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Don't Restrict Valid Pathogen Research, ASM & Partners Warn Congress


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Don’t Restrict Valid Pathogen Research, ASM & Partners Warn Congress
ASM, with the support of fellow science organizations and institutions, issued the following letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging them to reject attempts to impose restrictions on federally funded research or the operations of federal science agencies based on premature conclusions about how the pandemic emerged. Such efforts could have serious, negative unintended consequences for potentially lifesaving research.
This letter follows ASM’s call for governments, international agencies, and scientists to work together to initiate an objective evaluation of the virus’s origins.
Dear Chair DeLauro, Ranking Member Granger and Ranking Member Cole: ....

United States , Columbia University Irving Medical Center , American Society For Investigative Pathology , American Society Of Tropical Medicine , House Appropriations Committee , Rochester Institute Of Technology , Society Of Nuclear Medicine , Society Of Toxicology , Wayne State University , Association For Professionals , Biophysical Society , American Dairy Science Association , American Institute Of Biological Sciences , Association For Psychological Science , Institute Of Food Technologists , Association Of American Medical Colleges , American Geophysical Union , American Society For Microbiology , Medicine Association , Society For Healthcare Epidemiology Of America , Endocrine Society , International Society On Thrombosis , American Society For Biochemistry , Society For Pediatric Radiology , Gerontological Society Of America , American Association Of Veterinary Medical Colleges ,

ASM and Partners Request $60M for AMD Program at CDC


ASM joined partners in submitting the following request to Congress.
Dear Chairman Leahy, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt
cc: Chair DeLauro, Ranking Member Granger and Ranking Member Cole:
We, the undersigned organizations, respectfully request that you provide $60 million for the Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies bill. The AMD program uses next generation sequencing (NGS) to bring the concept of precision medicine to bear for “precision public health.”
AMD gives us new tools to detect disease faster, identify outbreaks sooner, and protect people from emerging and evolving disease threats. It informs vaccine development, helps identify and track antimicrobial resistance and foodborne illness, and informs the development of diagnostics for new, existing and emerging diseases. AM ....

United States , Pacific Biosciences , American Academy Of Pediatrics , Genmark Diagnostics Inc , Association Of Public Health Laboratories , Madison School Of Medicine , Big Cities Health Coalition , American Public Health Association , Centers For Disease , Yale University , America Health , American Association For Clinical Chemistry , Association For Professionals , Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings , Biophysical Society , Boston University , Association For Molecular Pathology , American Society For Clinical Pathology , American Society Of Tropical Medicine Hygiene , Association Of American Medical Colleges , Infectious Diseases Society Of America , American Society For Microbiology , Medicine Association , Association Of Schools , Society For Healthcare Epidemiology Of America , College Of American Pathologists ,