The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security have released Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine. The purpose of the guidance is to provide a planning framework to help state, tribal, local, and community leaders ensure that vaccine allocation and use will reduce the impact of a pandemic on public health.
Event organizers are sounding the call for abstract submissions, due on Aug. 31, for the Public Health Preparedness Summit to be held Feb. 18-20, 2009 in San Diego.
The live-action afternoon demolition will be part of the group’s national conference, Sept. 7-10.
Beginning next month, hospitals participating in the HHS-administered Hospital Preparedness Program must provide executive summaries of the results of disaster drills they conduct.
Hand sanitizers would be added to the recommended supplies list, and a new label would indicate each workplace's supplies should answer its particular needs.
“[T]he crises ahead are increasing both in complexity and frequency; yet, levels of crises readiness among organizations remains low and poorly understood,” writes Paul C. Light, author of new report available for free download.
DHS funding and assistance from the Education Department and HHS have made it possible to distribute about 280,000 emergency radios to schools.
"What was in the air that day? Pretty much everything that had been in two 100-story buildings--but in vaporized form," writes Mike Magee, M.D. in this week's issue of Health Commentary.
Beginning Jan. 1, colleges and universities must have and practice emergency response plans. Shootings last February at Northern Illinois University spurred new emergency readiness initiatives.
The National Transportation Safety Board is devoting two days at its Training Center to offer guidance to aviation public affairs professionals on how to most effectively manage emergency communications following a major aircraft accident.