CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics has awarded funds to 13 primary awardees to establish the first national network for outbreak analytics and disease modeling.
Many of these awardees are leading a consortium of collaborators to design, prototype, test, and scale up advances in data modeling tools and technology that can be used to support public health decision makers at all levels of government. This network of networks extends the geographic reach and technical diversity of performers focused on innovating, integrating, and implementing modeling and forecasting tools to improve outbreak response. The network’s goal is to improve speed, accuracy, and use of data & analytics during health emergencies, which is an important step towards ensuring Americans have the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe during outbreaks.
Farmers will now get paid to test their dairy cows for bird flu. (Dr. Marlene Wolfe quoted)
Success of the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship in Rebuilding Georgia’s Epidemic Workforce
Widely available antibiotic now recommended to prevent STIs, says Atlanta-based CDC (Dr. Jodie Guest quoted)
Winter Respiratory Viruses
On this week’s episode of Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Benjamin Lopman, PhD, talk about what diseases to look out for this fall and the challenges of developing vaccines for certain types of illnesses.