Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bio...

" While important progress has been made, critical areas of the nation's emergency health preparedness effort still require attention. In addition, the continuing trend of annual cuts in federal funding for state and local preparedness activities threatens the nation's...

Florida County Seeks 6,000 Disaster Volunteers

Six thousand volunteers sounds like a lot to me - but Palm Beach is no stranger to emergencies.I found this article (which was originally posted to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel) on EMS Responder which is a great site. Would love to find a volunteer to tell us what it's...

Dangerous Parasite Gains New Attention In Battles Against AIDS, Bioterrorism

Toxoplasmosis is normally associated with medical advice that pregnant women avoid changing cat litter, but it's gaining new attention because of the AIDS epidemic and bioterrorism, the researchers said. Severe toxoplasmosis can cause AIDS patients to go into a deep dementia...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...