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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Director Tom Inglesby and J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president and director for the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, authored a report on the …

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky reflected on the agency’s successes and failures during the COVID-19 pandemic. She talked about the need to simpli…

During the White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that Omicron cases are declining and that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the downward …

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held its first hearing with public health experts, including former FDA Commissioners Dr. Scott Gottlieb (Trump administration, 2017-19) and…

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) announced he added former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb to his state’s coronavirus task force. While the story had already be…

The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing with health experts on the coronavirus outbreak and the government’s response to it. Johns Hopkins' Dr. Tom Inglesby, Illinois Public Hea…

Johns Hopkins University experts in public health, infectious disease and emergency preparedness held a briefing on Capitol Hill regarding the coronavirus outbreak. The medical experts, incl…

Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security, talked about the federal response to the coronavirus.

Medical professionals and biosecurity experts testified at a hearing on preparedness and response capabilities for public health threats. The witnesses discussed the current U.S. influenza o…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joined other health experts and scientist in a forum on pandemic preparedness and response. They tal…

Panelists talked about the role of public health in biological and chemical threat preparedness, response, and recovery. They stressed the importance of working with the private sector, whic…

Former House Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Mike Rogers (R-MI) talked about biological and chemical threat preparedness, response, and recovery. He spoke about how to get Congress to…

Dr. Tom Inglesby talked about federal programs that could help fund state and local responses to medical emergencies. This program was part of C-SPAN’s “Your Money” series. Each Monday mo…

Drs. Tom Frieden and Kejii Fukada were among the panelists who updated members of Congress on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. They also discussed actions international organizations could…

Witnesses testified on the use of dual-use research, which can be used for scientific and medical purposes but can also be quite dangerous if mishandled or used for the purposes of bioterror…

Witnesses testified about bioterror threats and government policy and operations in responding to the threats. A recent report by the WMD Terrorism Research Center had given the U.S. mostly …

A panel moderated by Bernadine Healy talked about disaster preparations and planning, coordination amongst federal, state and local agencies, challenges facing the medical and health infrast…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and others about the public health system’s readiness and ability to respond…

Participants talked about the threat of biological and chemical terrorism and the medical and public health responses to a terrorist attack in the U.S. Noting that the first response to any …