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2012 MARCE Conference Coverage

January 9, 2012
WBAL

Public Health Program Manager Earl Stoddard spoke to WBAL-TV and WBAL-AM 1090 about the running theme of the 2012 MARCE Conference: the lack of federal funding for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S. and the mid-Atlantic region.

Public Health Program Manager Earl Stoddard Talks to WTOP Radio About HIV Infections, Prevention

December 1, 2011
WTOP, 103.5 FM

On World AIDS Day, Dr. Earl Stoddard, CHHS public health program manager, talked live on WTOP about the status of HIV infections in the U.S., the scientific progress made in keeping patients healthy longer and why new cases of HIV in the U.S. are not dropping. Stoddard also discusses the social stigmas that may be leading to heightened infection rates among African Americans.

Soundbites Drown Out Sound Advice on Child Vaccinations

The United States is one of the most developed and technologically advanced countries in the world.

Scathing Evaluation of U.S. Biopreparedness

The Bipartisan Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism Research Center just released its Bio-Response Report Card (view Report Card). The results were less than encouraging. In total, the U.S.

Listeria outbreak exposes red tape in U.S. food safety system

By Patrick Rose, PhD & Czarina Biton, MPH
 

CHHS Director Michael Greenberger: Making the interoperability grade since 9/11?

September 11, 2011
Wisconsinwatch.org

CHHS Director Michael Greenberger remarks on the reliability of the health care system rating when dealing with a public health emergency.

CHHS Senior Law & Policy Analyst Co-Authors Textbook Chapter on Sleep, Law, and Policy

October 29, 2010

CHHS Senior Law and Policy Analyst Clark Lee has contributed to a new textbook from Oxford University Press entitled Sleep, Health and Society: From Aetiology to Public Health (Francesco P. Cappuccio, Michelle A. Miller & Steven W. Lockley, Eds.). With Drs. Christopher B. Jones and Shantha M.W.

HIV/AIDS assistance can't meet demand

By Melissa Kim
CHHS Research Assistant, summer 2010

American College of Legal Medicine Conference

Friday, March 5, 2010 (All day) - Sunday, March 7, 2010 (All day)
Orlando, FL

CHHS Health Director Dr. Marita Mike will present two posters at the annual American College of Legal Medicine Conference. The posters can be downloaded below.

MARCE Conference 2009

CHHS hosted the "Training in Law and Policy Issues Related to the Public Health Response to Biological Emergencies: Public Health Catastrophes -- Past, Present, and Future" conference for the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research (MARCE) from Nov. 10-11, 2009. H1N1 influenza and pandemic flu response was a major topic of discussion.

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