FDA Approves Treatment for Nerve-Poisoning Agents
FDA Approves Nerve-Poisoning Agents for Use by Trained Emergency Medical Services Personnel The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Duodote (atropine and pralidoxime chloride injection) for use by trained emergency medical ... [... more]
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Latest Effort in Strengthening U.S. Food Defense
FDA Releases New Software Tool to Help Keep Food Facilities Safe from Attack The software program, called the CARVER + Shock Software Tool, is a science-based prevention strategy to safeguard the food supply. This tool is an example of the type ... [... more]
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Respirators for Public Health Emergencies
FDA has cleared the first filtering facepiece respirators for public use during a medical emergency, such as an influenza pandemic. Consumers will soon be able to add a special type of respirator to their home medical emergency kits. In May 2007, ... [... more]
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CARVER + Shock: Enhancing Food Defense
A risk-assessment tool helps companies protect themselves against deliberate contamination of the food supply. Food safety concerns used to focus solely on accidental contamination. But in recent years, there has been concern that terrorists ... [... more]
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The Youngest Victims:
Children are not little adults. Their developing minds and bodies place them at disproportionate risk in a number of specific ways: Children are particularly vulnerable to aerosolized biological or chemical agents because they breathe more times ... [... more]
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Bioterrorism and CAM: What the Public Needs To Know
Consumers should not place their faith in CAM to provide adequate protection against diseases used in bioterrorism. What are NCCAM's recommendations regarding CAM and bioterrorism? Why is CAM not appropriate for diseases such as anthrax or ... [... more]
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Tularemia: All - MayoClinic.com
Tularemia - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this disease that normally affects wild animals. Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that can attack the skin, eyes and lungs. Fewer than 200 cases of tularemia are reported ... [... more]
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Preparación para terrorismo - Cruz Roja Americana
Visita al sitio por la Cruz Roja y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades Acontecimientos devastadores, como los ataques terroristas al World Trade Center y el Pentágono, han dejado a muchas personas preocupadas por la . [... more]
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Homeland Security Advisory System
Chronology of Changes to the Homeland Security Advisory System February 12, 2009 - The United States government's national threat level is For all domestic and international flights, the U.S. threat level is See the Transportation Security ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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