Pandemic

CIA Will Not Confirm or Deny If E-Mails on COVID or the Pandemic Exist Within Trump’s CIA Director’s E-mail Box

On March 31, 2020, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request with the CIA for e-mails sent to or from…

December 3, 2021

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

The Pandemic Pendulum: A Critical Analysis of Federal and State Preparedness for a Pandemic Event, by John R. Foley, March 2009 Master’s Thesis

Background This paper explores pandemic planning efforts across federal and state jurisdictions and how the absence of collaboration could have…

March 19, 2020