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ANNOUNCEMENT: GW Frontiers in Medicine Lecture Canceled
GW Doctors Return to D.C. Following 15-day Deployment to Haiti, Feb. 1
1/22/2010 Rescuers Prepare for an End to the Miracles, The Wall Street Journal
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, rescuers are now faced with the tough decision of when to declare an end to the rescue effort. According to a published review by Dr. E. Reed Smith, assistant clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at GW, only under extenuating circumstances have a handful of people survived more than 10 days. Scientists agree that anyone trapped beyond 10 days will only survive if he or she is uninjured and has access to water and air.

Full report online: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423204575017520891623554.html
1/21/2010 To Survive After Quake, the Desperate Target Haiti's Orphanages, CNN
In the days since the earthquake, Haiti's orphanages have become targets for people desperate for food, water and medical supplies. Dan Kaniewski, deputy director of GW's Homeland Security Policy Institute, says that security needs to be made a higher priority. Kaniewski explains that providing security resources is as equally important as providing all of the other kinds of aid in the country because security is essential for effective distribution.

Full report online: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/21/haiti.orphanages.attacks/index.html
1/21/2010 A New Search for Consensus on Health Care Bill, The New York Times
Passage of a comprehensive bill looked impossible after the Democrats’ loss of a Senate seat in Massachusetts. As an alternative, lawmakers in both parties said, some pieces of the bills already passed by the House and the Senate could be pulled out and packaged together in a measure that would command broad support. GW's Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and chair of the Department of Health Policy, said the new proposals could still help as many as 15 million Americans.

Full report online: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/health/policy/22health.html
1/21/2010 Clinton, Warning China, Urges Internet Freedoms, Los Angeles Times
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently called for free access to the internet and said countries that attack information networks should face "consequences and international condemnation." Frank Cilluffo, director of GW's Homeland Security Policy Institute provided another perspective, saying that sometimes U.S. officials believe they need to monitor, or block, email traffic of suspected terrorists.

Full report online: http://www.latimes.com/dc-clinton-china22-20100121,0,2956784.story