The National Academy of Medicine will host a forum discussion on global preparedness if there should be another 1918-type influenza pandemic. The flu pandemic in 1918 is estimated to have killed around 50 million people globally. Speakers include Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Journalist Laurie Garrett, David Fidler, a professor of law at Indiana University at Bloomington, Jackie Katz, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s influenza division and Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of virology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To learn more about attending the event in person or to watch online, click here.
Nov. 28, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Academy of Science Building, 2101 Constitution Ave, Washington, D.C. 20418