CLIMATE

America's Climate Choices
Authors: Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council

Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused primarily by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these emissions continue to increase, which will result ...
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Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
Authors: America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change; National Research Council

Global climate change is one of America's most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity--especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, and land use change--is affecting global average temperatures, snow and ice cover, sea-level, ocean acidity, ...
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Advancing the Science of Climate Change
Authors: America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change; National Research Council

The compelling case that climate change is occurring and is caused in large part by human activities is based on a strong, credible body of evidence, says Advancing the Science of Climate Change, one of the new books in the ...
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Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
Authors: America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change; National Research Council

Reducing vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change that the nation cannot, or does not, avoid is a highly desirable strategy to manage and minimize the risks, says the book, Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change. Some impacts--such as rising ...
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Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change
Authors: America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change; National Research Council

Substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions will require prompt and sustained efforts to promote major technological and behavioral changes, says Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, a new book from the America's Climate Choices study. Although limiting emissions must be ...
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SWINE FLU

Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A: A Letter Report
Authors: Catharyn T. Liverman, Tracy A. Harris, M.E. Bonnie Rogers, and Kenneth I. Shine, Editors, Committee on Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A, Institute of Medicine

In the event that the H1N1 virus creates a surge of patients during the upcoming flu season, it will be critical to protect health care workers from infection, given their central role in treating sick people and lessening the pandemic's...
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The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease
Authors: Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D.
This book is not a report of The National Academies.
In 1976, a small group of soldiers at Fort Dix were infected with a swine flu virus that was deemed similar to the virus responsible for the great 1918-19 world-wide flu pandemic. The U.S. government initiated an unprecedented ...
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Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program
Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to take into account many constantly evolving factors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic ...
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Vector-Borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections, Workshop Summary (Forum on Microbial Threats)

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Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers

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Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Summary
On March 3-4, 2008, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events hosted a workshop titled "Medical Countermeasures Dispensing." The overall objective was to discuss a range of solutions to rapidly provide medical ...
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Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges -- Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary

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Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary

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The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary
Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable. Moreover, recent problems with the availability and strain-specificity of vaccine ...
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The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities, Workshop Summary - Forum on Microbial Threats

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Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu

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Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Workshop Summary
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in southern China until it had reached more than 25 ...
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Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in southern China until it had reached more than 25 ...
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