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Between Publishing and Perishing? H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy
May 3, 2012 | Michael TuRecently, 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 trade-offs will emerge frequently in the field of biotechnology, the task of devising effective management strategies for so-called "dual-use research of concern" will continue to increase in both complexity and importance.
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New Tuberculosis Lab Hailed as Breakthrough in Health Diplomacy
March 12, 2010 | Louise S. Gresham, PhD, MPHPublished 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, 2010 | Louise S. Gresham, PhD, MPHPublished 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, 2009 | Louise S. Gresham, PhD, MPHPublished 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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Remarks to the Pacific Health Summit
June 11, 2007 | Sam NunnSam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
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Diseases gaining ground: SARS exposes gaps in system that should be addressed
May 26, 2003 | Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Sam NunnPublished 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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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the House Committee on Government Reform
April 9, 2003 | Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.Dr. 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, 2002 | Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Sam NunnAnnouncement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
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