Category: hawaii

The Right Stuff: Know Your Personal Needs Before an Emergency

Graphic of someone testing their blood using a blood glucose monitor

September is National Preparedness Month. Throughout the month, the Center for Preparedness and Response will publish posts that highlight the work of public health departments as it relates to personal health preparedness themes. This week’s theme is Personal Needs. Personal needs are the things—the stuff—you will need to protect you and your family’s health in Read More >

September 3, 2019 by Blog Adminstrator8 Comments

General, natural disasters, preparedness, prevention

disaster, emergency, hawaii, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Iniki, Kilauea volcano, national preparedness month, North Carolina, personal health, personal needs, Prepare Your Health, preparedness, public health, U.S. Virgin Islands

WARNING: zombies included!

This time last year we posted Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse. The blog post that took CDC from nerdy scientists to hip pop culture icons (at least that’s how we like to think of it). We’ve been amazed at all the zombie fans out there and thrilled with all the opportunities we’ve had this year to Read More >

May 14, 2012 by Blog Administrator3 Comments

General, Zombie Nation, Zombies

CDC, hawaii, preparedness, Zombies