07/11/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. Published: 7/11/2019. This web page provides information about and materials from a meeting held on July 11, 2019, to discuss a national, public-private research and development undertaking to defend the nation against biological threats. These threats include biological warfare, bioterrorism, and infectious disease pandemics. Representatives from the same sorts of organizations that contributed to the original Manhattan Project gathered to talk with the panel about the biological threat, cutting edge biodefense research, needed resources, and business risk. (Video or Multimedia)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 7/2019. This 156-page document provides the background, rationale, and instructions for the occupational exposure banding process, which is a systematic process that uses qualitative and quantitative hazard information on selected health-effect endpoints to identify chemical potential exposure ranges or categories. It is also known as hazard banding or health hazard banding. The document gives guidance for risk managers to identify control levels for chemicals without authoritative occupational exposure limits (OELs), which play a critical role in protecting workers and emergency response personnel from exposure to dangerous concentrations of hazardous materials . (PDF)
06/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 6/21/2019. This web page provides transcripts from the Biodefense Summit, which was held on April 17, 2019, and two short video clips of HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar. The summit aimed to engage the biodefense stakeholder community to inform national biodefense enterprise efforts to counter biological threats; reduce risk; and prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological incidents. The summit informed stakeholders of the implementation of the National Biodefense Strategy. (Video or Multimedia)
12/12/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 12/12/2018. This web page provides information about the Strategic National Stockpile, which is the nation’s largest supply of potentially life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out. Topics are About the Stockpile, Sustaining the Stockpile, Stockpile Products, Training and Exercises, Preparing Global Responders, and Stockpile Responses. (Text)
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