The backbreaking work accomplished by volunteers in Alabama following the 28 April-5 May 2014 severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding seems to have occurred out of the "clear blue sky." Every year and in every disaster, volunteers fill an often overlooked role and seemingly arrive and leave the scene at just the right time.
The Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Management at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is now available entirely online for the first time this fall. This 15-credit program includes courses that help students hone the skills they need to prevent, prepare for, and mitigate real-world crises.
Oxygen Generating Systems International's (OGSI) CFP-15M is a mobile oxygen generating system that generates medical grade oxygen and is now included in the United Nations (UN) Level-2 mobile hospitals.
Soligenix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced recently that the combination of biodefense vaccines RiVax and VeloThrax induces protective immunity to both ricin toxin and anthrax toxin exposure.
These are the remarks made by Simon Limage, the deputy assistant secretary for Nonproliferation Programs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation at the opening plenary session of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Forensics in Vienna, Austria.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional exposure of personnel to potentially viable anthrax at the CDC's Roybal Campus. The report identifies factors found to have contributed to the incident and highlights actions taken by the agency to address these factors and prevent future incidents.
A new World Health Organization (WHO)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Climate and Health office has been established under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services to promote the coordinated development and use of climate services to improve public health. It will increase awareness, build capacity, and connect meteorological services with experts in the health sector.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool to help communities prepare for, deal with, and recover from floods. The Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies that communities can consider, such as: conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches, such as installing rain gardens, to manage stormwater.
Eastern Kentucky University is offering an online master's homeland security concentration program. This program examines the techniques and tactics used to keep the country safe.
The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) recently signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UBMC) to spur scientific research in areas of mutual interest.
