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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June 22, 2020
Texas coronavirus experts call for national investigation of U.S. response to pandemic
“Pandemic preparation used to be a nonpartisan issue,” said Parker, who under President George W. Bush served on the large team that prepared the United States’ first pandemic security plan. “I wouldn’t be surprised if a COVID Commission came to a similar conclusion as the 9/11 Commission: that we suffered a failure of imagination.”
June 18, 2020
COVID-19: ‘We Need to Resist Pandemic Fatigue,’ Warns Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense today called for a renewed commitment to combating COVID-19 and urged Americans to keep protecting one another. “Our Nation’s experts believe that COVID-19 waves could continue for months,” said former Homeland Security Secretary and Co-Chair Tom Ridge
June 18, 2020
Commission on biodefense urges Americans to be vigilant in COVID-19 fight
The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense is calling for a renewed commitment to fighting COVID-19, urging Americans to protect each other. “We formed the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense six years ago because we suspected and subsequently confirmed that our Nation was vulnerable to biological threats,” Commission Co-Chair Joe Lieberman said.
June 18, 2020
Executive Director, Dr. Asha M. George, discusses COVID-19 on KNX1070 News Radio
COVID-19 is indeed on the march again, with some areas of the United States on the verge of losing control over the spread of the virus. But if you listened to President Trump or Vice President Pence, you'd think all is well and we've got coronavirus totally under control: have we been left on our own by the federal government? Dr. Asha M. George, Executive Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, joins KNX1070 News Radio to discuss.
June 18, 2020
Coronavirus ‘second wave’ debate ‘misses the whole point,’ experts say
"People are tired and worried about their lives and their livelihoods. But now is not the time to relax," said former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a founding member of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. "The virus continues to spread," Lieberman said. "Until preventive measures or medical treatments arrive, we must continue to do what we can to protect one another. We need to wear masks, maintain social distancing and support science, public health and medicine."
June 16, 2020
First DHS chief Tom Ridge knocks Trump’s attacks on voting by mail
Ridge’s comments underscore how Trump’s assault on mail voting is out of the historical mainstream for a party that had few concerns about the process until the coronavirus pandemic made it the safest and most secure option for voters.
