Disease and Human Health

FBI Coronavirus Situational Awareness E-Mail, February 24, 2020

Background The following document was sent internally at the FBI on February 24, 2020. It was a "Situational Awareness" record…

August 13, 2020

President Donald Trump Letter to World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus

Background President Donald Trump sent the following letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 18,…

May 19, 2020

Intelligence Community Statement on Origins of COVID-19, April 30, 2020

The following was a press release issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on April 30,…

April 30, 2020

Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Using Historical Examples to Inform the Department of Defense’s Response to the Next Pandemic, 2013

Background Pandemic influenza has had an impact on militaries and societies in the past, and will again, because the virus…

April 3, 2020

USAID’s Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats (PIOET) Program

Background Nearly 75 percent of all new, emerging, or re-emerging diseases affecting humans at the beginning of the 21st century…

March 23, 2020

A Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Study, June 2012

Background A major concern among healthcare experts is a projected shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) during an influenza…

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus Guidelines for America, Issued on: March 16, 2020

Background On March 16, 2020, President Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force issued new guidelines to help protect…

March 17, 2020

MyUSDA Newsletters – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Background Each month, the USDA publishes the MyUSDA newsletter. Although many have been published online, it appears the USDA stopped…

February 8, 2019

The Allegation the United States Created the HIV/AIDS Virus

Background Since the viruses was first discovered, HIV and AIDS have long been rumored to have been a biproduct of…

April 19, 2018

Profectus BioSciences Inc. Ebola Vaccine Contract with Department of Health & Human Services

Background According to the "Schedule" portion of the contract/agreement: There are currently no medical countermeasures available for the prophylaxis or…

February 15, 2018