Building Emergency Response Capacity Workshop Summary Released
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a summary from its March workshop on engaging the health care system in building capacity to respond to public health and national security threats. The event brought together public and private sector partners to discuss challenges and opportunities for collaboration. On Aug. 22-23, NASEM will host a workshop in Washington, D.C., on medical and public health preparedness for a nuclear incident. For more information or to register, click here.
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