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Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
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Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
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Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Improved Tornado Warnings Saved Lives: Recommended Reading
April 17, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Earlier and more dire warnings may have helped save many lives during the hundred-plus tornadoes that hit the Midwest this weekend, according to a story in yesterday's New York Times [subscription required]. In the article, Kansas Governor Sam Brown ...
Emergency Preparedness: A Blended Emphasis on Collaboration
March 23, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Public health and health care preparedness experts met together at the 2012 Joint Preparedness Conference, where a major focus was greater collaboration between agencies and partners throughout the federal government to achieve maximum public benefi ...
Contagion: Movie Screenwriter and Scientific Consultant Chat With NACCHO
March 7, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In the latest podcast from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns answers questions about the fact or fiction of the movie alongside the film's scientific consultant and Director ...
Recommended Reading: Resources for Before and After a Violent Storm
March 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The death toll after last week’s devastating storms in the South and Midwest is at 39 people, with hundreds more injured. Coming just a week after the annual Public Health Preparedness Summit, new ideas are fresh in the minds of many preparedness ex ...
Preparedness Summit: American Red Cross Community Resilience Pilot Program
February 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The American Red Cross Community Resilience Pilot program focuses on building community resilience before a disaster, by enhancing community collective action around preparedness. Jacqueline Yannacci, program manager of community resilience for the ...
Preparedness Summit: A Community Comes Together in Joplin
February 22, 2012 | New Public Health Post
It’s no surprise that a plenary session at this week’s Public Health Preparedness Summit is devoted to the devastating tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., last spring. Late in the afternoon on May 22, 2011, a multiple vortex tornado struck Joplin, a ci ...
Social Media During Disasters: NewPublicHealth Q&A With CDC's Mark Keim
February 21, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Tomorrow at the 2012 Preparedness Summit, Mark Keim, MD, Senior Science Advisor in the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be a presenter at a session called, "Emergent Use of Social Media ...
Regroup, Refocus, Refresh: 2012 Public Health Preparedness Summit
February 20, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The 2012 Public Health Preparedness Summit begins tomorrow in Anaheim, Calif. A key focus of the meeting is a close look at preparedness as federal funds diminish and local, state, tribal, and territorial health departments in some cases find themse ...
Public Health Preparedness Summit
February 14, 2012 | New Public Health Post
During the past 10 years, public health professionals have taken significant measures to build and sustain the public health of local health departments and the national preparedness infrastructure to plan for and respond to disasters and other emer ...
Ready or Not: Public Health Preparedness Q&A With Paul Jarris
December 20, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Combined federal, state and local budget cuts mean basic elements of public health preparedness are at serious risk, according to a new report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The ninth annual Ready or Not? Pro ...