Dallas: Ebola Town Hall Meeting Tonight (Webcast)

 

 

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With the events of this morning no doubt raising additional concern in Dallas, tonight ABC’s Dr. Richard Besser will join other experts in a web-streamed (WFAA TV ) event called:

 

Ebola: Facts Not Fear Town Hall Meeting

WHAT: Facts Not Fear Town Hall Meeting: A panel will answer community questions about Ebola

WHERE: Lakewood Theater at 1825 Abrams Parkway in Dallas (Click here for map and directions)

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (10/14/2014)

PANELISTS:

• ABC News chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser
• Dr. Todd Pollock, President of the Dallas Medical Society

MODERATOR: News 8's John McCaa

If you are unable to attend, the entire event will be streamed live on WFAA.com.

CDC Telebriefing (March 4th): Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Practices

 

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For years we’ve heard dire warnings of a future where most of our most important antibiotics are rendered impotent against drug resistant infections, and increasingly, those predictions are coming true.  Last September the CDC issued a major threat report called Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013 that provided  a snapshot of the effects of growing antibiotic resistance across the United States.

 

Among their (conservative) findings:

 

Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections. Many more people die from other conditions that were complicated by an antibiotic-resistant infection.

 

The rise of antibiotic resistance has long been linked to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. A problem that is wide spread in many parts of the world where antibiotics are not well regulated, but also right here in the United States, where there remains a great variance in prescribing practices among physicians.

 

Last November, in AAP/CDC: New Guidance On For Antibiotics For Children, we saw guidelines issued – in part – due to the geographic disparity in the amount of antibiotics being prescribed across this country, with doctors some regions much quicker write ABx scripts than doctors in other areas (see map below).

 

Tp address this growing problem, tomorrow (March 4th) the CDC will hold a Telebriefing on Antibiotic prescribing practices (details below).

 

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Are Prescribing Practices Putting Hospital Patients at Risk?

What

Poor antibiotic-prescribing practices in hospitals can needlessly put patients at risk for Clostridium difficile infection (deadly diarrhea) and future drug-resistant infections. This month, the CDC Vital Signs report looks at prescribing practices and variations, and calls on all U.S. hospitals to improve antibiotic-prescribing practices.

Who

Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John R. Combes, M.D., Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association

When

Tuesday, March 4 at Noon ET   (Content embargoed until 1pm ET)

DIAL-IN:

Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 800-369-1605
International: 1-630-395-0331
PASSCODE: CDC MEDIA

Important Instructions: If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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For more on the importance of proper antibiotic stewardship, you may wish to revisit these earlier blogs.

Chan: World Faces A `Post-Antibiotic Era’

Get Smart About Antibiotics Week

IDSA: Educational Guidelines Lower Antibiotic Use

And for a far more complete discussion of antimicrobial resistance issues, I can think of no better primer than Maryn McKenna’s book SUPERBUG: The Fatal Menace of MRSA.

Superbug (MRSA) Book

Meanwhile, Maryn’s SUPERBUG Blog, continues to provide the best day-to-day coverage of these issues.

Webcast: CDC Director On International Disease Threats

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CDC Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden will appear today at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to give a timely talk about the major health issues facing the world today – in particular focusing on emerging pathogens that can rapidly spread globally – in  a talk called `The Cough Heard Round The World’.

While no one is making any predictions for this fall and winter, the emergence of a new avian influenza (H7N9) in China, along with a steady flow of MERS-CoV reports from the Middle East, has public health officials on increased alert.

 

These are not the only `pandemic contenders’, of course.  H5N1 continues to circulate, we’ve been watching several variant swine influenzas over the past couple of years, and there’s always the possibility of having something come out of left field; Virus X . . . the one that isn’t on our radar, yet.

 

And there are other pathogenic travelers, that while unlikely to produce large epidemics, can spread to new regions and cause serious public health concerns.  Like dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya, Cholera, SFTS, CCHF, Lassa Fever, Ebola . . . .   the list is long, and growing.

 

Dr. Frieden’s talk, and a Q&A afterward, will be webcast live today.  Details are available from the following press release and from the National Press Club. This event will be webcast starting at 12:50 pm, September 10, 2013 —  live video at this link.

 

 

CDC Director to speak on the state of nation’s health security at the National Press Club

“The Cough Heard ‘Round the World”

What

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Tom Frieden  will speak on the state of our nation’s health security at the National Press Club’s Luncheon on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.  Dr. Frieden’s talk, The Cough Heard ‘Round the World, will identify imminent dangers to our health security – superbugs, disasters, and leading causes of death – and the strategies the nation’s health protection agency can use to thwart them.

A Q&A session will follow his remarks. Questions may be submitted for Dr. Frieden by emailing the National Press Club president (president@press.org with the subject line FRIEDEN) before 10:00 a.m. (ET) on September 10th.

When

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
1:00 p.m. (ET)

Where

National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045

Dr. Frieden’s remarks will also be broadcast live at 1:00 p.m. (ET) on the National Press Club’s website (http://press.org/). For more information about the event, click here. 

 

Webcast: Dr. Ziad Memish On The Upcoming Hajj & MERS-CoV

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My thanks to @HelenBranswell for the reminder.

 

At 11 am EDT today, Dr. Ziad A. Memish – Deputy Health Minister for Saudi Arabia – will take part in a webcast from the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute.

 

You’ll be able to watch online at this link.

 

 

The Hajj and MERS-CoV: Saudi Strategies to Reduce Transmission Risk

Date: Friday, August 30, 2013

Speaker:

Dr. Ziad A Memish, MD, FRCP(Can), FRCP (Lon), FRCP(Edin), Deputy Minister for Public Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Time and location:

CGRC 101 - Cancer Genetics Institute Auditorium or view from your desktop.

Dr. Memish obtained his MD from University of Ottawa 1987, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991 (FRCPC) Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine, 1992 (ABID) American Board of Infectious Diseases, 1992 (CIC) American Certification of Infection Control, 1992 (FRCPC) Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and surgeons of Canada in Infectious Diseases, 1993 (FACP) Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has presented many abstracts internationally and published more than 200 peer reviewed papers and chapters in books. He was awarded a medal from the First Degree - the highest award on a National level in Saudi Arabia for achievements in the field of infectious diseases and infection control.

To view from your desktop click here.

UPMC: MERS-CoV Webcast With Dr. Ziad Memish

 

 

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Earlier today Dr. Ziad Memish – Deputy Minister of Health for Saudi Arabia - appeared in a 2-hour webcast along with Dr. Tom Inglesby - Director of the UPMC Center for Health Security – to discuss his insights from being on the frontlines with the emerging MERS coronavirus.

 

The webcast is now available on the UPMC Health Security.org website and on Youtube, and is very much worth your time to watch.

 

 

Insights from the Front Lines of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Outbreak, with Drs. Ziad Memish and Tom Inglesby August 21, 2013

Webcast: ASM Live Denver 2013

 

 

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Starting yesterday, and running through tomorrow (May 21st), the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology is being held in Denver. The 275 page Final Program provides details on the participants, schedules, scientific sessions, and poster sessions.

 

As we saw last year (see Webcast: ASM Live San Francisco 2012), for those of us not able to attend the next best thing is ASM’s series of live webcasts (almost immediately available on the MicrobeWorld Youtube Channel) featuring interviews with presenters and discussions on some of the hottest topics at this year’s meeting.

 

For those unfamiliar with it, the MicrobeWorld Youtube Channel provides an absolute terrific resource, where you’ll find scores of video presentations going back several years. Pack a lunch, because you could spend days in there.

 

Although all of this year’s webcasts should be of interest, tomorrow’s Update on H7N9: Should We Be Concerned? is perhaps the most topical, given the concerns over China’s recent outbreak.

 
The full schedule of web events is listed below.

 

Live Denver 2013

Schedule

Please note: The following schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Participants and more detail for each conference will be posted soon. All participants are invited, not confirmed. All times are listed as Mountain Daylight Time. All events take place in Room 102 at Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

Sunday, May 19

11:00 a.m. MDT - ASM Live – Antibiotic Compound from Wasp Venom
Watch Now!

 Yuvon Mobley, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States 

12:00 p.m. MDT - ASM Live – Good Cholesterol: Part of Innate Immunity?
Watch Now!
 Jayne Raper, Hunter College, New York, NY, United States

1:00 p.m. MDT – ASM Live – The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Colon Cancer
Watch Now!

Joseph Zackular, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

• David Relman, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

3:00 p.m. MDT - This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Guests

• Nels Elde, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah
• Thomas E. Shenk, Ph.D., James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Monday, May 20

10:00 a.m. MDT – ASM Live – New Methods for Norovirus Detection/Prevention

 Lee-Ann Jaykus, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States

11:00 a.m. MDT - ASM Live – The Merlot Microbiome
 

• Iratxe Zarraonaindia, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, chicago, IL, United States
• Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States

12:00 p.m. MDT - ASM Live – The Effects of Fracking on the Microbial Ecology of Groundwater
 

Paula Mouser, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

• Erin Lipp, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States

3:00 p.m. MDT - This Week in Microbiology

Vincent Racaniello

 Guests

• Ferric Fang, M.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Washington School of Medicine
• Andrew Camilli, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Michele Swanson, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
• Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig, O.D., Ph.D., Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology

Tuesday May 21

9:00 a.m. MDT - ASM Live - Update on H7N9: Should We Be Concerned?
 Robert Webster; St. Jude Res. Hosp., Memphis, TN

• Albert Osterhaus; Erasmus MC Dept. of Viroscience; Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Carole Heilman; NIH, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
• Stephen C. Redd; CDC/ICU, Atlanta, GA

10:00 a.m. MDT – ASM Live – The Microbiome of the Sky: Role for Microbes in Cloud Formation?
Natasha De Leon-Rodriguez, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

• Amy Vollmer, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, United States

Webcast: ASM Live San Francisco 2012

 

 

 

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This weekend, and running through Tuesday June 19th, the 112th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology is being held in San Francisco. The 306 page Final Program, with details on the participants, schedules, scientific sessions, poster sessions, and other details may be downloaded from ASM2012 Website.

 

For those of us not fortunate enough to be able to attend, today, tomorrow and Tuesday there are live webcasts (almost immediately available on the MicrobeWorld Youtube Channel) featuring interviews with presenters and discussions on some of the hottest topics at this year’s meeting.

 

Clicking on the schedule above will take you to not only this year’s schedule, but an archive of videos from last year’s meeting.

 

The first three sessions - hosted by Stanley Maloy, Chair of the Communications Committee for the ASM - are already completed, and available for viewing. 

 

 

 

Sunday, June 17

 

Watch Now! 10:00 a.m. PDT – ASM Live– Microbial Colonization and the Host: Do the Colonists Reshape the Landscape?

 Katherine Lemon, The Forsyth Institute and Boston Children's Hospital

Karina Pokusaeva, Baylor College of Medicine

Watch Now! 11:00 a.m. PDT – ASM Live – Microbial Analysis of Environmental Surfaces in Hotel Rooms

Katie Kirsch, University of Houston

See ASM Press Release The most contaminated surfaces in hotel rooms for additional information.

 

Watch Now! 12:00 p.m. PDT – When Good Bugs Go Bad: Microbiome Dynamics and Disease

 

Lita Proctor, National Human Genome Research Inst/NIH

Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University

Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon

 

 

The mapping of the Human Microbiome was big news this past week (see NIH: News From The Human Microbiome Project), and so it is not surprising that several of these webcasts will deal with the trillions of microbes that inhabit - and largely co-exist - in our bodies.

Reminder: National Academies Webcast Today On H5N1 Research

 

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Today the National Academies will stream a day-long webinar on the issues surrounding Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC).  The webcast begins at 8:30 EDT.

 

You can view the agenda watch via the web at:

 

http://events.tvworldwide.com/Events/IOM/IOM120501.aspx

 

Issues Raised, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward for Dual-Use Research in the Life Sciences: The H5N1 Research Controversy

National Academies Webcast On H5N1 Research: May 1st

 

 

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On Tuesday, May 1st, the National Academies will host a day long workshop on the far reaching implications of life sciences research and associated technologies. These issues have recently come to the forefront during the public debate over H5N1 research.

 

The workshop, put together by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, will be webcast starting at 8:30 a.m.  EDT and running to 5:15 p.m. EDT on May 1st, and may be accessed from the National Academies' homepage (www.nationalacademies.org).

 

 

Below you’ll find the press release, and a link to further details on the National Academies webpage.

 

National Academy of Sciences

Lessons learned from the H5N1 research controversy -- May 1 workshop

Recent debate about whether to publish research findings on more easily transmitted strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus has sparked an international discussion about the appropriateness of this type of research and the ways that research risks are assessed. At this National Research Council-Institute of Medicine workshop, scientists, policymakers, and the public will examine the implications of advances in the life sciences and associated technologies on assessments of risk and benefits; research-related decisions and social responsibility; current measures for minimizing research risks to individuals and the larger public; and whether additional measures may be necessary to deal with new risks raised by new scientific capabilities.

 

The workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. EDT at the 20 F Conference Center, 20 F St., N.W., Washington D.C. Seating is limited; reporters who wish to attend should contact the Office of News and Public Information; 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. Registration for the meeting and an agenda are available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/stl. Those who cannot attend may watch a live video webcast at http://www.nationalacademies.org.

 

For more information, or to register to attend in person, visit:

 

Issues Raised, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward for Dual-Use Research in the Life Sciences: The H5N1 Research Controversy - A Workshop

Webcast: Discussion Of NSABB’s H5N1 Recommendations

 

 

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My thanks to Helen Branswell for tweeting this event.

 

Set you alarm clocks accordingly, as tomorrow morning (Wednesday, February 29th) the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting will provide a live webcast of an hour-long discussion over the NSABB’s recommendations to redact portions of two H5N1 research papers.

 

Featuring: 

Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., MPH  NSABB/CIDRAP 

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D  (NIAID)

Bruce Alberts, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief of Science

Ron A.M. Fouchier, Ph.D.    H5N1 Researcher

Live Stream Details
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Time: 7:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. EST
Link:

If you are unable to watch the live feed, a video should be posted by 1:00pm.

AAAS Webinar: Science Is Not Enough

 

 

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Yesterday, in Science at the Crossroads, I wrote about the public’s growing mistrust in science and in the scientific community. There are deep divisions over scientific claims of climate change, vaccine safety, the safety of genetically modified crops, and even the theory of evolution.

 

While there are many external reasons for this divide (including tabloid journalism, and the proliferation of pseudo-science on the internet), the way that scientists communicate about science is at least partially to blame.

 

The decision yesterday afternoon by the World Health Organization to hold back on the publication of controversial H5N1 research until they can `increase public awareness and understanding of this research’  would seem a tacit acknowledgment that scientists need to do a better job in communicating with the public.

 

Later today, the AAAS will webcast a plenary lecture on this very subject.

 

Science Is Not Enough: Plenary Panel and Live Webcast

18 February 2012
5:00-6:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building, Ballroom C

Live-tweet your questions to #AAASmtg

 

Why do so many political leaders and citizens remain unconcerned about climate change, water scarcity, fisheries depletion, and a host of other science-related global challenges?

 

An exceptional plenary panel at the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting will explore how scientists, educators, and students can help influence public perceptions and debate about science-related global challenges.

 

The panel will be moderated by Frank Sesno, an award-winning American journalist, former CNN correspondent, anchor and Washington bureau chief, and director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University.

 

AAAS President Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and molecular biologist, will preside. Fedoroff is Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Willaman Professor of Life Science at Pennsylvania State University. She is also a distinguished visiting professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.

Panelists

James Hansen

Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University

Olivia Judson

Research Fellow, Imperial College London

Hans Rosling

Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute; Co-Founder, Gapminder Foundation

 

This should make for an interesting webcast.

Webcast: Demystifying The Higgs Results

 

Inside the LHC – Photo Credit CERN 

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Like millions of others this morning, I’ve been following the announcements coming out of Geneva on the search for the elusive Higgs Boson particle at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider).

 

And I suspect that I, along with most of the folks out there, only grasp a small percentage of what is being discussed. 

 

Later today those of us without degrees in advance physics can get some clarification by way of a webcast, aimed at the general public, that will try explain some of the news coming out of Switzerland today.

 

This announcement from Scientific American.

 

Demystifying the Higgs Results: A Panel Discussion for the General Public, 12:30–1:30 PM ET [Live Stream]

In the meantime, watch the announcements from CERN live

 

What do the results of the Higgs boson, the "God particle," mean for science? Join researchers from the Perimeter Institute, Canada's premier center for theoretical physics, for an interactive, live webcast as they discuss the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the biggest, most ambitious scientific experiment in human history.

 

This event, geared towards high school students, teachers and the public, will discuss the findings, background and implications in clear, accessible language.

(Continue . . . )

 

 

While tantalizing evidence of the existence of the Higgs particle has been detected, researchers believe it will take another year of experimentation before they can declare its discovery.

HHS Webcast Today: Pregnant Women And Flu

 

 

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The HHS & CDC  will hold a special webcast later today – hosted on Flu.gov – with information directed towards pregnant women and the flu.

 

Today at 1:00 PM EDT on Flu.gov/Live

Pregnant Women and the Upcoming Flu Season

A Know What to Do About the Flu webcast focusing on the importance of vaccination for pregnant women, including a discussion on vaccine safety and benefits to newborn children. 

Guests:

• Howard Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS
• Denise Jamieson, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Laura Riley, M.D., Member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Siobhan Dolan, M.D., March of Dimes

HHS Webcast Monday

 

 

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November 23^rd 3:30 PM EST

H1N1 Briefing for Bloggers and Their Readers

Join the live Webcast to learn detailed information about influenza prevention and treatment, warning signs for parents, anti-viral medications, and vaccinations. A question and answer session will provide the opportunity to engage directly with leading communication and public health experts, including:

• Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, HHS
• Anne Schuchat, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC

Flu.gov Archive Videos

Browse our on on-demand videos

Know What to Do About the Flu Webcasts

H1N1 News Briefings

Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

HHS Webcast Wednesday: Flu & Diabetes

 

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The HHS will broadcast their latest installment in Know What To Do About Flu on Wednesday afternoon.

 

 

November 18^th 1 PM EST

Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast – Diabetes

Experts will discuss how seasonal and H1N1 flu can affect people with diabetes. Viewers can participate in the Webcast by sending questions via email to hhsstudio@hhs.gov. Webcast participants include:

• Dr. Beth Bell, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
• Ann Albright, PhD, RD, Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC

 

You’ll find the archive page has all of the previous webcasts available for viewing as well.

 

 

 

Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast Archive

This series of Webcasts brings in experts to discuss how the federal government is preparing and responding to the flu outbreak. Questions from the American people are answered by the panel during each broadcast.

November 4, 2009

Vaccinations and Vaccine Availability

Guests:

• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC
• Dr. Gloria Addo Ayensu, Director, Fairfax County Dept of Health (Virgina)
• Dr. Pierre Vigilance, Director, District of Columbia Dept of Health

October 14, 2009

Vaccine Safety and Distribution

Guests:

• Dr. Bruce Gellin, Nat'l Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
• Dr. Jesse Goodman, FDA
• Dr. Harvey Fineberg, Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC

 

 

September 30, 2009

Individuals working with Seniors

Guests:

• Dr. Anthony Fiore, CDC Influenza Division
• Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging (AOA)
• Sandra Markwood, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• James Firman, National Council on Aging

 

 

September 22, 2009

Colleges and Universities &
The Announcement of the 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest Winner

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Secretary Arne Duncan, DoEd
• Dr. Lisa Barrios, CDC

Moderated by George Mason University student body president Dev Dasgupta.

 

 

September 18, 2009

Small Businesses

Guests:

• Lisa Koonin, CDC
• Dr. Alexander Garza, M.D., DHS
• Karen Harned, NFIB Exec Director
• Joe Zepecki, SBA Dep. Assist. Administrator

 

 

September 9, 2009

Parents and Child Care Providers

Guests:

• Roberta Lavin, Agency for Children and Families (ACF)
• Dr. Georgina Peacock, CDC Center for Health Promotion
• Dr. David Callahan, CDC National Center for Environmental Health
• Dr. Ann Albright, CDC Division of Diabetes Translation

 

 

August 27, 2009

Pregnant Women and New Moms

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Tina Chin, White House Council on Women
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC
• Dr. Tony Fauci, National Institutes of Health/NIAD
• Dr. Laura Riley, OB/GYN - Mass General Hospital
• Tina Johnson, American College of Midwives

 

August 20, 2009

Business Guidance

Guests:

• Dr. Toby Merlin, CDC
• Dr. Till Jolly, DHS
• Travis Sullivan, DOC
• Ann Beauchesne, U.S. Chamber of Congress

 

 

August 4, 2009

H1N1 Response Status Update

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Secretary Janet Napolitano, DHS
• Secretary Arne Duncan, DoEd
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC

HHS Webcast On Vaccination (Weds Nov 4th)

 

 

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The HHS has put together a series of What To Do About Flu webcasts, and will broadcast another one Wednesday at 1pm EST at http://www.flu.gov/live/.

 

 

November 4^th 1 PM EST

Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast – Vaccinations

Experts will discuss what to expect at H1N1 vaccine clinics and provide insights into vaccine availability. Everyday Americans will offer personal stories on why they chose to be vaccinated. Viewers can participate in the Webcast by sending questions via email to hhsstudio@hhs.gov. Webcast participants include:

• Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Dr. Gloria Addo Ayensu, MD, MPH, Director of the Fairfax County Department of Health, Fairfax, Virginia
• Dr. Pierre Vigilance, Director, District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, DC

 

A hat tip to Niko on FluTrackers for posting this notice.

 

 

ARCHIVED WEBCASTS

October 14, 2009

Vaccine Safety and Distribution

Guests:

• Dr. Bruce Gellin, Nat'l Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
• Dr. Jesse Goodman, FDA
• Dr. Harvey Fineberg, Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC

September 30, 2009

Individuals working with Seniors

Guests:

• Dr. Anthony Fiore, CDC Influenza Division
• Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging (AOA)
• Sandra Markwood, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• James Firman, National Council on Aging

September 22, 2009

Colleges and Universities &
The Announcement of the 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest Winner

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Secretary Arne Duncan, DoEd
• Dr. Lisa Barrios, CDC

Moderated by George Mason University student body president Dev Dasgupta.

September 18, 2009

Small Businesses

Guests:

• Lisa Koonin, CDC
• Dr. Alexander Garza, M.D., DHS
• Karen Harned, NFIB Exec Director
• Joe Zepecki, SBA Dep. Assist. Administrator

September 9, 2009

Parents and Child Care Providers

Guests:

• Roberta Lavin, Agency for Children and Families (ACF)
• Dr. Georgina Peacock, CDC Center for Health Promotion
• Dr. David Callahan, CDC National Center for Environmental Health
• Dr. Ann Albright, CDC Division of Diabetes Translation

August 27, 2009

Pregnant Women and New Moms

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Tina Chin, White House Council on Women
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC
• Dr. Tony Fauci, National Institutes of Health/NIAD
• Dr. Laura Riley, OB/GYN - Mass General Hospital
• Tina Johnson, American College of Midwives

August 20, 2009

Business Guidance

Guests:

• Dr. Toby Merlin, CDC
• Dr. Till Jolly, DHS
• Travis Sullivan, DOC
• Ann Beauchesne, U.S. Chamber of Congress

August 4, 2009

H1N1 Response Status Update

Guests:

• Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HHS
• Secretary Janet Napolitano, DHS
• Secretary Arne Duncan, DoEd
• Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, CDC

CDC Webcast Today – Vaccine Safety & Testing

 

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Today at 1pm EDT, on Flu.gov a webcast on H1N1 Flu Vaccine Testing & Safety Monitoring.    This promises to be fascinating show.

 

 

Upcoming Events

October 14, 2009 1 PM EDT
Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast - H1N1 Flu Vaccine Testing and Safety Monitoring. Webcast participants:

• Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
• Dr. Jesse Goodman, Acting Chief Scientist, Food and Drug Administration, HHS
• Dr. Bruce Gellin, Director, National Vaccine Program Office, HHS
• Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

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