Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and displaced over 160,000 Louisiana and Mississippi kids, a new report reveals that the vast majority of states are still not fully prepared to protect children in disasters. The report is the second disaster preparedness report released by Save the Children’s U.S. Programs. The 2010 […]

There is a new resource for EDEN for help for agricultural retailers to plan for flooding entitled “Plan Today for Tomorrow’s Flood: A Flood Response Plan for Agricultural Retailers”.  This publication came together in the middle of all the flooding Indiana had in 2009 and was released this month as we look at new flooding […]

The WHO emergency committee, composed of 15 external advisers met this week and in a statement released today, they indicated it remains critical for countries to maintain vigilance concerning the pandemic, including necessary public health measures for disease control and surveillance. This was reported by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan. Based on the committee’s recommendation, the […]

The Community Preparedness Webinar Series provides up-to-date information on community preparedness topics and resources available to citizens, community organizations, and Citizen Corps Councils. These webinars will feature new community preparedness topics several times each month and are free to the public. In addition to airing live, each webinar will be recorded and viewable after it […]

ReadyWisconsin launched its new website on March 10. ReadyWisconsin is an initiative of Wisconsin Emergency Management designed to educate and empower Wisconsinites to prepare for and respond to all kinds of emergencies including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. To learn more, go to the ReadyWisconsin web site.

CDC has released revised estimates of cases of H1N1, hospitalizations and deaths given an additional month of data. The number of estimated cases is 47 million, 213,000 hospitalizations and nearly 10,000 deaths (these are all median figures). About 10% of the deaths have occurred in children and young adults under the age of 17. To […]

President Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 a national emergency making it  easier for U.S. medical facilities to handle a surge in flu patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs. This declaration follows the announcement Friday by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that H1N1 is widespread […]

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested. To learn more about this situation, go to the news release […]