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10 Years Later: The Lasting Impacts of the H1N1 Flu Pandemic Response

This highly magnified transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicted numbers of virions from a novel influenza H1N1 isolate.

As coincidence would have it, Dr. Stephen Redd was wrapping up an influenza (flu) pandemic planning meeting on April 15, 2009, when someone on the phone reported that a new (or novel) influenza A virus had infected a 10-year-old boy in California. Things moved fast after that. The Response Two days after CDC confirmed the Read More >

April 15, 2019 by Blog Administrator16 Comments

Flu, preparedness, prevention, response

Emergency Operations Center, flu, H1N1, influenza, Influenza Risk Assessment Tool, pandemic, Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework, personal health, public health, seasonal flu, Stephen Redd, vaccine

Keeping Work with Select Agents Safe, Secure

A CDC scientist is wearing a protective airtight suit, equipped with a helmet and face mask. She is seated, pipetting specimens in a laboratory.

Although potentially dangerous, work with select agents and toxins provides important scientific discoveries that have led to improved detection, prevention, diagnostic, and treatment options for diseases. Select agents and toxins are also considered to be some of the most threatening to the health and safety of people, plants and animals. While there is always some Read More >

April 1, 2019 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Disease Investigation, General, prevention, response

biosafety, Environmental Health, Federal Select Agent Program, laboratory, public health, toxin