News & Insights
Policy developments, research updates, and analysis on preparedness, biosecurity, and health security.
Executive Order Accelerates Stockpile Transfer to States: What It Means for Preparedness
New federal guidance is shifting greater responsibility for preparedness and stockpiling to state and regional systems. While this creates opportunities for locally tailored readiness, it also exposes a critical gap: most jurisdictions remain structurally unprepared to independently manage resilient stockpile systems at scale. The SNS Foundation examines the implications and the urgent need for interstate coordination frameworks.
Read Full AnalysisMade in America: Unlocking Domestic Manufacturing for Preparedness Innovation
Current regulatory frameworks create barriers for American manufacturers developing next-generation preparedness technologies. This brief examines how FDA, NIOSH, and OSHA pathway modernization can strengthen domestic manufacturing resilience while reducing long-term stockpiling costs.
Read more →Interstate Preparedness: Why Interoperability Is the Missing Link
Without coordinated procurement standards, inventory lifecycle management, and surge deployment doctrine across jurisdictions, the result is duplication, fragmented standards, and diminished response capacity during biological emergencies.
Read more →Reusable Respiratory Protection: A Path Beyond Disposable Stockpiling
Reusable filtering facepiece respirators and scalable protection systems could fundamentally change how America stockpiles for respiratory threats—if regulatory pathways can keep pace with innovation.
Read more →SNS Foundation Launches National Preparedness Resilience Initiative
A new convening initiative brings together stakeholders from government, healthcare, academia, and industry to create practical frameworks for coordinated interstate preparedness and stockpile resilience.
Read more →Supply Chain Resilience in the Post-Pandemic Era: Lessons and Opportunities
Our latest report examines lessons learned from COVID-19 supply chain failures and identifies key opportunities to strengthen pharmaceutical and medical supply chain infrastructure for future emergencies.
Read more →Congressional Briefing: The State of Medical Countermeasure Readiness
Foundation leadership briefed key congressional committees on the current state of medical countermeasure preparedness, stockpile transfer challenges, and recommended policy actions for strengthening national readiness.
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