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The Growing Threat of Pandemics: Enhancing Domestic and International Biosecurity
(Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, 2017-03)
The threat posed by pandemics grows alongside increased globalization and technological innovation. Distant cultures can now be connected in a day’s time, and international trade links global health and economic prosperity. ...
Global leadership at the crossroads: Are we prepared for the next pandemic?
(Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs (The Bush School), 2018-05)
"In this report, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University outlines eight priority areas and their accompanying recommended action items to ...
Establishing the North American Disease Defense Shield (NADDS) at the Panama-Colombia Border
(2022-02-28)
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the devastating impact infectious diseases can have on human health, social orders, economies, and political systems. Throughout human history, pandemics have remade governments and ...
Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership & Multi-Sectoral Collaboration
(Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, 2019-05)
One hundred years ago the 1918 influenza pandemic swept the globe, killing between 50-90 million people. The loss of life was so great that cities throughout the United States struggled to keep up with burials; it is ...