Public Health Matters
Public Health Matters, a collective blog about the exciting public health work of preventing and controlling infectious diseases that result from the interaction of people, animals, and the environment.
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May 17, 12 09:43AMYesterday we heard about a Michigan State Professor using zombies to make course work compelling. So who else is incorporating zombies into the curriculum? The University of Rhode Island has also...
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May 16, 12 07:58AMBy Glenn R. Stutzky Glenn Stutzky is a clinical instructor of social work at Michigan State University. He recently made headlines for his unusual course syllabus, which, you guessed it, included Zomb ies...
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May 15, 12 11:05AMBy Sandy Mackey, Zombie Expert, Delaware County EMA I have never in my life come face to face with a real live zombie, or would that be a real dead zombie? Either way, last Halloween I got my chance w hen...
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May 14, 12 09:32AMThis 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&rsq uo...
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May 07, 12 11:06AMBy Jean O’Connor, JD, DrPH, Deputy State Public Health Director, Oregon About a week and a half ago, the Oregon Public Health Division learned about a child with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), this...
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May 03, 12 01:36PMThis week, CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile is practicing how it would respond to the release of anthrax in multiple locations across the nation. Four states – North C arolina...
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Apr 27, 12 06:10AMThis time last year, storms ripped through the central and southern United States spawning more than 300 tornadoes and claiming hundreds of lives. This year we observed National Severe Weather Prepare dness...
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Apr 25, 12 11:55AMWith the 2012 Summer Olympics less than 100 days away, people around the world are preparing. Athletes are putting in their final weeks of training, London officials are getting the city ready for vis itors...
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Apr 23, 12 12:31PMBy Charles Stokes, President and CEO, CDC Foundation I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the deep budget cuts that are straining the capacity of CDC, along with state and local health a gencies...
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Apr 18, 12 09:52AMBy Christine Griffith and Carol Jeffers, Sarasota County Health and Human Service, and Patrick Gardner, University of South Florida Located on the Gulf of Mexico in southwest Florida, Sarasota C ounty...
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