05/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/29/2019. The 21st meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was held on May 14, 2019, to review the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV). This Web page summarizes the meeting's discussions, conclusions, risk categories, recommendations, and additional considerations. (Text)
05/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Published: 5/6/2019. Several recent episodes of NACCHO’s Podcast from Washington have featured speakers and panelists from the 2019 Preparedness Summit. This page provides links to five podcasts, with topics that include understanding the nation’s readiness to prepare for and respond to disasters, with a focus on children; a health department’s response to two mass shootings; how local health departments can utilize private partnerships in their preparedness activities; and necessary steps in making governments and healthcare providers response-ready. (Video or Multimedia)
09/01/2018 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 four-page document is intended to be applicable to consequence management activities that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be involved with and will require remediation of contaminated areas by an urban release of chemical warfare agents (CWAs). It summarizes the gaps that have been addressed toward meeting the Agency's needs for laboratory capacity and capability to handle, store, process, and analyze CWA samples through the development of CWA analytical standards, and sampling and analysis methods. The material has value for use during initial characterization and remediation activities during an incident. (PDF)
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