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CDC Media Briefing: Update on the Second Case of Ebola in a U.S. Healthcare Worker
On Oct. 15, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and the CDC hosted a media briefing to provide an update on the...
Oct 15, 2014 | Admin
CDC Interim Ebola Guidance for EMS and Detailed EMS Checklist for Ebola Preparedness
The CDC has released interim guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems and 9-1-1 public safety answering points for the...
Oct 10, 2014 | Admin
Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public Health
Human health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly...
Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup September Report
On September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call,...
Sep 29, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National Stockpile and...
On September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the...
Sep 24, 2014 | Lisa Brown
OMB Visit Highlights Minnesota Health Departments
By Britta Orr, Executive Director, Local Public Health Association of Minnesota On Aug. 18–19, the Local Public Health Association of...
Sep 23, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Top 10 Ebola Response Planning Tips: Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and...
CDC has released its Top 10 Ebola Response Planning Tips: Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and Local Public Health Officials...
Sep 17, 2014 | Admin
Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations
For some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example,...
Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
New Resources to Assist with Operational Readiness Review Tool Completion
The CDC will conduct a pilot assessment of 62 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees using the CDC...
Sep 12, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
CDC Media Briefing: Update on the Second Case of Ebola in a U.S. Healthcare WorkerOn Oct. 15, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and the CDC hosted a media briefing to provide an update on the second case of Ebola in a healthcare worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital. Secretary Burwell emphasized that HHS will be taking steps to ensure that clinicians and hospitals are more prepared […] Oct 15, 2014 | Admin |
CDC Interim Ebola Guidance for EMS and Detailed EMS Checklist for Ebola PreparednessThe CDC has released interim guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems and 9-1-1 public safety answering points for the management of patients with known or suspected Ebola virus in the United States. View this document for important guidance about the transfer of patients, infection control, use of personal protective equipment, cleaning of transport vehicles, […] Oct 10, 2014 | Admin |
Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public HealthHuman health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly affected through increased transmission and geographic expansion of diseases spread by insects, compromised air, water, and food quality. For example, bacterial counts in the water surrounding coastal communities tend to spike dramatically following heavy rainfall. Not... Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills |
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup September ReportOn September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the MCM Link Project which is a new engagement strategy to connect with state and local health departments to provide the most up-to-date information, […] Sep 29, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National Stockpile and Potential WeaponizationOn September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the potential impact these attacks would have on Americans at home and abroad. This Congressional exercise allowed policymakers to learn and assess the types of decisions that would need to take place in the event of […] Sep 24, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
OMB Visit Highlights Minnesota Health DepartmentsBy Britta Orr, Executive Director, Local Public Health Association of Minnesota On Aug. 18–19, the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota (LPHA) hosted Tricia Schmitt, who is responsible for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The staff at OMB are the budget experts within the […] Sep 23, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Top 10 Ebola Response Planning Tips: Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and Local Public Health OfficialsCDC has released its Top 10 Ebola Response Planning Tips: Ebola Readiness Self-Assessment for State and Local Public Health Officials available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/preparedness/planning-tips-top10.html. The document is designed to guide health departments’ planning efforts, to help assess readiness, and to identify resources to address any gaps. It links together the... Sep 17, 2014 | Admin |
Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult PopulationsFor some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example, characteristics of older adults such as impaired mobility, weakened sensory awareness, multiple chronic diseases, and social and economic limitations can put them at greater risk of illness or death during an emergency. The events from Hurricane […] Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
New Resources to Assist with Operational Readiness Review Tool CompletionThe CDC will conduct a pilot assessment of 62 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees using the CDC Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Operational Readiness Review (ORR) tool. This will take place during the BP3 grant year (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015). Additionally, at least one Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) jurisdiction per Metropolitan Statistical... Sep 12, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
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