infectious disease outbreak Articles
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Risk Planning for the Next Pandemic
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that improved planning for global disease outbreaks is necessary. The next severe pandemic is coming: it’s not a matter of if, but when. Expert Choice Riskion can be used to show how a government (New York State, in this example), can optimize mitigation of humanitarian and economic losses as a result of a future pandemic, based on ...
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Facility location and multi-modality mass dispensing strategies and emergency response for biodefence and infectious disease outbreaks
Mass dispensing for medical prophylaxis and treatment of the general population requires rapid establishment of a network of dispensing sites and health facilities that are flexible, scalable and sustainable. In this article, we describe a systems approach to analyse mass dispensing of countermeasures, and present a set of powerful modelling and computational tools to assist in strategic and ...
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Managing Hazardous Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In a hospital or medical environment, preventing and delaying the spread of Coronavirus goes far beyond washing hands. Good biosecurity is essential, and the safe disposal of infected waste will save lives. The scale of the current situation, particularly in countries such as the UK which has never seen an outbreak of infectious disease of this magnitude, may seem overwhelming for those on the ...
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Mounting stresses, failing states
After a half-century of forming new states from former colonies and from the breakup of the Soviet Union, the international community is today focusing on the disintegration of states. The term “failing state” has entered our working vocabulary only during the last decade or so, but these countries are now an integral part of the international political landscape. In the past, governments have ...
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VIC Portfolio Companies and Pipeline Technologies with Pandemic Impact
Our current daily activities bear little resemblance to the routines as of as recently as a month ago. COVID-19 has had an obvious and significant impact on the American people. For those suffering from chronic conditions such as dementia, diabetes, heart and respiratory disease, the health impact during traumatic periods such as this is magnified. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our ...
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Why COVID-19 Might Not be the ‘Big One’ - and What We Can Do to Prepare
As vaccine rollouts take place in many countries around the world, it feels like the globe will soon be able to take a collective sigh of relief that this pandemic could nearly be over. However, the reality may not be so simple. Leading scientists including the chair of the WHO’s strategic and technical advisory group for infectious hazards expect that SARS-CoV-2 will become endemic, ...
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Not All Masks Are Created Equal
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from threats such as emerging infectious diseases like the most recent outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The FDA holds the highest standards for products on behalf of consumer safety. The Communicator™ surgical mask with clear window is the first FDA approved ADA ...
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