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Tag Archives: ebola
How prepared are airports and airlines to handle a pandemic?
Physical distancing and avoiding shared surfaces can be quite difficult when it comes to air travel. Airports and airplanes have many of the features that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend you avoid to prevent the spread of diseases, … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Coronavirus
Tagged airlines, airport, aviation, aviation safety, CDC, Coronavirus, Department of Transportation, ebola, Heather Krause, HHS, homeland security, pandemic, Physical Infrastructure, PI, SARS, USDOT
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How Prepared Are We for a Pandemic?
The outbreak and spread of COVID-19 from China to the U.S. shores has brought the term coronavirus into daily usage and raised the question “How prepared are we for a pandemic?” Today’s WatchBlog explores GAO work looking at pandemic preparedness, … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Coronavirus
Tagged biodefense, bird flu, CDC, Chris Currie, Coronavirus, ebola, flu, H1N1, health care, Mary Denigan-Macauley, pandemic, pandemic response, Science and Technology, STAA, virus, Zika
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Air Travel and Communicable Diseases (podcast)
Stopping communicable disease from spreading via air travel involves local, national, and international efforts, as illustrated by the 2015 Ebola epidemic. How do governments plan and coordinate with airports and airlines that potentially carry sick passengers? Listen to Gerald Dillingham, … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Transportation
Tagged airlines, airport, airports, disease control, ebola, FAA, PI, safe travels, SARS, travel
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Responding to Infectious Diseases
Although this is the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States, it’s not the first infectious disease we’ve faced. From flu and SARS, to Lyme disease and West Nile Virus, we have had opportunities to learn from … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care
Tagged biosurveillance, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, ebola, flexible manufacturing, flu, H1N1, HC, health, health care, HHS, HSJ, outbreak, pandemic, SARS, SI, Strategic National Stockpile, vaccinations, vaccine, virus
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