1. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BIODOSIMETRY AND RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAMS
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Lynne Wathen, Francesca Macchiarini, Carmen Rios, Chad Hrdina, Mary J. Homer, Bert W. Maidment, Andrea L. DiCarlo-Cohen, Robert E. Raulli, Brian R. Moyer, Pataje G. S. Prasanna, and John L. Esker
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Paper ,medicine.medical_specialty ,National security ,MEDLINE ,Disaster Planning ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Radiation Monitoring ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Program Development ,Radiometry ,Human services ,Radiation ,Operationalization ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Interinstitutional Relations ,Countermeasure ,Models, Organizational ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Radiological weapon ,Preparedness ,Terrorism ,United States Dept. of Health and Human Services ,Public Health ,Medical emergency ,Business ,Emergencies ,Radioactive Hazard Release - Abstract
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is fully committed to the development of medical countermeasures to address national security threats from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. Through the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, HHS has launched and managed a multi-agency, comprehensive effort to develop and operationalize medical countermeasures. Within HHS, development of medical countermeasures includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), (led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); with the Division of Medical Countermeasure Strategy and Requirements, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration as primary partners in this endeavor. This paper describes various programs and coordinating efforts of BARDA and NIH for the development of medical countermeasures for radiological and nuclear threats.
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- 2016