01/18/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 1/18/2019. This Issue Brief summarizes available information about why the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which began in July 2018, continues; describes the ongoing U.S. role in response; and discusses what might come next. it discusses how the security situation that has driven the spread of this outbreak shows no sign of abating, and those leading the response estimate it will take at least six more months to contain it. (PDF)
01/14/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Economic Forum. Published: 1/14/2019. This 114-page report discusses current global risks, and how the energy now expended on consolidating or recovering national control risks weakening collective responses to these emerging global challenges. Chapters cover environmental risks, including extreme weather; and global transformations related to biological pathogens, which are detailed in Chapter 4: Going Viral: The Transformation of Biological Risks. It describes the changes in how people live that have increased the risk of a devastating outbreak occurring naturally, and the emerging technologies that are making it increasingly easy for new biological threats to be manufactured and released, either deliberately or by accident. (PDF)
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