Facility Assessment
NIH panel solicits comment on NEIDL

The National Institutes of Health Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center will hold a meeting at the State House on Friday, May 16, to solicit public comment. The facility, known as NEIDL, is being built on the BU Medical Campus. The meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon St.
Discussions will include the charge to the panel and the process and framework for deliberations. If there isn’t enough time for all those interested to speak, members of the public may also file written comments to the following address: NIH Blue Ribbon Panel, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Mail Stop Code 7985, Bethesda, MD 20892-7985.
Comments & Discussion
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