Category: Emergency Preparedness

The U.S. Senate is fast tracking bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s all-hazards preparedness and response law, according to the […]

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Dina Weilhammer and Thomas Bates from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory took a fascinating deep look at the SNS and where […]

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The Department of Homeland Security has listed 55 items it believes are most important to protect against a cyberattack, including […]

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Wired had an excellent story on Dr. Ken Haller, one of the most pro pro-vaxxers we know. (Ken also is […]

Read More… from MEET THE PRO-VAXXERS HELPING TO STAVE OFF THE NEXT PANDEMIC

Gregory Sunshine, JD, from the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support at the CDC […]

Read More… from Can Your Governor Remove Legal Barriers in Emergencies?

The CDC’s Anita Patel and her co-authors present a compelling argument on the need to carefully control the distribution and […]

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Our friend Justin Snair had a great article in Domestic Preparedness magazine earlier this year in which he outlined why […]

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Bloomberg reports that U.S. health officials are trying to increase the rate of flu vaccinations this year after a severe outbreak […]

Read More… from Return of U.S. Flu Season Brings Worries About a Virulent Replay

CIDRAP reports the World Health Organization flu vaccine advisors met in Atlanta last week to recommend the seasonal influenza strains to […]

Read More… from WHO changes 1 strain for egg-based Southern Hemisphere 2019 flu vaccines

Compelling testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications on April […]

Read More… from Congressional Testimony Paints Dismal Picture of Nation’s Preparedness