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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 12/19/2018. This webinar for health professionals and emergency responders describes how to create a crisis communication plan for an organization, and effectively communicate potentially life-saving messages to the people the organization serves. It details the six principles of crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC), a crisis communication plan, and goals, audiences, and primary communication channels to consider. (Video or Multimedia)
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Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (HMD). Published: 11/29/2018. This workshop explored the tension between efforts to address the opioid epidemic and the resulting impact on access to pain medications for people facing serious illness. It examined the unintended consequences of the responses to the opioid epidemic for patients, families, communities, and clinicians, and considered potential policy opportunities to address them. (Video or Multimedia)
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Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (HMD). Published: 11/27/2018. This 1.5-day workshop examined lessons—both applied lessons and missed opportunities—from a century of major outbreaks and pandemics, and focused on overcoming the structural and behavioral obstacles to achieving greater preparedness, in order to identify immediate and short-term actions that will have the greatest impact on global health security by 2030. Discussions also touched on recent progress in global, regional, and national governance and public health capacities; challenges and opportunities with medical countermeasures; and tools to enhance detection, laboratory confirmation, and public communication in major disease outbreaks. (Video or Multimedia)
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Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division (HMD). Published: 11/26/2018. A century after the 1918 flu pandemic wiped out more than 50 million people worldwide, this event from the National Academy of Medicine and the Forum on Microbial Threats discusses how to prepare for the next flu pandemic and prevent a global catastrophe. Speakers highlight progress in science, public health, global governance, and cross-sectoral alliances for pandemic flu preparedness. (Video or Multimedia)
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 11/2/2018. This one-hour, four-minute presentation describes the twists and turns in the identification of a protective Ebola, and recent advances in the development of a highly potent mAb that reverses advanced Ebola virus disease in macaques. The speaker discusses how the combination of the Ebola virus' ability to disseminate broadly and rapidly within the host, and its high pathogenicity pose unique challenges to the human immune system post-infection. (Video or Multimedia)
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Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 6/2018. This three-page document provides guidance to prevent the potential transmission of highly hazardous communicable diseases such as the Ebola virus through contaminated laundry. It details the necessary procedures and process, and provides an algorithm for the laundry process. (PDF)
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Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Published: 5/2018. This four-page document provides guidance to obtain and process laboratory specimens while maintaining infection control practices, including in cases of handling viral hemorrhagic fevers such as the Ebola virus. It lists the materials needed, and details the steps for obtaining and processing specimens for viral hemorrhagic fevers, smallpox, and other diseases. (PDF)
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