04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: EcoHealth Alliance. Published: 4/2019. This 64-page report presents a framework for rethinking global health security in a way that captures, under a single umbrella, functional areas requiring inputs from the healthcare and public health, animal health, agriculture, environmental, law enforcement and counterterrorism, defense, and disaster risk reduction sectors. It explicitly considers functions needed to defend against events regardless of their source, whether intentional or unintentional, and provides perspective on the question of how well the global community has situated itself with respect to building defenses against biological threats. (PDF)
01/18/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 1/18/2019. This Web page provides information and recommendations for emergency response and recovery workers regarding safety and health hazards associated with natural disasters. It guides workers through disaster and safety management resources aiming to inform involved personnel about potential hazards and situations they may face during a response. It also provides specific topic pages for tornadoes; storms, floods, and hurricanes; extreme cold; earthquakes; and wildfires. (Text)
11/30/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 11/30/2018. This topic page includes general information on disaster site management, and a series of reports on emergency responders’ safety management in disaster and terrorism response. The reports cover topics such as rubble and debris, dust and smoke, heat, anthrax, stress, types and use of personal protective equipment, hazard assessment, risk communications, site management, structural collapse, fire, and explosions. (Text)
11/30/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 11/30/2018. Emergency response and recovery workers need to be aware of all the potential hazards they might face while supporting different types of responses. Given the importance of this information for emergency response and recovery workers, this topic page provides information on safety management, the Ryan White Act, bloodborne infectious diseases, use of personal protective equipment, and resources for traumatic incident stress. (Text)
11/30/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 11/30/2018. This topic page provides information to help protect emergency responders in the event of a terrorist attack, and relevant information regarding previous cases and responses that include as the World Trade Center attacks and previous threats associated with anthrax. The page also offers access to information on other important elements of a terrorism response such as safety management, safeguarding building ventilation, bloodborne infectious disease, mail handling, and chemical hazards. (Text)
11/27/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 11/27/2018. This topic page provides resources to inform workers about the use of protective equipment, disaster management, potential hazards, and additional resources for earthquake cleanup and response, and provides health and safety recommendations to protect workers in case of an earthquake. It discusses how earthquake cleanup activities may include physical, chemical, and biological hazards. (Text)
11/27/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 11/27/2018. This Web page offers resources containing chemical agent information for employers and workers to consult and plan appropriately for risks of exposure to potential hazardous chemicals. Resource categories are chemical databases, general chemical information databases, medical management resources, toxicological information databases, guidance, and additional resources. (Text)
07/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 7/2018. This two-page fact sheet provides information about the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program, which was established when the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 became law in July 2011. The program provides high-quality medical monitoring and treatment for responders to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and for survivors in the New York City Disaster Area. (PDF)
06/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 6/2018. This mobile app is a useful resource for planning outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels throughout the day. It features real-time heat index and hourly forecasts, specific to the user's location, as well as occupational safety and health recommendations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and signs, symptoms, and first aid information for heat-related illnesses. This page also include FAQs about heat safety. (Video or Multimedia)
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