All Articles

Daily update for September 16th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for September 13th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for September 12th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Over a year into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and chaos are impeding access and crippling the response. CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison lays out what it will take to end the outbreak.

Daily update for September 11th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for September 10th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for September 9th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for September 6th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security examines Russian behavior in the global health sphere and outlines an opportunity to expand U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Daily update for September 3rd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 30th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 29th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 28th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 27th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 26th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 23rd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 22nd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 21st, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 20th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 19th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 16th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 15th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Daily update for August 14th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 13th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 12th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 9th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 8th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Following the third meeting of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security, Commission co-chairs Kelly Ayotte and Julie Gerberding call for Congress and the administration to advance a U.S. doctrine of continuous prevention, protection, and resilience.

Daily update for August 7th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 6th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Our rapidly expanding ability to understand and manipulate life is outpacing biosafety, the practice of preventing accidental exposure of people, animals or the environment to dangerous microbes. This brief proposes targeted research to address this health security threat.

Daily update for August 5th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 2nd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for August 1st, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 31st, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 30th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 29th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 25th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 24th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 23rd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 22nd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 19th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 18th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 17th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 16th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 15th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 12th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 11th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 10th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 9th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 8th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 3rd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 2nd, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for July 1st, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 28th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 27th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security proposes ways to strengthen and integrate the Department of Defense’s unique capabilities into a cohesive U.S. health security approach.

Daily update for June 26th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 25th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 24th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 21st, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 20th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 19th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 18th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 17th, 2019 on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Daily update for June 14th, 2019, on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Daily update for June 13th, 2019, on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The financing gap for preparedness is one of the starkest problems in health security. The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security proposes some sensible pathways for leveraging this year’s IDA19 replenishment to help close this gap.

J. Stephen Morrison and Dr. Victor Dzau of the National Academy of Medicine discuss the future of human genome editing.

Ahead of the Trump-Kim Vietnam summit, Commission Secretariat Director J. Stephen Morrison argues that the Trump administration should take concrete steps to address urgent health and humanitarian needs in North Korea.

China’s commitment to ban fentanyl as a drug class, a welcome announcement at the December 2018 G20 summit in Buenos Aires, was just the most recent, powerful signal of the growing understanding that fentanyl, the front edge of a new era of synthetic opioids, poses a grave, direct health security threat.

J. Stephen Morrison and Victor Cha discuss the bleak health realities in North Korea, an understudied part of the larger problem of potential instability on the Korean peninsula and a potential health security threat.

The Ebola outbreak unfolding in Eastern DRC is the most recent, powerful showcase of what it means to battle dangerous health security threats in a disordered world. While categoric judgments are elusive, the high risk of losing the game in the DRC is becoming apparent.

The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea examines the rapid decay of North Korea’s health systems and the dangers it poses to neighboring countries, through interviews with experts on North Korea and health security and exclusive footage from inside the little-seen nation.

The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea examines the rapid decay of North Korea’s health systems and the dangers it poses to neighboring countries, through interviews with experts on North Korea and health security and exclusive footage from inside the little-seen nation.

We are at a turning point in thinking about what comes next in controlling HIV/AIDS in the coming years.

Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response, discusses the response to the current Ebola outbreak in a conflict-ridden region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Antimicrobial drug resistance is a complex, long-range global crisis threatening the foundations on which modern medicine is built.

The reality of the disordered world demands U.S. leadership and action to ensure health security.

High-risk disease outbreaks are a real and growing threat to U.S. national security at home and abroad.

Biotechnology is moving swiftly and holds the potential to revolutionize many fields if properly managed.

Medical countermeasure development faces significant barriers yet remains critical to U.S. response to health security crises.

Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), discusses the role of the IFRC in humanitarian and outbreak response and preparedness.

On May 9, the day after the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed an Ebola outbreak, the Trump administration dismissed Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer and dissolved his post as senior director for global health security and biothreats.

Daniel Lucey, a senior scholar with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discusses the global threat of yellow fever.

Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management and European Union Ebola Coordinator, discusses the European Union’s role in the May-June 2018 Ebola response.

Beth Cameron, CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security expert advisor and Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, discusses global health security and pandemic preparedness efforts with Amadou Sall and Andrew Kitua.

Kee B. Park, Harvard Medical School Paul Farmer Global Surgery Scholar and Korean American Medical Association Director of North Korea Programs, discusses opportunities for diplomatic progress with North Korea through health.

Health realities in North Korea are grim, poorly understood, and seldom studied as part of the larger problem of potential instability on the Korean peninsula.

Immunizations are one of the most effective and cost-effective health promotion tools, yet despite focused efforts to increase global vaccine delivery, more than one in ten children received no vaccines in 2016.

The Spanish influenza cataclysm ignited 100 years ago, and while we certainly live today in a superior state of preparedness, modernization and globalization have also driven up health security risks.

Healthcare and humanitarian workers are increasingly in the crosshairs as hospitals and aid centers have become part of the battlefield in today’s wars.

Since 2014, Venezuela, which at one time enjoyed international recognition for its malaria elimination program, achievements in life expectancy, and progress addressing infectious diseases, has shown increasingly negative health indicators.

Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear” is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary that tells the story of the 2014 Ebola outbreak’s effect on America as well as the public health and government response.