The U.S. Environmental Solutions Toolkit was developed as a joint venture between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration to offer environmental stakeholders in other countries a broad perspective on the U.S. approach to specific environmental issues.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that the U.S. is now a "listed" country with the European Commission so that U.S. companies need not obtain an export certificate from the FDA before shipping certain pharmaceutical products to Europe.
The 2012 billion-dollar events included seven severe weather and tornado events, two tropical cyclone events, and the yearlong drought and its associated wildfires. With 11 events, 2012 also ranks second highest in total number of billion-dollar events behind 2011, which had 14 events.
HGH Infrared Systems, Spynel camera is a complete, high resolution, near real time, thermal camera with full panoramic imaging coupled with detection and tracking software. While effective and inexpensive, the system can monitor miles of perimeter on land or at sea. Differing from traditional systems, Spynel can also detect threats day or night, in any weather condition as well as through brush and between trees and fences.
Bioterrorism remains a continuing threat to the security of our nation. A biological attack could impact any sector of our society and place enormous burdens on our nations public health, with a rippling effect on critical infrastructure. The Office of Health Affairs (OHA) believes strongly that a comprehensive surveillance approach includes environmental and clinical surveillance, as well as point-of-care diagnostics.
Rave Mobile Safety, the trusted partner for campus and public safety, now deployed across 31 states, provides additional protection for more than 11 million citizens during emergency situations. Smart911 allows citizens to create a free online safety profile, which automatically displays at participating public safety answering points when a 9-1-1 call is placed, enabling emergency responders to arrive at the right location, with the right personnel and the right equipment.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its most comprehensive review to date on how the built environment - the way the nation builds its cities and towns - directly affects the environment and public health. The publication is important and timely because population growth and demographic changes will substantially alter the way the nation is developed over the next half century and beyond.
When a devastating April 2013 tornado tore through several towns in Van Buren County, officials were able to put Salamander equipment to work. This new standard of emergency management, supplied by Salamander, is known as Intelligent Accountability, and it is altering the way emergency officials manage disasters.
"The iTrace for Blood Centers device has the ability to enhance blood safety by helping to ensure that unsuitable units are not released," said Karen Midthun, M.D., director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. "iTrace for Blood Centers will be used in blood establishments by trained personnel as a tool in streamlining blood collection and processing and aiding in product tracking and reconciliation."
Advanced research and development is underway for an antibiotic that potentially could treat children infected with anthrax, tularemia or community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will support this advanced research and development.
