Journalists Harriet Constable and Jacob Kushner will discuss their six-part multimedia series for BBC, “Stopping the Next One,” which explores six diseases that could cause the next global pandemic and the scientists working to keep that from happening. Their stories cover a bat-borne virus in Asia, a super-spreader mosquito that has crossed from India to North America, African camels carrying Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), swine flu in Europe, monkeys with yellow fever in South America, and possums carrying flesh-eating bacteria in Australia.

When: 12:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Oct. 5 (virtual)

During this exclusive on-the-record briefing, Elizabeth Fowler, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will provide opening remarks and respond to audience questions.

Check the organization’s website to register.

7:00 p.m. EST, October 05, 2021 (virtual)

Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., M.P.H., is an occupational medicine specialist who works with post-COVID-19-syndrome patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Join health care reporters from around the country as they discuss their experiences covering the pandemic, and how it has changed health care journalism.

Join the Science Writers of New York on Oct. 14 at 7:00 p.m. EST for a virtual conversation with Nancy Segal, an author whose book takes the first in-depth look at the New York City adoption agency that separated twins and triplets in the 1960s, and the controversial and disturbing study that tracked the children’s development while never telling their adoptive parents that they were raising a “singleton twin.” A professor of psychology at California State University, Fullerton, she will also talk about the film Three Identical Strangers, which told this story.

Thursday Oct. 14, 2021, 1-2 PM EDT Virtual Panel Discussion, hosted by the Pulizer Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School…

Nipunie Rajapakse, MD, is a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic.

One in three women and one in five men 50 years and older around the world will suffer an osteoporotic fracture, potentially leading to chronic pain and long-term disability. This observance from the International Osteoporosis Foundation is designed to raise awareness of maintaining bone health and preventing fractures. 

In response to a congressional request to address NIH efforts related to women’s health research, the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), in conjunction with the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH), will be hosting Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference. The key topics to be discussed, as identified by Congress, are (1) clinical practices related to rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates; (2) increasing rates of chronic debilitating conditions in women; and (3) stagnant cervical cancer survival rates.

Psychiatric disorders are among the most devastating of human diseases, making up about one-third of the global burden of disease. Here at Mount Sinai and The Friedman Brain Institute we understand it is imperative to further research needed to treat and support the patients and their families affected by these debilitating disorders.
 
Please join us to learn about how our four new centers are conducting novel research for urgently needed therapies and are revolutionizing the way mental illness is treated.

Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) is holding an online two-hour master class for its members on how to create a story outline, highlighting both story structure and framing. Instructor Matt Apuzzo from The New York Times will discuss common writing pitfalls, plus offer tips for seamless editing.

Public health authorities in the U.S. are analyzing data on the long-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and debating the need for vaccine booster shots. This webinar will bring together experts in public health with different points of view.

The annual meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association for health care informatics professionals will be a hybrid of some live events in San Diego and some live-streamed sessions. For press registration, contact Lisa Gibson at lisa@amia.org or 301-657-5909.