domingo, 12 de agosto de 2018

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



08/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This 80-page report provides information about research to assess an alternative cost-effective, reliable, commercially available (or built with off-the-shelf materials) wet vacuum cleaner that could be used for sampling Bacillus spores (i.e., surrogates of B. anthracis) on both porous and nonporous surfaces. It was composed of two phases: Phase I, Evaluation of Wet Vacuum Cleaner Operational Parameters, and Phase II, Evaluation of Commercially Available Wet Vacuum Cleaners.
08/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This three-hour, 34-minute Congressional hearing is an annual oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and oversight of the entire family separation and reunification effort. The chairman discusses his request to the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to open an investigation into allegations of abuse of affected families, and witnesses from several government agencies answer questions regarding these alleged incidents.
08/10/2018 12:00 AM EDT

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Humanitarian Health adds quarterly bibliographies of published peer-reviewed journals on humanitarian health on this web page. Articles are subdivided into public health-related categories: Communicable Disease; Non-Communicable Disease; Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health; Nutrition and Food; Security; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH); Mental Health, Psychosocial Issues, and Substance Abuse; Health Systems; and Multi-Category.

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