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The Hidden Toll of Drug Price Controls:  Fewer New Treatments and Higher Medical Costs for the World

The Hidden Toll of Drug Price Controls: Fewer New...

When nations implement pharmaceutical price controls, they reduce pharmaceutical revenues, which then reduces investments in further R&D, limiting future generations’ access to new novel treatments needed to fight diseases such…

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Emerging Technologies and Scientific Innovations: A Global Public Health Perspective

Emerging Technologies and Scientific Innovations:...

In 2022, the WHO Science Division initiated a horizon scan to identify innovations in science and technology that could improve global health, including to address health needs that are frequently…

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H5N1 Avian Influenza Situation Update and Threat Overview for Business Continuity and Risk Management

H5N1 Avian Influenza Situation Update and Threat...

H5N1 has received significant attention in mainstream media and the scientific community over the past three months, though it is not a new virus. Recent outbreaks in mink farms appear…

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COVID- 19 Relief: Funding and Spending as of Jan. 31, 2023

COVID- 19 Relief: Funding and Spending as of Jan....

The federal government has provided about $4.6 trillion to help the nation respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tracking federal spending is complex—especially at this unprecedented magnitude. The…

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Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening Environmental Action in the One Health Response to Antimicrobial Resistance

Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening Environmental...

This report describes One Health’s response to antimicrobial resistance and provides evidence that the environment plays a key role in the development, transmission and spread of AMR. Prevention is at…

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Public Health Preparedness: HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens

Public Health Preparedness: HHS Could Improve...

Research involving pandemic pathogens are crucial to ensure the nation’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health threats. A number of incidents and research projects have…

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Pandemic Origins: Technologies and Challenges for Biological Investigations

Pandemic Origins: Technologies and Challenges for...

The GAO (Government Accountability Office) was asked to conduct a technology assessment on pandemic origins. GAO’s technology assessment sought to explore how emerging technologies, such as advanced genomics, could be…

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