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Lawmakers and medical experts discussed pandemics and biosecurity at the third annual Pandemic and Biosecurity Forum. The conference started with keynote remarks by Intelligence Committee…

This portion of the the third annual Pandemic and Biosecurity Forum included a series of panel discussions focused on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Speakers…

The National Institute of Health’s Jeremy Brown talked about his book, Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History , the 1918 flu pandemic that killed between…

Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and evolutionary sociobiologist Thomas Patterson talked about their book, The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A…

New York Times health and science reporter Andrew Jacobs talked about his recent piece examining the CDC rule that bars the agency from publicly identifying hospitals that are battling to…

Charles Graeber talked about his book, The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer, in which he reported on scientific advances in cancer research.

This documentary details the history of the highly contagious virus that causes measles and the development of the measles vaccine in the 1950s and early 1960s. The pharmaceutical company…

Dr. Bernhard Wiedermann of the Children’s National Health System discussed the rise in measles cases in 2019.

Commissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the…

Public health experts and officials testified at a hearing on vaccines and preventable outbreaks. Also testifying was an 18-year-old high school student whose parents who did not allow him…

The Senate Health Committee held a hearing to examine pain management alternatives to opioids. President Trump declared a public health emergency to address the opioid addiction epidemic.…

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Joanne Pike talked about her group’s latest report on Alzheimer’s in the United States, including the prevalence, deaths, and cost of care. She spoke via video…

Two leaders of the National Institutes of Health testified on a measles outbreak in the U.S. at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing. They talked about the root causes for the…

This 1956 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis documentary shows how the new polio vaccine is manufactured and promotes using the medial breakthrough to end the disease.

Kate Bowler, a Duke Divinity School assistant professor and prosperity gospel scholar, talked about her memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason, on being diagnosed with stage four colon…

Dr. Andrew Kung of Memorial Sloan Kettering discussed President Trump’s call to boost pediatric cancer research funding by $500 million over the next decade.

Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases talked about the connection between the anti-vaccination movement and the recent measles outbreak in the U.S.

The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted an event on chronic illness care. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) provided keynote remarks and were lauded for their work on chronic…

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CommissionerScott Gottlieb talked about his agency’s efforts in combating the opioid epidemic at an event hosted by Politico. The event also included a…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families held a hearing on the treatment of rare diseases. Experts testified on providing better access to…