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Pandemic

Contagion Sparks Discussion About Pandemic Preparedness

Although it is a work of fiction, the new film "Contagion" captures the essence of the immense damage that can be inflicted on the world by a truly global outbreak. ...More
September 14, 2011
Posted in Blog
Children's Hospitals Not Equipped to Handle Pandemics

A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges healthcare institutions and government agencies to immediately review emergency preparedness plans as flu season approaches. ...More
August 23, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
A Grid Approach to Pandemic Disease Control

An evaluation of the Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic could enhance the capabilities of epidemiologists and disease-control agencies when the next emergent disease appears, according to a study published in the International ...More
June 16, 2011
Posted in News
Widespread School Closures Needed to Stop Strain on Hospitals During Epidemics

Selective schools closures has been considered as a means of reducing transmission between children and hence reducing the number of cases at the peak of an epidemic but new research led by researchers at the University of Warwick shows that limited school closures are ...More
February 2, 2011
Posted in News
NIH Scientists Explore 1510 Influenza Pandemic and Lessons Learned

History's first recognized influenza pandemic originated in Asia and rapidly spread to other continents 500 years ago, in the summer of 1510. A new commentary by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of ...More
November 15, 2010
Posted in News
New Research Provides Detailed Reconstructions of Past Plagues

A multi-national team of academic, government and industry scientists from Europe, China and the United States published data reconstructing the global evolutional history of devastating plague pandemics in unprecedented detail. This includes the notorious Black Death ...More
November 1, 2010
Posted in News
FDA Issues Regulatory Science Report, Details Strides in Public Health Efforts That Can Be Made

The Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a report outlining the agency’s plans to advance regulatory science through its Regulatory Science Initiative. Regulatory science is the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches for assessing the safety, ...More
October 6, 2010
Posted in News
2009 H1N1 Pandemic: What Went Right and What Went Wrong?

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Gabriel Leung from the government of the Hong Kong SAR and Angus Nicoll from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control offer their reflections on the international response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, including what went ...More
October 6, 2010
Posted in News
Study Highlights Global Strategies to Halt Pandemic Diseases

A recent study led by Dr. Parviez Hosseini, a senior research fellow from EcoHealth Alliance, explains the importance of identifying global pandemic risk factors as early as possible, in order to predict the spread of diseases like H1N1 influenza and SARS. "Predictive Power ...More
October 6, 2010
Posted in News
Essential Workers May Not Show Up During a Serious Pandemic

Although first responders willingly put themselves in harm's way during disasters, new research indicates that they may not be as willing— if the disaster is a potentially lethal pandemic. In a recent study, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public ...More
October 1, 2010
Posted in News