RAND Report Outlines 10 Years of Military Behavioral Health Lessons-Learned
Newswise Bethesda, Md. - To ensure future behavioral health providers are prepared to practice in military treatment facilities and in the combat theater of operations, the Uniformed Services University’s (USU) Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) commissioned a RAND report to capture lessons learned over a decade of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report, published March 15, includes interviews with 17 health experts about the significant changes in the provision and delivery of behavioral health care in the U.S. military between 2003 and 2013 resulting from the significant increase in behavioral health demands arising out of the longstanding wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during that time.
Single-Dose Nipah, Hendra Vaccine for Humans Effective 7 Days After Immunization
Newswise Bethesda, MD A vaccine for use against the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has demonstrated effectiveness in preclinical studies as early as 7 days following a single immunization, according to a new study, A Single Dose Investigational Subunit Vaccine for Human Use against Nipah virus and Hendra virus, published in the journal,
npj Vaccines, online February 8, 2021.
A collaborative group of investigators from the Uniformed Services University (USU), the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and Galveston National Laboratory (GNL), and Profectus BioSciences, Inc. (now Auro Vaccines LLC), carried out two preclinical studies of a Nipah and Hendra virus vaccine. Their results show that a subunit vaccine formulated for use in humans is effective as early as a week after the vaccination is administered.