Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Safety

This collection of fact sheets and primers from related Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies primarily the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is here to provide you with helpful strategies in your preparation for and survival through natural disasters and other emergency situations.

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

Food and Water Safety

Facts about Hand Hygiene

Sanitizing with Bleach

Last modified: 2/7/2009

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- Diabetes Awareness November 19, 2009
  As the problem of obesity increases in the U.S., so will the number of adults being diagnosed with diabetes. This podcast discusses how eating a balanced diet and maintaining a healthy weight are important ways to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
NYTimes: Health
- Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate November 22, 2009
  The Senate voted 60 to 39 on Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.
- Medical Marijuana: No Longer Just for Adults November 22, 2009
  Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D.
- Novelties: From the Lab, a New Weapon Against Cholesterol November 22, 2009
  Tiny particles containing gold and other metals may someday help keep cholesterol from building up in blood vessels.
WashingtonPost: Health
- H1N1 cases fall in U.S. but could rise with Thanksgiving travel, gatherings November 21, 2009
  The level of swine flu activity in the United States appears to be declining, although officials are worried about another increase of cases during the Thanksgiving holiday when many people travel and families gather.
- Women can wait until age 21 for cervical cancer test, group says November 20, 2009
  Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group.
- Fierce debate raging over new cancer test guidelines November 22, 2009
  President Obama's vision for making health care in America more effective and efficient collided for the first time last week with the realities and peculiarities of the nation's health-care system.
WSJ: Health
- Moody’s on Pharma: Outlook Is Negative, But it Could Be Worse November 20, 2009
  Moody's still thinks the credit ratings of the world's big drug companies are likely to get worse in the coming months. Still, Moody's does find a few good things to say about the industry. A sampling of findings from the company's latest industry outlook ...
- Swine-Flu Update: Resistance, Mutations, Declines and China November 20, 2009
  Here's the latest on new strains of the virus, declines in the U.S. epidemic and tough talk on counting cases in China.
- Pfizer’s Generics Business Takes Shape November 20, 2009
  Look for more deals with an Indian drug maker, and a new generics unit in Japan.
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