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Henry Schein Gets $53.4 Mln Contract From U.S. HHS For PPE Storage And Distribution MELVILLE (dpa-AFX) - Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC), a solutions company for health care professionals, announced Wednesday that it was received a $53.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or HHS for the storage and distribution of 80,000 pallets of personal protective equipment or PPE and COVID-19 related products. The contract is to support the Strategic National Stockpile or SNS, part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within HHS. According t...

Today, I’m joined by Congressman Mike Gallagher, who represents the 8th District in Wisconsin. In this episode, we delve into critical infrastructure security from the perspective of national security. Congressman Mike Gallagher:  I mean, in the past, we sort of had the advantage of basic geography, and 1000s of miles of oceans, and friendly neighbors to protect us. But in the cyber domain, those geographic distances are essentially meaningless…..we’ve seen have been kind of a huge wake up call for me and a few other legislators who tend to focus on these issues. Bryson Bort: We talk t...

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Member State Information Session on COVID-19 - 22 April Format Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to all Member States, and thank you for joining us once again. This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the launching of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. Tomorrow we will hold a special press conference involving the principals of all the partners in the ACT Accelerator. As you know, the ACT Accelerator was conceived with two major objectives: rapid development...

How WHO is supporting Nigeria’s COVID-19 response – Official Saturday marked exactly one year since medics were summoned to what became the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria. ADVERTISEMENT The efforts of local and international actors in Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 helped in curtailing a larger spread of the disease, an official of the Walter Mulomo, the country representative of WHO, said since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria about a year ago, the global health agency has been engaging the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the health ministry and several...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been central in federal cybersecurity policy for years, as an important non-regulatory body that convenes the private sector, works across agencies, and protects information sharing with and between the private sector. We expect DHS to increase its influence on federal procurement in the coming years, both as a network security advisor to most federal agencies and as a purchaser of networking, security, and cybersecurity services. Contractors should keep an eye on DHS’s expanding ...