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AFM is Serious: Know the Symptoms. Act Fast.

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious neurologic condition that causes limb weakness and paralysis. While uncommon, AFM affects mostly children, and can have devastating, long-term effects for patients and their families. There have been three AFM outbreaks in the United States—in 2014, 2016, and 2018. If this biennial pattern continues, another outbreak might occur Read More >

July 27, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

Disease Investigation, Disease Outbreak, emergency, General, personal health, preparedness, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program

Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR), COVID-19, NCIRD, Neurolig Disease, pandemic, paralysis

Probabilities, Not Promises: How Computer Models are Used in Emergency Preparedness & Response

Computer models are not crystal balls. They are the result of a set of variables going through mathematical algorithms. What comes out is a simulation of what might happen if present truths are accurate predictors of future trends. Models show probabilities; they don’t make promises. Models have many applications. Epidemiologists use them to predict disease Read More >

July 13, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

Disease Outbreak, Flu, General, natural disasters, preparedness, prevention, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, response

CDC, Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR), disaster response, emergency preparedness, flu, Hurricane, influenza, natural disasters, outbreak, pandemic, preparedness, weather

A Summer Like No Other: How to Stay Safe and Healthy This Season

If you’ve been hearing the phrase “the new normal” lately and wondering what it means, the writers of the Oxford Dictionary define it as “a previously unfamiliar or atypical situation that has become standard, usual or expected.” (1) Summer this year is going to be a little different than it has been in years past, Read More >

June 29, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

General, personal health, preparedness, prevention, public health

#prepyourhealth, children, COVID-19, emergency preparedness, handwashing, mosquito, summer

The Hero Within: Knowing Hands-Only CPR & How To Use An AED Can Save Lives

The first week of June was National CPR/AED Awareness Week. In belated observance, Public Health Matters looks at how people can confidently help someone in cardiac arrest. The numbers are staggering. About 350,000 people have a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital each year, and about 9 in 10 of them die. (1) Bystanders and Read More >

June 15, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

Do 1 Thing, General, Injury, natural disasters, personal health, preparedness, Preparedness Month, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, response

#prepyourhealth, AED, cardiac arrest, Center for Preparedness and Response, cpr, Educate Yourself, Good Samaritan Law, Hands Only CPR, How to use an AED, Prepare Your Health, Take Action

Older Americans Month: How You Can Help Protect Their Health

May is Older Americans Month. When President John F. Kennedy designated May as “Senior Citizens Month” in 1963, approximately 17 million Americans were age 65 or older.(1) Today, that number is 45 million.(2) It’s a demographic comparable in size to the population of Argentina.(3) Who Are Older Adults? Older adults are our parents, grandparents, aunts, Read More >

May 26, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

Disease Outbreak, General, personal health, preparedness, prevention, public health

#oam2020, #prepyourhealth, Care for Each Other, COVID-19, Create Community, older adults

What You Need to Know About Pets & COVID-19

Golden retriever laying on ground next to cat

May 3 to 9, 2020, is National Pet Week. With recent news of tigers, lions, and pet cats in the US testing positive for the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), you may be wondering about the risks to your pets. We’re still learning about this virus and how it might affect animals, including Read More >

May 4, 2020 by Casey Barton Behravesh, MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM, Director, One Health Office, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases1 Comment

General, personal health, preparedness, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, response, Zoonotic Disease

animals, cat, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, dog, national pet week, pets, veterinarian

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