09/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Network for Public Health Law. Published: 8/29/2018. This web page was written in response to a Michigan local health professional who inquired about potential liability issues for health educators who have been certified as naloxone trainers, conduct community trainings, and distribute naloxone kits to the public. It provides information about laws in Michigan, links to two articles that provide additional information on liability issues associated with naloxone, and links to the specific laws that allow dispensing of naloxone to organizations. (Text)
09/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR). Published: 8/22/2018. This webinar discusses the impact of public health emergencies on pregnant women and babies, and how pregnant women, community leaders, and family members can reduce risks pregnant women and babies may face during disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Speakers describe experiences from recent public health emergencies: the H1N1 response and Zika response. (Text)
09/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR). Published: 9/19/2018. This webinar discusses preparedness and response for children affected by natural disasters (including hurricanes), infectious disease outbreaks, and other emergencies. It also includes information about children with special healthcare needs. Speakers discuss biological and physiological differences, behavioral and mental health differences, and where to find preparedness and recovery resources. (Text)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE). Published: 9/2018. This 16-page report summarizes a roundtable held on July 13, 2018, to explore the possibilities and limits of data sharing, and identify successes and proposed solutions for using data to address the opioid crisis. Participants discussed legal, cultural, and technical barriers to sharing and using data to address the opioid crisis, and proposed solutions, which are presented in this report as recommendations. (PDF)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Office of the Surgeon General (OSG). Published: 9/2018. This 40-page report assembles opioid-related information from Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health (2016) in one document, and provides updated data on the prevalence of substance use, opioid misuse, opioid use disorders, opioid overdoses, and related harms. It offers practical information and guidance that individuals and systems can use to take action to mitigate the opioid crisis. (PDF)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Published: 8/23/2018. This one-hour, 30-minute webinar features a panel of local mosquito control experts who provide technical assistance in the most pressing areas of vector control, including making informed decisions about integrated control methods: integrated pest management (IPM), integrated vector management (IVM), and integrated mosquito management (IMM). It is the second in a webinar series about mosquito control. (Video or Multimedia)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region (NNLM SEA). Published: 9/6/2018. This 55-minute webinar discusses the mission of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the specific capabilities for deployed medical assets, and the successful efforts to develop new medical countermeasures against a variety of specific pathogens and for antibiotic resistant organisms. It also describes new initiatives that ASPR and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) are pursuing via their new DRIVe program to prevent, detect, and respond to major health security threats. (Video or Multimedia)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 9/2018. This 107-page report assesses the extent to which the Department of Defense has implemented recommendations from the Army's 2015 investigation report regarding improving safety and security at DOD laboratories that handle biological select agents and toxins (BSAT). It examines how the Army has developed a strategy and implementation plan, and assesses if the Army's biological test and evaluation mission is independent from its biological R&D mission, and if DOD has carried out a required study and evaluation. (PDF)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 8/2018. This 42-page report examines Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs and activities to prevent and protect against domestic chemical attacks, and the extent to which DHS has integrated and coordinated all of its chemical defense programs and activities. It found that DHS officials acknowledged that DHS has not fully integrated and coordinated its chemical defense programs and activities, and recommends that a strategy and implementation plan be developed to help DHS guide, support, integrate, and coordinate chemical defense programs and activities. (PDF)
09/22/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 8/2018. This 107-page study details how a commercially available walk-behind floor scrubber was evaluated in several tests to determine its ability to remove and/or inactivate bacterial spores from concrete and asphalt surfaces. In a wide area release of Bacillus anthracis spores, street sweepers may offer a relatively quick method of removing and/or inactivating spores from contaminated roadways, parking lots, and other similar surfaces. (PDF)
09/14/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Published: 9/14/2018. This Web page, updated on September 14, 2018, provides guidance to health care providers attending to the medical needs of adults and children with HIV displaced from disaster areas who have not yet secured HIV care in the areas where they have relocated. The recommendations in this guidance are based on the current standard of care for persons with HIV infection, which emphasize antiretroviral therapy for all patients regardless of CD4 T lymphocyte (CD4) cell count. The page covers initial assessment and medication management strategies, and provides additional resources. (Text)
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