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New Tuberculosis Lab Hailed as Breakthrough in Health Diplomacy
March 12, 2010Published in Science magazine, the article details the threat of a tuberculosis epidemic in North Korea and efforts undertaken by NTI and others to build a tuberculosis lab.
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Tuberculosis: North Korea Develops TB Laboratory with Help from American Doctors
March 2, 2010Published in The New York Times, the article details NTI's support for the development of a laboratory in North Korea that will be capable of identifying drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
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Gearing Up for Prevention: The Hajj Meets H1N1
Nov. 19, 2009Published on CNN's website, the article addresses epidemiological risks associated with the yearly Hajj, and describes what partnerships such as MECIDS are doing to address these risks.
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Between Publishing and Perishing? H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy
May 3, 2012Recently, researchers in the Netherlands and the United States identified genetic mutations that could enable H5N1 bird flu to become easily transmissible from one human to another. Controversy has emerged about whether the details of these two particularly sensitive H5N1 studies should be openly published to aid global pandemic preparedness or withheld in the interests of national security. Because similar ...
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Diseases gaining ground: SARS exposes gaps in system that should be addressed
May 26, 2003 | Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, this op-ed outlines the weaknesses in our global health system that have been exposed through the global response to SARS.
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Remarks to the Pacific Health Summit
June 11, 2007Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the House Committee on Government Reform
April 9, 2003Dr. Hamburg testifies on important concerns raised by the emergence and ongoing response to the SARS outbreak, as well as broader issues of emerging infections, public health and security.
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Announcement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
Dec. 2, 2002Announcement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
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Washington-Area Postal Facilities Reopen After Anthrax Scare
Nov. 10, 2003WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened 11 Washington-area postal facilities after an anthrax scare last week at a U.S. Navy mail-handling facility prompted their closure (see GSN, Nov. 7).
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Homeland Security Officials Display Biowatch System
Nov. 17, 2003U.S. Homeland Security Department officials Friday unveiled their new $60 million Project “Biowatch” air-monitoring system, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Oct. 22).
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Washington Funds Bioterror Defenses on Mexican Border
Dec. 15, 2003The United States will put $5.4 million toward an effort to enhance disease detection capabilities on the border with Mexico, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Friday (see GSN, Dec. 11).
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U.S. Approves New Laboratory Anthrax Test
Dec. 15, 2003The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved a new laboratory test to help determine if a person has been infected with anthrax (see GSN, Oct. 22).
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