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How the Trump budget undercuts security risks posed by pandemics

  • Written by Maureen Miller, Professor, Columbia University Medical Center

President Trump proposed a US$54 billion military budget increase to solidify the security of our nation. However, the government also recognizes pandemic threats as an issue of national security – one that knows no borders.

In the last four years, we have faced the Ebola epidemic – contained after significant loss of life – and...

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