Productive discussion with @SenatorBurr & @MorrisonCSIS about improvements @CDCgov has made in data, comms, & our ability to respond to the next threat. The critical work must continue to protect the health of our country. Big thanks to @CSIS for hosting! bit.ly/420b2Mq
"As 2024 closes, the United States continues to fall short in its management of the threat posed by bird flu," warns @CSISHealth.
Read more about stepping up the U.S. response: features.csis.org/US-bird-flā¦
š°NEW: @AfricaCDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya declares Africaās first-ever continental public health emergency. The announcement comes as #mpox cases are reported in a number of countries.
NEW: As war in Gaza enters its fourth month, @lenrubenstein & @MorrisonCSIS argue that much tougher US leadership is needed to press for urgent changes by Israel & Hamas to stabilize & protect the civilian population: csis.org/analysis/gazas-humaā¦
Biosafety & biosecurity are critically important areas where individual freedom, ethics, scientific progress, & national security converge. @MorrisonCSIS & @MichSimoneau lay out 8 steps to promote a safer, more secure, & more innovative global bioeconomy: csis.org/analysis/eight-commā¦
HAPPENING SOON: @CSISHealth premiers its new event series, "Gaza: The Human Toll." The show will capture the evolving humanitarian and health situation in Gaza, unpack policy and operational choices, and feature key expert insights.
Watch live: csis.org/events/gaza-human-tā¦
"Biothreats are increasingly complex and dangerous and the defense enterprise urgently needs a reformed structure and renewed energy to meet it," write CSIS's @EHarding_DC and @MorrisonCSIS on the 2023 Biodefense Posture Review.
Dive in here:
csis.org/analysis/biodefenseā¦
TOMORROW: Join Assistant Secretary of Defense Hon. Deborah Rosenblum @DeptofDefense @MorrisonCSIS & the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for a webcast on the Department of Defenseās newly released Biodefense Posture Review.
šAugust 23 at 10:30am ET
Watch here: csis.org/events/department-dā¦
"The United States has to do more to address biological threats," says @CSISHealth expert @MichSimoneau on post-Covid U.S. health security strategy.
Explore the full report here: cs.is/43XKzMF
Despite political divisions, several forces are driving U.S. policymakers toward greater engagement in health security: geopolitical competition, the pace of technological discovery, and the lessons of Covid. Read more from @MorrisonCSIS and @MichSimoneau: csis.org/analysis/worst-overā¦
"There has to be room to really engage them so they don't fall by the wayside and go the Wagner way." @CSISAfrica expert @MvembaDizolele explains what's happening with Niger's coup and what it means for the region and the globe.
Watch the full video here: cs.is/3OscG10
While we can certainly hope the worst of Covid is behind us, that is not a viable strategy to strengthen our our collective pandemic security. @MorrisonCSIS & I explore several options for greater US engagement: cs.is/43XKzMF
Beneath partisan bickering is a bipartisan recognition that the U.S. must do more to address biological threats, as a matter of both moral responsibility & national security interests. Read about how policymakers should approach the post-Covid moment: csis.org/analysis/worst-overā¦
NEW: Post-Covid, U.S. health security strategy should restore trust, sustain bipartisan achievements, operationalize new security frameworks, accelerate technology, and elevate U.S. diplomacy, write @CSISHealth's @MorrisonCSIS and @MichSimoneau.
Dive in: cs.is/43XKzMF
White House released plan today that contains ambitious and valuable goals for how the country should use biotechnology and biomanufacturing to take on serious national challenges. Some of those goals include: 1/x whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updā¦