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A scientist test for COVID-19.

Memo to the president: Reimagining public health preparedness and response

By Daniel M. Gerstein | Disruptive Technologies

Ambulances wait outside an emergency room.

If the coronavirus outbreak grows, can a strained US health care system keep up?

By Saskia Popescu | Biosecurity

US cities are not medically prepared for a nuclear detonation

By Jerome M. Hauer | Nuclear Weapons