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Changes to regulations, standards, and guidelines are rippling up and down the federal government through agencies, large and small, in response to the White House Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, but here are some of the major ones put forth by CISA and NIST.

Corporate Facilities

Highlighting CISA & NIST’s Efforts Under EO 14028: Standards & Security

Tammy Waitt - December 12, 2022

Vitalant

Campus Security

Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients Critically Needed

Tammy Waitt - April 30, 2020

Federal

Thermo Fisher Diagnostic Test to Detect COVID-19 Authorized by FDA

Tammy Waitt - March 16, 2020

Reports of "serious harm" in patients dependent on opioid painkillers who suddenly stop taking the medication, or rapidly decrease the dose, have prompted a drug safety communication issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Disaster Prevention

FDA Warns of Dangers with Abrupt Discontinuation of Opioids

Tammy Waitt - April 22, 2019

In a move meant to help ease shortages of EpiPen (epinephrine) auto-injectors, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended by 4 months the expiration date of specific lots of 0.3-mg products marketed by Mylan. (Courtesy of Mylan)

Campus Security

FDA Extends Some EpiPen Expiration Dates to Fight Shortages (See List)

Tammy Waitt - August 21, 2018

Tiger cub found during CBP inspection in passenger vehicle. (Courtesy of CBP)

Airports/Aviation

Cincinnati CBP Reveals Unique Seizures & Concealment Methods

Tammy Waitt - July 25, 2018

“The human body is amazingly resilient. Every one of our cells already contains genes that encode for some level of resistance to specific health threats, but those built-in defenses can’t always express quickly or robustly enough to be effective,” said Renee Wegrzyn, the PREPARE program manager. “PREPARE will study how to support this innate resistance by giving it a temporary boost, either before or after exposure, without any permanent edits to the genome.” (Courtesy of YouTube)

Disaster Prevention

DARPA: Dialing Up the Body’s Defenses Against Health Threats

Tammy Waitt - May 30, 2018

Crisis Responders

DoD Working with Humacyte on Solutions for Injured Warfighters

Tammy Waitt - October 2, 2017