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After a disaster, such as a hurricane, wildfire, or earthquake, septic systems may be damaged and fail to operate correctly. Ensuring...
Jul 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding...
Jul 19, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
This information was originally featured in a DHS press release. On July 9, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan...
Jul 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
When disaster strikes, providing lifesaving medical care becomes more challenging and complex. To promote the best possible care in...
The 2019-2023 HPP Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requires Healthcare Coalitions (HCCs) to develop a complementary...
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this report provides a triage framework for emergency medical providers that accounts for the difference...
President Donald Trump has signed the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAI) (S. 1379) into law...
Jul 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO has released its 2018 Annual Report, which highlights the noteworthy achievements of the association last year. In 2018, NACCHO...
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is launching the second round of its public health crowd-sourcing effort, which is...
After a disaster, such as a hurricane, wildfire, or earthquake, septic systems may be damaged and fail to operate correctly. Ensuring that these systems function properly is essential to providing safe waste disposal for millions of Americans, yet there may be no standard safety protocol in place for using septic systems after a disaster occurs. […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity (DHS-19-CWMD-077-001) for the First Responder Vaccine Initiative (FRVI) Pilot. The FRVI Pilot will provide the opportunity for selected State and Local jurisdictions to administer voluntary pre-event anthrax vaccine to first responders and evaluate the...
This information was originally featured in a DHS press release. On July 9, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan joined Secret Service Director James Murray and the National Threat Assessment Center’s (NTAC) Chief Dr. Lina Alathari for the release of its annual report on Mass Attacks in Public Spaces (MAPS). The report examines 27 […]
When disaster strikes, providing lifesaving medical care becomes more challenging and complex. To promote the best possible care in disasters, we need next-generation solutions that harness the power of cutting-edge technology to improve health outcomes. To advance this, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is preparing to launch ASPR Next, […]
The 2019-2023 HPP Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requires Healthcare Coalitions (HCCs) to develop a complementary coalition-level Pediatric Annex to its base medical surge/trauma mass casualty response plan to improve capacity and capabilities to manage a large number of casualties that are children. According to the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities, HCCs...
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this report provides a triage framework for emergency medical providers that accounts for the difference between “conventional” mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and mass violence incidents. The focus of this paper is to alert EMS medical directors and EMS systems planners and hospital emergency planners to key differences between “conventional” MCIs and...
President Donald Trump has signed the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAI) (S. 1379) into law following a 9-month delay in the reauthorization that expired September 30, 2018. PAHPAI supports local health department disaster preparedness efforts such as the Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant program and Hospital Preparedness Program. The law also...
NACCHO has released its 2018 Annual Report, which highlights the noteworthy achievements of the association last year. In 2018, NACCHO helped its members advance local public health practice by serving as the voice of local health departments (LHD) on Capitol Hill, building LHD capacity, fostering connections among its members, disseminating best practices, and forging innovative […]
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is launching the second round of its public health crowd-sourcing effort, which is focused on making predictions about future outbreaks and other health security-related events. Volunteer predictors are needed to thoughtfully answer a set of forecasting questions on a weekly basis through December 2019 via the Collective Intelligence […]
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