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Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats Meeting on Fostering Healthcare Preparedness and Resilience

  • September 11 - 12, 2025
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The overall aim of this meeting is to identify ways in which partners can successfully strengthen emergency preparedness and resilience across the healthcare delivery system, ensuring it is prepared t...

Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats Meeting on Cybersecurity for the Healthcare & Public Health Sector

  • August 6 - 7, 2025
  • Meeting
  • Past

In this meeting, committee members will: Understand trends in cybersecurity vulnerabilities and impacts on under-resourced providers and patient care. Discuss potential actions small providers, rural...

A Long COVID diagnosis: Implications for social, behavioral, and economic sciences

  • October 24, 2024
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report, A Long COVID Definition: A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences, which defines Long COVI...

Report Release Webinar: A Long COVID Definition

  • June 11, 2024
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The report, A Long COVID Definition: A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences will release on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Join the Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Lon...

Report Release Webinar: Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • March 26, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Join the Committee on Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures as it discusses its newly released report Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeas...

Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID - Committee Meeting 8

  • February 5, 2024
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The eighth meeting of the Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID will be held entirely in closed, committee-only, session.

Meeting 5 of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • February 2, 2024
  • 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Past

This is a closed session, virtual meeting of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures.

Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID - Committee Meeting 7

  • January 18, 2024
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID will host a virtual public information-gathering session in conjunction with the seventh meeting on Thursday, Januar...

Meeting 4 of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • January 12, 2024
  • 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM (EST)
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures will host a virtual public information-gathering session in conjunct...

Meeting 3 of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • December 14 - 15, 2023
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures will host a virtual public information-gathering session in conjunct...

Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID - Committee Meeting 6

  • December 7, 2023
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The sixth meeting of the Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID will be held entirely in closed, committee-only, session.

Meeting 2 of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • December 1, 2023
  • 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM (EST)
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures will host a virtual public information-gathering session in conjunct...

Meeting 1 of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

  • November 16, 2023
  • 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM (EST)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures will host a virtual public information-gathering session in conjunct...

Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID - Committee Meeting 5

  • October 25, 2023
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The fifth meeting of the Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID will be held entirely in closed, committee-only, session.

Symposium on Long COVID: Examining the Working Definition

  • June 22, 2023
  • Workshop
  • Past

The Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID hosted a symposium on June 22-23, 2023, in Washington, D.C., and virtually. For those attending in-person, please review our health an...
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