bioterrorism

Feds@Work: Scientist’s Research Crucial To Anthrax Threat

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This is one in a series of profiles on the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalists. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, recognize outstanding federal employees whose important, behind-the-scenes work is advancing the health, safety and well-being of Americans and are among the most prestigious honors given to civil servants. This profile features a finalist for the Homeland Security medal Arthur M. Friedlander, a senior scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

Soon after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to media and U.S. Senate offices, killing five people, sickening 17 others and causing widespread fear throughout the country. Keep reading →

 /  Published August 23, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Illness Tracking: Real-Time Infection Information Would Improve Patient Care

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I read a News Story- Report: Illness Tracking is Faulty, Express Newspaper, September 20, 2011 (page 8), that concluded that real-time infection information would improve patient care.

It said: Doctors rarely know what bugs are brewing in the neighborhood until their waiting rooms start to fill. Harvard University researchers report Monday that getting real-time information on nearby infections could improve patient care – for strep throat alone, potentially helping tens of thousands avoid either a delayed diagnosis or getting antibiotics they didn’t need. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 7:08 AM