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- HHS Deploys Emergency Response Team to Support State, Local Response to Hurricane Charley
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is making available the Department's full and extensive emergency response resources to state, municipalities, hospitals and others in need of public health assisWASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson...
- Research articles 2004-08-14
- HHS Deploys Emergency Response Teams to Support State, Local Response to Hurricane Isabel
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is providing the Department's full and extensive emergency response resources to states, municipalities, hospitals and others in need of public health assistanceWASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is...
- Research articles 2003-09-18
- HHS Announces $896.7 Million in Funding to States for Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response
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- Research articles 2007-07-17
- Risk Communication for Sooner Spring and Beyond
- Risk Communicating with the public, the media and other health and emergency response organizations becomes a critical role during a confirmed or potential threat situation. Utilizing the tools of risk communication during a public health emergency will help local administrators communicate effectively the related risk to the public. The following...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- The Challenge of the Hospitals and Health Care Systems in Preparation for Biological and Chemical Terrorism Attack
- In the study presented in this paper a few aspects of planning for terrorism events that expose large numbers of people to contamination are discussed. Many issues were considered as an absolute requirement for implementation of NBC response: policy, plan and emergency department response to surge capacity. Key elements of...
- White papers 2004-10-27
- Microsoft Launches Swine Flu Response Site
- A new site offers a self-assessment and helps people determine whether their symptoms could be caused by the H1N1 flu virus.Microsoft Oct. 7 announced a new Website, the H1N1 Response Center, which provides users with relevant content and allows consumers to gauge symptoms and receive guidance using an H1N1 self-assessment...
- News items 2009-10-08
- State of Delaware Selects IRMS for Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response
- DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Integrated Warehousing Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of supply chain execution solutions, announced today that the Delaware Division of Public Health has selected the IRMS Warehouse Management System IRMS and the IRMS Mobile Emergency Response System ("Go-Kit") for its public health preparedness system. The mission...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Writing A Public Health Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Plan
- A crisis is any event that triggers a level of public interest and media inquiry that requires a significant increase in staffing and/or resources to make a reasonable media response. Crises include such things as disease outbreaks, disasters and other health matters. Crises also may include fires, breakdowns in communications,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Role of Doctors Critical in Effective Public Health
- This study highlights the need to provide clear, accurate information on an ongoing basis during a public health emergency and to integrate private physicians into the public health response. The goal of bio-terrorism-related initiatives is to protect the public's health by increasing the ability of the public health system to...
- White papers 2004-12-03
- Patients Urge Implementation of FDA Advisory Committee Recommendation for Public Health Emergency; HHS Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee Stresses Need for Immediate Action to Protect Patients' Lives
- TOWSON, Md. & WASHINGTON -- The Immune Deficiency Foundation, The Neuropathy Association and The Myositis Association have united to urge the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to heed a recent recommendation to declare a public health emergency. The recommendation was approved unanimously on May 16...
- Research articles 2005-06-02
- Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Bioterrorism Preparedness Efforts Have Improved Public Health Response Capacity, but Gaps Remain.
- GAO-03-654T April 9, 2003 Following the bioterrorist events of the fall of 2001, there has been concern that the nation may not be prepared to respond to a major public health threat, such as the current outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS. Whether a disease outbreak occurs...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Keynote Speaker to Connect GIS with Unified Emergency Response Preparedness
- REDLANDS, Calif. -- ESRI announces that James Lee Witt will deliver the keynote address on the role of geographic information system GIS technology in emergency response preparedness at the ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit and ESRI Health GIS Conference. These concurrent events will be held October 23-26, 2006, in Denver,...
- Research articles 2006-09-28
- State of Maryland Awards $1.8 Million Contract to TVI Corporation for Mobile Emergency Power Systems
- GLENN DALE, Md. -- TVI Corporation (NASDAQ:TVIN), a global supplier of equipment for first responders, military, and public health agencies for use in response to weapons of mass destruction WMD, terrorist threats, accidents and natural disasters, today announced that it has received a $1.8 million order from the State of...
- Research articles 2005-01-25
- Observing Health and Safety at Work
- Regardless of size, all businesses have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their workplaces and offices, and a range of federal and state laws exist to ensure that responsibility is met. This article explains the main steps you must take for...
- Articles 2007-06-26
- Federal Department of Health and Human Services Emergency Preparedness Office to Use AuraGen
- Business Editors EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 24, 2003 Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:AURA) today announced that the Office of Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services will use the AuraGenR Underhood Mobile Power System in their emergency response communications vehicles. These emergency...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- Bayer's Lawyers Nix Public Hearing on Explosion at WV Plant
- Lawyers for Bayer have successfully persuaded the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to delay discussing why a Bayer chemical plant in West Virginia blew up, killing two people, last August. The public meeting, at which the safety board was to brief Kanawha Valley residents on its investigation into the explosion, was...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Arming officials with decision analysis: simulation program gives emergency managers a tool for making choices in response to Terrorism.( Sandia National Laboratories )
- Imagine the unimaginable: Terrorists have released a biological agent throughout the San Francisco Bay area. Key decision makers and government entities--including public health officials, law enforcement, emergency management personnel, elected of Imagine the unimaginable: Terrorists have released a biological agent throughout the San...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- HHS Announces Creation Of Medical Reserve Corps Units; Grants To 42 Community Groups Will Support New Volunteer Medical Response Teams
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced 42 grants totaling $2 million to community- based organizations to begin building local Medical Reserve Corps MRC units that will help local communities prepare and respond in the event of a public health emergency. The local MRC units...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Releases Response to Department of Health and Human Services Draft Request for Proposal For Acute Radiation Syndrome Therapy
- SAN DIEGO -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:HEPH) today released an excerpt from its response to the draft Request For Proposal RFP issued September 30, 2005 by the Department of Health and Human Services HHS for "Acquisition Of Medical Countermeasures To Mitigate Or Treat Neutropenia Associated With Acute Radiation Syndrome ARS...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- FEMA Awards AMR Disaster Response Contract
- GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- American Medical Response AMR announced today that The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA has awarded AMR an exclusive agreement to provide ground ambulance, air ambulance (through its Air Ambulance Specialists, Inc. subsidiary) and para-transit services to supplement the Federal and Military response to a disaster, act...
- Research articles 2007-08-02
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