Category: PHPR

Medicine Dispensing Exercise Held at Virginia Costco

What comes to mind when you think “community”? Maybe you immediately think of neighbors and friends who live nearby. Or perhaps local businesses, churches, civic organizations and others. What about some of your regular stops around your community such as your pharmacy where you fill your prescriptions or buy over-the-counter medicine? Read More >

September 15, 2015 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Disease Outbreak, General, PHPR: Health Security in Action, preparedness, Preparedness Month, response

Anthrax exercise, costco, DSNS, Health Security in Action, PHPR, Potomac Mills, public health, strategic national stockpile, VA

Introducing CDC’s New Director of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Dr. Stephen Redd director of CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Meet Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd, MD, the new director of CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Dr. Redd is a Rear Admiral and Assistant to the Surgeon General in the United States Public Health Service. He comes to CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) from CDC’s Influenza Coordination Division Read More >

February 20, 2015 by Blog Administrator4 Comments

General, PHPR: Health Security in Action, preparedness, response

Director, Leadership, PHPR, public health