We are delighted to welcome dr. Ali khan. Dr. Khan will be discussing his book the next pandemic. As former director of the office of Public Health preparedness and response at the centers for Disease Control and prevention dr. Khan has been on the front lines in the fight to contain the worlds deadliest diseases. Hes not the first one to have done so. Throughout history humans have been fighting diseases, deadly wars against contagions and there has never been a time where humans were not affects with microbes and fought against him. During khans time our speaker has had with contagions. He worked among red cross for the first ebola crisis. After 911 called to washington to prevent the spread of anthrax in the Senate Office building. A disease hunter, if you will, mission was to read the governments efforts to prepare public for disease outbreaks and health emergencies. He has seen it all. He also writes that not all epidemics and pandemics are inevitable. Most can be mitigated if not
Secretary for health will discuss the u. S. Response to the spread of the coronavirus. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Azor 47, the nazar 47 es of 47. The motion is not agreed to bring agreed to. Senate failed to move forward on nearly a nearly two 2ldren on a nearly trillion response to the outbreak. Impartial ling calling parts of a slush fund. ,ithout democratic supports republicans failed to get the measure passed and their own rank and file were down in numbers. Rand paul announced he is the first u. S. Senator to test positive for the virus. Reaction toet your the senate failing to pass that economic aid bill. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001 and. Ndependents, 2027488002 text us with your first name and 2027488003. At we will get your thoughts in a minute. , senatort vote failed Mitch Mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate had this to say. [video clip] mcconnell republican and Democratic Senators spent days collaborating on a bipartisa
Yesterday as well as the new york governor andrew cuomo. The headline in forbes, new york to begin Clinical Trials for coronavirus treatment. Doctor, what do you know about this treatment . And what are we hopeful for . Greta, thank you for having me on. There are potential treatments that are being talked about. Medications like chloroquine, to treat and prevent malaria. Hydroxychloroquine used to a medication treat diseases like lupus. Its thought that these medications do have antiviral and antiinflammatory properties. There have been some very, very small studies out of france and china demonstrating potentially these medications reducing the duration of symptoms as well as illness. And so what we really need now are Clinical Trials that make sure these medications are safe and effective to treat covid19. We also need basic answers to questions, such as who should get them, at what dose, for how long. So the Clinical Trials of these types of medications are absolutely critical. And
Ron klain was the evil Ebola Response cornu during the obama administration. He joint Health Policy experts for discussion on the use response to the coronavirus at the center for American Progress in washington, d. C. Good morning, everyone. My name is neera tanden and im pleased to welcome you to the center for American Progress. I am so glad you could join us for this critically important conversation. The death toll from the coronavirus now exceeds 3200 with more than 200 cases confirmed inside the United States. As Health Officials warn the coronavirus will ultimately become widespread in the United States, serious questions have emerged about have the federal government is responding. Around the world countries are beginning to take significant measures including restricting travel, closing schools, postponing religious pilgrimages and imposing quarantines. Critics say the Trump Administration has been slow to address this impending crisis. The present editing have said to downpl
Being here, and let me thank our very esteemed panel of people who have spent their entire lives fighting for Quality Health care and disease prevention in this country. Let me just very briefly introduce some of our panelists before we begin. Dr. Abdul al sayed is a physician,epidemiologist for the city of detroit. He was formerly a professor at columbia Universitys Department of epidemiology and director of the club University Science program. Dr. Allison gulvaney is director of the yale center for Infectious Disease modeling and analysis and professor of epidemiology. She is the youngest recipient of an endowed chair in the history of yale school of medicine. Dr. Victoria dooley is a Board Certified Family Medicine physician and health care advocate. Has worked very hard to make sure all people in michigan receive health care as a human right. Deborah berger is the National Nurses united president. The Largest Nurses Union in the country, and she is one of the countrys top nursing l