. Use this interactive map to find out where those outbreaks have occurred. Go to map.