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Nov 10, 2026
Maria GodoyCORRESPONDENT
Eight measles-related deaths have been reported in three states.
Maria GodoyCORRESPONDENT
Dr. Amish Adalja with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security says losing the designation raises bigger questions about the country's ability to master infectious disease problems.
Amish AdaljaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you can't control something like measles, which has had a medical countermeasure available since the 1960s, what does that mean for any kind of newer or emerging pathogen that might arise?
Linda KenyonHOST
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Austin LostrohHOST
You know, just notice that that's from 2018.
Austin LostrohHOST
And in 2019, before COVID happened, they held the John Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Austin LostrohHOST
They hosted Event 201.
Austin LostrohHOST
And event 201 was a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18th, 2019 in New York City.
Jay FriedenbergHOST
He holds several advanced degrees and completed a postdoc with the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University.
Jay FriedenbergHOST
And he was also a fellow of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Program of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins.
Jay FriedenbergHOST
Sus, welcome to the show.
Jay FriedenbergHOST
Thanks.
Ian SampleHOST
So how could AI be used to develop lethal pathogens? And how serious is the threat? I'm the Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, and this is Science Weekly.
Ian SampleHOST
Dr. Tom Inglesby, you're director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Ian SampleHOST
And one of your specialties is the prevention of and response to biological threats.
Ian SampleHOST
Tell me first how you would define a bioweapon and what kinds have been used in the past?