10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 10/2018. This 13-page technical brief reviews the bench-, pilot-, and field-scale decontamination research conducted by EPA under the Underground Transport Restoration (UTR) project, which examines decontamination options following a biological incident in a transportation hub such as a subway system. It summarizes the findings most applicable for operational use in decontamination methods for railcar and related materials, and decontamination methods for subway tunnels and stations. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Published: 10/2018. This 32-page report provides a brief overview of the types of legal authority for mosquito control activities, a set of considerations for better understanding the legal authority, a summary of the findings on the express legal authorities for mosquito control found in state law, and a state-by-state summary of the express legal authority for mosquito control in the United States, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Many vector-borne diseases, such as chikungunya, dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever, and Zika virus, are spread by mosquitoes. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 10/2018. This 147-page document is the fifth annual report of the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR), and provides national data on antibiotic prescribing and resistance, antimicrobial stewardship implementation, and education and engagement activities in 2018. It highlights that there has been a continued reduction in antibiotic prescribing, driven by reductions in primary care. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 9/26/2018. This 20-page report reviews the decision to declare a public health emergency for the opioid crisis, and what actions have been taken under the declaration. It describes the factors the Department of Health and Human Services indicated as affecting its decision to declare and renew the public health emergency for the opioid crisis, and the public health emergency authorities the federal government has used to address the opioid crisis. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 9/2018. This 69-page report summarizes research that was conducted to identify and evaluate low-technology (low-tech) remediation methods that could be used to reduce surface contamination while minimizing the reaerosolization of contaminants during routine in-home cleaning of contaminated surfaces, following a release of a biological agent in an urban area, when a wide range of surfaces may be contaminated, including indoor surfaces in homes and businesses. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). Published: 8/2018. This 68-page guidebook aims to enable partner community-based organizations (CBOs) to delve into strategic planning, approaches, and tools on Inclusive disaster risk reduction, and provide alternative learning avenues. It discusses how children, people with disabilities, older people, and women are disproportionately affected by disasters resulting from barriers that cause exclusion in all phases of disaster risk reduction management. (PDF)
10/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: City of New York, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). Published: 4/2018. This two-page fact sheet details how psychological first aid (PFA) should be applied during and in the immediate aftermath of disasters to promote safety, calm, connectedness, hope, and self-efficacy. It describes what PFA is and is not, and who should get PFA training. (PDF)
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