Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The Me Too movement has women in different careers talking about sexual harassment and assault. The national discussion did not leave out the military, unmasking more actions needed to be taken by DoD to cope.
January 12, 2018 -
More than 11 million people around the globe are living with the AIDS-HIV thanks to antiretroviral therapy supported by the U.S. government
August 04, 2017 -
What is public health surveillance? How do emerging health information technologies improve public health data? How is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using innovation solutions to tackle public health surveillance challenges? Join us as we explore these questions with Brian Lee, Chief Public Health Informatics Officer within the Office of Public Health Scientific Services at CDC.
July 31, 2017 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted its first list of employee removals, suspensions and demotions showing 525 VA staffers have been fired since President Trump took office in January.
July 10, 2017 -
At first blush a cooperative agreement between HHS and its Cuban counterpart seems absurd, given the shambling condition of Cuba's medical system.
November 29, 2016 -
William Gregory Burel, the director of the Division of Strategic National Stockpile for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the Department of Health and Human Services, is one of 50 new fellows for the National Academy of Public Administration.
November 16, 2016 -
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
September 19, 2016 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Strategic National Stockpile of drugs and medical supplies is often the provider of last resort in case of an emergency That it responds on a dime is thanks to the work of its director, William Greg Burel, a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals.
September 19, 2016 This week's guest is Paula Braun, Entrepreneur in Residence for the CDC Mortality Project. Paula has both a master’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in analytics. She is the ideal person to apply analytics to the world of big data.
September 02, 2016-
Epidemic Intelligence Service officers serve as the disease detectives when an outbreak happens.
March 25, 2016 -
Greg Downing, executive director for Innovation at the Department of Health and Human Service's Idea Lab and Chad Heilig, associate director for data science from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talk to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Venture program, which helps employees make headway against big challenges HHS faces.
March 17, 2016 -
OPM sent a memo encouraging federal managers to minimize travel to regions affected by Zika, suggesting teleconferencing as an alternative.
March 08, 2016 -
An Army investigation found no single culprit for live Anthrax shipments that mistakenly traveled the globe, but a "culture of complacency" pervaded the lab they came from.
January 18, 2016 -
Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller is reporting this week from the National Contract Management Association’s World Congress in Dallas. He reports on CDC contracting, GSA's FedSIM program and the current status of DoD's new services acquisition policy.
July 29, 2015 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received $1 billion in emergency funding last year to help deal with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, putting the contracting staff under pressure.
July 29, 2015