Featured Article: Application of the Ethical Triangle in the 2014 Ebola Epidemic…

● ehill ● December 6, 2017 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Application of the Ethical Triangle in the 2014 Ebola Epidemic: A Case Study by Katie Martinez and Marcos Martinez Since 1976 there have been 25 Ebola outbreaks reported worldwide. Eight of these outbreaks occurred in the West Africa region. Although recent drug research shows promising results, there are… Read More

DoD, WVU researchers combat opioid crises

● ehill ● August 30, 2017 ● IA News ● No Comments

Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and West Virginia University (WVU) have joined together to combat the growing opioid epidemic. West Virginia has been hard hit by the opioid crisis. The state’s indigent burial fund has run out of money six years in a row… Read More

Featured Article: Before the Next Outbreak

● ehill ● January 24, 2017 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Before the Next Outbreak: Prepare for Everything Together by Jeremy Hershfield, Conrad Wilmoski and Kelly Meister Pandemic diseases are one of the top security threats to the U.S. Naturally, the prospect of a highly contagious disease incapacitating and/or killing large numbers of U.S. citizens is a vitally important… Read More

Executive Order focuses on health security

● ehill ● November 9, 2016 ● IA News ● No Comments

On November 4, President Obama signed an Executive Order promoting global health security, particularly infectious disease threats. The Executive Order builds on the progress of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) that was launched in 2014, and establishes long-term policy objectives for global health. The Executive Order also establishes a… Read More

News You Can Use: 09/09/16

● ehill ● September 9, 2016 ● News You Can Use ● No Comments

National Security Dinner, Drinks, and a Near-Fatal Ambush for U.S. Diplomats, Foreign Policy 9/11 Commission leader: US at ‘stalemate’ in anti-terror fight 15 years later, The Hill Party lines split U.S. on terror threat 15 years after 9/11: poll, Reuters Obama Unlikely to Vow No First Use of Nuclear Weapons,… Read More

News You Can Use: 09/07/16

● ehill ● September 7, 2016 ● News You Can Use ● No Comments

National Security Future of Global Security Contingency Fund Unclear, Defense News DoD expects better security with weapons vulnerabilities assessment, C4ISR Net Remember the 3 Americans kidnapped in Iraq? Here’s the real story, McClatchy DC Centcom Commander Discusses Partners, Regional Operations, Challenges, DoD News 5 questions for the next commander in… Read More

News You Can Use: 09/05/16

● ehill ● September 5, 2016 ● News You Can Use ● No Comments

National Security A new mission for Homeland Security: managing risk, The Hill Coast Guardsmen recall flood rescues in Louisiana, Navy Times Coalition Contributions to Countering the Islamic State, Congressional Research Service Homeland Security Considers Declaring Election ‘Critical Infrastructure’, NewsMax Former senator: Inquiry over Saudi involvement in 9/11 is not over,… Read More

DoD, HHS, others respond to Zika threat

● ehill ● March 24, 2016 ● IA News ● No Comments

This week Navy Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), affirmed Southcom’s role in the “whole-of-hemisphere” approach to combating the Zika virus. Tidd spoke at a Council of the Americas forum on March 22, where he discussed the part Southcom and other U.S. agencies play in the… Read More

DoD to support HHS in Zika virus research

● ehill ● February 4, 2016 ● IA News ● No Comments

On January 27, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that they have been asked to support the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in their efforts related to the Zika virus. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said that the DoD experts have been asked to help gather other experts… Read More

President lays out 2015 National Security Strategy

● ehill ● February 9, 2015 ● IA News ● No Comments

Last Friday, the White House released President Obama’s new National Security Strategy, which builds on the progress of the last six years, and provides a vision and strategy for advancing the nation’s interests...

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