Industry News
- California Wildfire Destroys 165 Structures
- June 29, 2007
- Agency Adoption of Mobile Communications, Real-Time Notification and Instant Messaging Capabilities on the Rise
- June 28, 2007
- Gartner Predicts Instant Messaging Will Be De Facto Tool for Voice, Video and Text Chat by The End of 2011
- June 27, 2007
- Volunteer Agencies Play an Important Part In Unmet Needs
- June 25, 2007
- Avian Flu Vaccine Stockpile Being Planned for Developing Nations
- By Cheryl Pellerin · June 21, 2007
- U.S. Citizens with Pending Passport Applications Allowed Temporary Travel Flexibility
- June 20, 2007
- The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security have announced that U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda who have applied for but not yet received passports can nevertheless temporarily enter and depart from the United States by air with a government issued photo identification and Department of State official proof of application for a passport through Sept. 30, 2007.
- Public Assistance Helps Communities Recover from Disaster
- June 19, 2007
- Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program is providing a helping hand to communities and state agencies and certain private nonprofit organizations that were damaged by the severe storms and flooding. So far, more than $1.24 million in public assistance grants have been made available to New Hampshire communities.
- U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Sponsors Fourth Annual National Preparedness Month
- June 18, 2007
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will sponsor the fourth annual National Preparedness Month in September. This year’s effort has a growing coalition of more than 625 national, regional, state and local organizations pledging support.
- FDA Finalizes Guidances for Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
- June 14, 2007
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued final recommendations to increase the supply of safe and effective influenza vaccines for both seasonal and pandemic use.
- It's the Intelligence, Stupid: MIPT Commentary Regarding NY Airport Terror Plot
- June 15, 2007
- In a textbook case of terrorism prevention, the NY Police Department and the FBI arrested three conspirators planning an attack on the pipeline supplying jet fuel to Kennedy Airport. A fourth is on the run. This case will no doubt be added to the curriculum of the FBI training academy at Quantico, Virginia, and it should be taught at Berkeley too.
- Partnership Seeks to Improve Crash Response
- June 13, 2007
- After a serious traffic crash, every minute without proper medical care can mean the difference between life and death. GM/OnStar, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation have partnered to improve emergency crash response.
- Learning from the XDR-TB Experience: Policy Priorities Going Forward
- June 12, 2007
- Careful examination of government and public responses to the recent case of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is critical; however, in the course of this assessment, there has been so much focus on border control issues that the broader public health implications of this case and the associated events might be missed. Specifically, this case raises important questions about the nation’s ability to detect and respond not only to tuberculosis outbreaks, but also to other major outbreaks of serious infectious diseases, whether they are the result of a natural epidemic or a bioterrorist attack.
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