Hopkins Phoenix/Scottsdale: Zika Virus and the Intersection of Medical and Legal Triage
Hopkins Phoenix/Scottsdale
On the heels of the 2014 Ebola outbreak (with just a few remaining cases in Sierra Leone), the world faces its next major threat from an emerging infectious agent—Zika virus (ZIKV). Its emergence in South and Latin Americas in 2015 through global migration of mosquitos and human travel patterns escalates this threat to emergency levels. On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of ZIKV a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Multiple countries, including Brazil, Honduras, and Mexico, have made similar declarations. On February 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed its emergency operations center on its highest Level 1. Governors of Florida (2/3), Puerto Rico (2/5)[Spanish], and Hawaii (2/12)[PDF] have declared their own states of emergency with the impending approach of ZIKV in the United States. ZIKV is projected to infect multiple millions globally before this current wave crests.
Join James G. Hodge, Jr., JD, LLM, Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (and former Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), for a conversation surrounding the recent ZIKV outbreak and the intersection of medical & legal triage.
6:00 pm (Cocktail Reception)
6:30 pm (Presentation/Q&A)
7:30 pm (Dinner)