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Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National...

On September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the potential impact these attacks would have on Americans at home and...

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CDC’s Medical Countermeasure Link Webinar

***UPDATE: Due to a high demand of webinar recipients, the CDC has expanded the number of participant lines for each webinar time slot. The webinar login information has changed from the original...

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Medical Countermeasures Workgroup September Report

On September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

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Medical Countermeasure Toolkit Undergoing Revisions: Seeking Past Authors and...

The NACCHO Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Toolkit, formerly known as the Stockbox, is currently undergoing review by the NACCHO MCM Workgroup. Tools which have been submitted as best practice examples...

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Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November Report

On November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of the Strategic...

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CDC Offers Preparedness Training for Local Health Departments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) has announced its SNS Preparedness Course and Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT)...

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Using Meals on Wheels in MCM Dispensing Planning

Organizations such as Meals on Wheels, PeaPod, Express Scripts, and home healthcare agencies provide food, medical supplies, and other essential services to elderly populations and those unable to...

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New Guidance Available on Smallpox Outbreak Vaccine Strategy

A new guidance is available that advises local health departments on the United States’ vaccine response strategy in the case of a smallpox outbreak. “Clinical Guidance for Smallpox Vaccine Use in a...

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ASTHO/NACCHO Closed POD Survey Findings Webinar

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are hosting...

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Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that...

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Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass...

Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and...

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Subcommittee Hearing: Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat

On April 22, The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications held a hearing regarding the threat of bioterrorism and the steps that need to be taken to...

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Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course (CDC)

CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) is offering two courses in May to be held at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL. Registration opened February 2 for...

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Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer Course (CDC)

CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) is offering two courses in May to be held at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL. Registration opened February 2 for...

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CDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data Exchange

By Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance; and Benjamin...

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Emergency Planning with Pharmacies

Want to include pharmacies in your preparedness plans? Already working with pharmacies but facing challenges? Join NACCHO for a new webinar, “Emergency Planning with Pharmacies.” Speakers will include...

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Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course (CDC)

The Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course is a 3 day course designed to give federal, state, and local officials information on how to best plan and prepare for a public health emergency...

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CDC Releases Training Schedule for Upcoming Year

Registration is now open for the fall quarter Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Preparedness Course and the Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) Course.  The courses are hosted by the...

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Countermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness Review

WANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review  As budget period 4 (BP4) grant year gets underway, many state and local health departments...

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Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT)

The Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) course is a 3 day course designed to prepare state and local public health staff to implement mass dispensing training for their agencies or...

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