News HighlightCommission Awarded Silver Telly for Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History
The Commission is proud to announce that we are a recipient of a Silver Telly Award for the audiovisual version of our graphic novel, Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History. The audiovisual won in the Non-Broadcast, Craft-Voiceover category of the 41st Annual Telly Awards.
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September 18, 2020
Dr. Asha M. George: Ensuring public’s trust in COVID-19 vaccine is critical part of pandemic fight
I fought in Desert Storm, the massive military offensive in the Persian Gulf. Although it began nearly 30 years ago, I see parallels between decisions I made on the battlefield and decisions all Americans will have to make about a COVID-19 vaccine.
September 16, 2020
Virginia Tech hosting food and agricultural cyberbiosecurity workshop Oct. 6-7
Perspectives on the importance of bridging the digital, physical, and biological systems for protecting the agriculture and food industries, supported with workforce development and education, will be provided by industry and academic leaders including: Asha M. George, a world-renowned public health expert who is the executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense.
September 12, 2020
There’s a frantic global race for a COVID vaccine, and Houston hopes to be an ultimate winner
A congressional group called the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense led the effort to improve the nation’s preparedness. It had some successes, but few involved spending more on vaccine research and development. Everybody said they supported the effort, one expert noted, but nobody wanted to spend real money on it.
August 26, 2020
We Need Another COVID-19 Economic Response Package Now
As co-chair of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, I know we were unprepared for this crisis. We must learn from this event and have a quicker response in the future. In a letter to House and Senate leadership, our Commission wrote, “This will not be the last biological crisis this Nation faces. In addition to the potential resurgence of COVID-19 cases this fall, other naturally occurring diseases continue to mutate and work their way around the world, and both state- and non-state actors continue to invest in biological weapons programs that may well come to fruition and threaten us. It is not too early to start examining and learning from the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, and determining what
August 6, 2020
To Prep Hospitals for Pandemics, Look to the Trauma System
Asha George is a public health security expert who spent four years a congressional staff member with the House Committee on Homeland Security before working as a government contractor for the Department of Homeland Security. As the current executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, she helped prepare a blueprint for how the nation should plan for and respond to an infectious disease outbreak, whether from a naturally occurring pathogen or a biological weapons attacks. She shared some of those recommendations with Mother Jones.
August 6, 2020
Episode 2: Science + The Law | Future Biological Threats
The Commission's Executive Director, Dr.Asha M. George, joined the RawScienceTV Podcast for their second episode. What does the future hold for dealing with bio threats? What can we do scientifically and legally? Topics include the opening of casinos versus churches, the speed and safety of vaccines, the role of simulations and preparedness, and the responsibility of scientists versus federal agencies and the courts.
