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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wondering whose White House job it is to protect Americans from bio threats - and why that matters? As of this week, it is *nobody's* full-time job. Here is what that means for all of us. Thanks to Jon Finer & @spsaki.bsky.social who lay it out with me here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

No One in the White House Knows How to Stop Ebola

We had a playbook for handling biothreats. Then Trump pushed out the people who knew how to use it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Jul 21

We also discuss @cepi.net's model new biosecurity program, how CEPI benefits businesses, and how it aims to deliver on equitable access to vaccines everywhere, on time, during health emergencies. Tune in!

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Jul 21

In this episode @drrhatchett.bsky.social dives into why @cepi.net is critical to national security and how to chart a path forward to deliver on the 100 Days Mission in the midst of major changes to the global health landscape.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Listen for this week's episode of A Common Health, from @csis.org, in which I had the great pleasure to host the inimitable @drrhatchett.bsky.social, CEO of @cepi.net. As always, Richard delivers not only wisdom, but also desperately needed optimism. www.csis.org/podcasts/com...

Richard Hatchett, CEPI: “Access does not just happen.” | The CommonHealth | CSIS Podcasts

Beth Cameron, Senior Advisor and Professor of the Practice at the Brown University Pandemic Center and a Senior Adviser and non-resident fellow at CSIS, hosts this inspiring conversation with Richard ...

www.csis.org

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thrilled to author with @bhadeliamd.bsky.social, @craigspencer.bsky.social as we try to make sense of the landscape and chart a safer, more secure future, including for all Americans, from bio threats. Our conclusion? Ensuring U.S. pandemic security requires strategic global engagement, not retreat.

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social · Jun 19

NEW: Beth Cameron, @craigspencer.bsky.social and I share the impact of US funding cuts and policy changes to global health security now and in the future in Vaccine journal.

"A tale of two U.S. Global health security futures—withdraw or evolve?"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A tale of two U.S. Global health security futures—withdraw or evolve?

Rapid detection and response to biological threats are critical to global health security. For decades, the United States has played a leading role in…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

Thanks to @cepi.net and @nti.org for modeling the world we want to live in. @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social @wilmotjames.bsky.social

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

Thanks to authors Kirsten Angeles, Shrestha Rath, Jose Garza-Martinez, Jon Arizti Sanz, Yorgo El Moubayed, MSC biosecurity emerging leaders & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Biosecurity Game Changers.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

Opportunity for readers: Consider visiting mscbiosecuritydeclaration.org to support the MSC Biosecurity Emerging Leaders Declaration.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

Cautionary note from the authors: A world that is truly prepared for bio threats can only emerge if current leaders -- including at the local level and among international organizations -- are serious about providing next gen leaders with the opportunity to inform and influence decision-makers now.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

I am proud to be associated with the next gen leaders who penned this article -- they give me confidence that we *will* be able to get prepared for the next pandemic.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

It's a pleasure to lift this thoughtful piece about the critical role of rising leaders in decisions about the future of global health and biosecurity.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · May 24

👇 I'm delighted to share this new op-ed in @thebulletin.org from rising leaders in biosecurity and #BiosecurityGameChangers. thebulletin.org/2025/05/youn... 🧵

Young people will be key to preventing the next pandemic

Global health forums like the World Health Assembly, where the pandemic agreement was recently approved, need to fully incorporate the voices and expertise of young people in the Global South, where 9...

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Apr 3

This administration is trying to abolish one leg of the stool (USAID), has signaled deep cuts at DoD, and has thrown HHS into chaos. This is not a recipe for health, it's a recipe for disaster.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Before Jan 2025, our biodefense system was created over two decades of carefully crafted programs at HHS, DoD, and USAID. These three legs in the stool ensure we can prevent, detect, and respond to any bio threat.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Taking a sledgehammer to HHS is dangerous. In @justsecurity.org me & @spsaki.bsky.social write about why cutting, changing, and chaotically destabilizing a critical part of our nation’s biodefense isn’t smart for national security, and it weakens our biological deterrence. 🧵

Just Security @justsecurity.org · Apr 3

What Just Happened:

Top experts write on exactly why the Trump administration's sweeping changes to HHS will make the United States highly insecure, not healthy.

Plus what indicators to keep an eye on in coming weeks and months.

By @spsaki.bsky.social and @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social

Dropping U.S. Biodefenses: Why Cuts to Federal Health Agencies Make Americans Less Safe

The Trump administration's sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services will make the United States highly insecure, not healthy.

www.justsecurity.org

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 15

I got permission to post this photo from American heroes -- who we were lucky to have protecting us.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 15

I will end the week by repeating a mantra from one of the best people I know:
Soft Power Saves Lives
Soft Power Prevents War
Soft Power Drives Economies
Soft Power Made America Great

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 15

I expected to find a somber mood. Instead, as I should have expected from people who exemplify the American and human spirit, I witnessed their RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, RELENTLESSNESS, and EMPATHY. At this fork in the road, they are on the right side of history.

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 15

Today, I found hope in hundreds who came out to celebrate the heroes who protect Americans from disease threats and fragility. After being locked out of their offices for weeks, they were finally allowed back in scheduled increments to box up personal items, family photos, and spare clothing. 🧵

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · Mar 7

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I’m not a bureaucrat. I’m a Boise native who worked hard to stop deaths from malaria | Opinion

The language that has been used to vilify myself and my colleagues around the world is cruel and simply false. | Opinion

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 7

bit.ly/4hcIu6c I sat down with Steve Morrison @csis.org to talk about the decimation of U.S. protection against biological threats, the incredible people who make up the US health security fighting force & why these efforts are imperative for all Americans and our national security.

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Cameron: “It has been a blizzard... It’s a staggering reality” | The CommonHealth | CSIS Podcasts

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Cameron, Professor, Brown University, and former senior official in global health security and biodefense at the White House and USAID, kindly shares her thoughts on the radical c...

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our protective shield against deadly diseases is falling apart. We haven't had Ebola in America in a decade. That's because Congress supported USAID and CDC to: (1) protect our homeland from deadly disease (2) stop outbreaks at the source (3) make sure our military doesn't have to go into hot zones.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Mar 7

Uganda's Ebola outbreak has worsened — but the country’s ability to fight it has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, per recording of US officials obtained by @lattif.bsky.social @stephanienolen.bsky.social.

Eye-catching + worrying scoop.

As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear

Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.

www.nytimes.com

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Feb 27

USAID global health security people & programs = America’s fighting force against Ebola. That force is being terminated. The # of Ebola cases in America since a bipartisan Congress souped up the effort in 2015? Zero. Do most Americans want to keep it that way? Yes. Let’s get them back to work.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Feb 26

Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”

That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.

“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.

USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Feb 24

I am incredibly proud of this #biosecurity team of rising leaders and experts. They are charting a path to a new way of thinking where biosecurity and biosafety are integrated fully into global health and #100DaysMission! Please join us in endorsing the effort. Check it out ⬇️

Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · Feb 24

At the @munsecconf.bsky.social, we w/ @cepivaccines.bsky.social, @nti.org, & @foreignpolicy.com, met with rising biosecurity leaders from the Global South & top decision-makers to identify actions to improve biosecurity & the #100DaysMission. Together they’ve crafted an exciting declaration.

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CEPI, Brown, NTI Partner with Rising Leaders to Take Biological Threats off the Table

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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · Feb 24

At the @munsecconf.bsky.social, we w/ @cepivaccines.bsky.social, @nti.org, & @foreignpolicy.com, met with rising biosecurity leaders from the Global South & top decision-makers to identify actions to improve biosecurity & the #100DaysMission. Together they’ve crafted an exciting declaration.

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CEPI, Brown, NTI Partner with Rising Leaders to Take Biological Threats off the Table

pandemics.sph.brown.edu

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