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New Report Details Preparedness Actions for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infectious...
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and UPMC Center for Health Security issued Top...
Jun 24, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather Threats
With the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United...
Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
FEMA Develops New Data Visualization Tool to Map Past Disasters
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new data visualization tool that allows people to explore and record...
Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
Multidrug-Resistant Shigella a Growing Threat
An article by Scientific American says that a particularly resilient strain of Shigella sonnei, a relatively common foodborne illness,...
Jun 01, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
CDC Data Indicates Decrease in Some Foodborne Infections
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that infection rates for some foodborne illnesses...
May 27, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
New Report Details Preparedness Actions for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infectious DiseasesTrust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and UPMC Center for Health Security issued Top Actions the U.S. Should Take to Prepare for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infections. The report calls for “system-wide preparedness for potential outbreaks” and urges public health agencies to maintain infectious disease containment capabilities to prevent […] Jun 24, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather ThreatsWith the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United States are already experiencing such adverse conditions, with devastating outcomes. On May 24, heavy rainfall and destructive floods hit Texas and Oklahoma, resulting in hundreds of damaged homes, 28 deaths, and 11 people missing. The […] Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
FEMA Develops New Data Visualization Tool to Map Past DisastersThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new data visualization tool that allows people to explore and record historic federal disaster declarations by state, county, hazard, or year. Users can see the number of disaster declarations and the types of hazards – such as fires, floods, storms, tornadoes, and mudslides – that have occurred […] Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
Multidrug-Resistant Shigella a Growing ThreatAn article by Scientific American says that a particularly resilient strain of Shigella sonnei, a relatively common foodborne illness, has established a firm presence in the United States. In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report announcing that a current outbreak of Shigella sonnei is resistant to ciprofloxacin—one of the last antibiotics in […] Jun 01, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
CDC Data Indicates Decrease in Some Foodborne InfectionsA new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that infection rates for some foodborne illnesses decreased in 2014. The report found that the frequency of infection from certain forms of E. coli and Salmonella went down when compared with the baseline period of 2006-2008. However, that doesn’t hold true for […] May 27, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
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