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HHS, DoD release COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

Posted: September 18, 2020 by the Simons Center

On Wednesday, September 16, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) released two documents outlining the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy. The documents were developed by HHS in coordination with DoD and the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). The vaccine distribution plan is part of Operation Warp […]

Featured Article: Bioterrorism and Pandemic Response

Posted: April 6, 2020 by the Simons Center

In 2001, senior U.S. policymakers converged to participate in the still famous Dark Winter exercise. The exercise contemplated a covert, bioterrorist attack against the U.S… However, a decade and a half later, as the nation faced the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis, assessments of the U.S. government response led to a sobering conclusion: The U.S. still has not learned the lessons of Dark Winter…

Featured Article: Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology

Posted: May 22, 2019 by the Simons Center

Featured article: Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology by Sean R. Watterson Synthetic biology is a field of science that draws from methodologies found in engineering disciplines, such as computer engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and computer science, to construct new biological systems or modify existing ones. The field has the potential to enable the creation […]

Executive Order focuses on health security

Posted: November 9, 2016 by the Simons Center

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 GHSA Interagency Review Council tasked with carrying […]

Featured Article: Is the United States Ready…

Posted: September 27, 2016 by the Simons Center

Featured article: Is the United States Ready for a Deadly Airborne Disease Outbreak? by Conrad R. Wilmoski and Meghan C. Muller In March 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared an Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. This was the most significant Ebola outbreak in history, with more than 10,000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) […]

Agencies collaborate on Zika vaccine

Posted: June 14, 2016 by the Simons Center

Scientists at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are making progress on a Zika virus vaccine, and plan to start human testing later this year. Efforts to produce the vaccine and prepare for the spread of the virus have included components of the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the […]

House to host hearing on Zika response

Posted: February 22, 2016 by the Simons Center

On February 24 the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will host a hearing on the coordination of a multi-agency response to the Zika virus. The hearing will examine the coordinated federal response to the spread of the Zika virus both within the U.S. and internationally. It will also address confusion and misinformation […]

DoD to support HHS in Zika virus research

Posted: February 4, 2016 by the Simons Center

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 and stakeholders to aid in […]

Defense agency steps up Ebola efforts

Posted: December 10, 2014 by the Simons Center

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Deputy Director recently spoke about DTRA’s response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, where DTRA is one of several U.S. government and international agencies involved in the Ebola response…

USAID, White House release Ebola factsheets

Posted: October 20, 2014 by the Simons Center

Earlier this month, the White House and USAID released factsheets updating the public on the U.S. government response to the Ebola outbreak…

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HHS, DoD release COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

Featured Article: Bioterrorism and Pandemic Response

Featured Article: Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology

Executive Order focuses on health security

Featured Article: Is the United States Ready…

Agencies collaborate on Zika vaccine

House to host hearing on Zika response

DoD to support HHS in Zika virus research

Defense agency steps up Ebola efforts

USAID, White House release Ebola factsheets

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