- Global Health Security
- Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
- Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response
- Deliberate Biological Threats
- Opportunities and Risks in the Life Sciences
- TRUST in Public Health
- About the project
- Recommendations
- Conceptual framework
- Acknowledgements
- Common rumors during PHEs
- Approaches to counter misinformation
- Countering misinformation based on rumor type
- Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation
- Checklist to build trust, improve public health communication, and anticipate misinformation during PHEs
- Checklist Priority 1
- Checklist Priority 2
- Checklist Priority 3
- Checklist Priority 4
- Checklist Priority 5
- TRUST video series
- Checklist to build trust, improve public health communication, and anticipate misinformation during PHEs
- Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation
- Publications
- Additional tools
- Preferred reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: the EPIFORGE 2020 statement
- Rad Resilient City Initiative
- Protecting Building Occupants from Exposure to Biological Threats
- How to Lead during Bioattacks
- Post-Pandemic Recovery: From What, For Whom, and How?
- National Strategy for Improving Indoor Air Quality
- A National Conversation on Indoor Air & K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Global Forum on Scientific Advances Important to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- Events Archive
- Catastrophic Contagion
- Event 201
- Clade X
- Atlantic Storm
- Dark Winter
- Call for Papers
Aerosol transmission drives the spread of many infectious diseases, including COVID-19, influenza, measles, and RSV. Improvements to indoor air quality (IAQ) through enhanced air filtration, system maintenance, and ventilation are crucial for preventing the spread of these and other emerging diseases, as well as reducing contaminants in indoor air. The benefits of good IAQ extend beyond infectious diseases to help reduce the incidence of chronic conditions like asthma and even lower the risk of certain cancers and complications of cardiovascular disease. Improvements to bolster IAQ are often neglected, even though most people spend an average of 90% of their time indoors.
In December 2022, the Center for Health Security began work with the Center for Public Health Law and Policy at Arizona State University to develop a model law for consideration by state legislatures to help improve IAQ in public buildings, thereby promoting individual and communal health. The Centers IAQ Project Team drafted a blueprint outline of the Model Clean Indoor Air Act (formerly called the “Model State Indoor Air Quality Act”). On March 6–7, 2023, the team convened a National Advisory Committee of subject matter experts to vet the blueprint and share ideas on potential provisions. Committee members engaged in robust discussion of the initial premises, objectives, and blueprint for the act, providing feedback on dozens of legislative provisions. The team shared an initial draft of the model law with committee members on April 1, 2023, and released a final version on August 17, 2023. Click here to view the Model Clean Indoor Air Act, including preface, explanatory comments, figures, and table of contents of the act and its provisions.
Resources:
- Model Clean Indoor Air Act* (PDF)
- August 17, 2023 webinar, " Breath of Fresh Air: Unveiling the Model Clean Indoor Air Act to Safeguard Public Health " and transcript (PDF)
- MCIAA one-pager (PDF)
- Article: The Model State Indoor Air Quality Act
* The name of this document was changed from the 'Model State Indoor Air Quality Act' to the 'Model Clean Indoor Air Act.' No other changes have been made to the content or provisions of the document.
- About the project