Feeds
State, Federal Officials Discuss Pandemic FluStreaming live now, in North Carolina: Superb discussion. I hope a recording will be made available.
Bird flu in India: profits override public health concernsSuperb illustration of the cooperative, collaborative challenge before us.
Gap-Shrinking in BostonStable and sustainable order is about more than just police enforcement. It is about developing the fabric of a community - an approach that has shown success before.
Flu pandemic preparation underwayGov. Bob Riley and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt signed a resolution at a health summit in Birmingham last week outlining the state's plan in the case of an influenza pandemic.
Scripps Howard News ServiceAs the bird flu expands into most of Europe, business and public-health experts in the United States are putting new focus on how they can keep essential services going around the country — and the world — in the face of a pandemic.
Bird Flu, Pandemic, Planning and YouIn the event of a human to human contagion being spawned, you will hear media announcements of clusters of human infection appearing perhaps faster than they can confirm that H5N1 is even to blame. The keyword is continuity.
In an email I received this morning, Paola Di Maio announces the beta launch of www.p2pAid.org. A few snips from the web site:... simple functionality that will help people help other people by contributing whatever they can to a 'virtual supply chain' for emergency and relief.
Prepare for Pandemic, Localities Are Warned"Any community that fails to prepare with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue will be tragically wrong," Leavitt told an audience at the Maryland Pandemic Influenza Summit in Linthicum.
Doctor Guides Google CharityDr. Brilliant, 61, an admitted radical and associate of Wavy Gravy, a 1960s countercultural figure, will become the executive director of Google's charitable arm.
Pandemic flu education goes mobileUniversity of Illinois researchers have developed the first interactive tool to educate the public about pandemic flu via the mobile phone. The program is available in English and Spanish.
If a pandemic strikes, are you ready?If you had to be on your own, in your home, for two weeks or more, what would you need to have on hand to survive?
Quebec pandemic planners seek volunteers to fill in for ill health workersThe Quebec government is looking for volunteers to keep the public health care system running in the event of a flu pandemic.
Businesses zero in on details of pandemic flu planningCritical for businesses in preparing for a flu pandemic will be taking care of their primary asset—their employees. This was an overarching theme expressed by participants in this week's Business Planning for Pandemic Influenza: A National Summit, held in Minneapolis.
How will the infrastructure fare in a flu pandemic?Among the most important areas of contingency planning for such an event is how to manage workers, both those who are ill and those who remain well.
Conference poll: 18% of businesses have pandemic planA large majority of about 300 business officials at a conference in Minneapolis believe that an influenza pandemic would significantly affect their business, but only 18% of the companies have completed a preparedness plan, according to a poll taken yesterday.
Log In | Register
