http://projectdisaster.com Disasters, Terrorism, Preparedness, Emerging Infections, Response, Mitigation Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN23432150 US vaccination plan puts health care workers first Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:50pm EDT By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Essential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday. The Department of Health and ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8556 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ne-nursinghomeresear,0,1408756.story chicagotribune.com Study: Most nursing homes not ready for pandemics By JACQUELYNE TAURIANEN Associated Press Writer 6:08 PM CDT, July 22, 2008 OMAHA, Neb. New research suggests more than half of nursing homes are not prepared to help overwhelmed hospitals in emergencies. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, released Tuesday, says nursing homes are ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8555 http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20080723/cdc-about-5-percent-of-kids-have-adhd CDC: About 5% of Kids Have ADHD ADHD Twice as Common in Boys Than Girls; ADHD Diagnoses Up 3% Annually From 1997 to 2006 By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD July 23, 2008 -- The CDC today reported that about 5% of U.S. children aged 6-17 have been diagnosed with ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8554 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ao28Ou.zbH5M&refer=home Hurricane Dolly Strengthens Near Texas-Mexico Border (Update2) By Gregory Viscusi July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Dolly strengthened as it approached the Texas-Mexico border and may grow into a Category 2 storm before making landfall today, U.S. forecasters said. The system's eye was about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east of Brownsville, Texas, the ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8553 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIeoMs1vVPrRLGZunBWDTrtvK6vQD923ELQ80 North Korea demands end to US hostility By MATTHEW LEE – 1 hour ago SINGAPORE (AP) — Just hours before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to meet with North Korea's top diplomat, Pyongyang insisted Wednesday it had met its commitments in nuclear negotiations and said Washington must completely abandon its "hostile ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8552 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRqjZV1Meppj40hTs8IBOv4DdsQwD923FACO0 Iran praises US participation in nuclear talks By ALI AKBAR DAREINI – 1 hour ago YASOUJ, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday said the United States' participation in the latest round of nuclear talks is a step toward recognizing Tehran's right to acquire nuclear technology. A senior diplomat from the ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8551 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7520912.stm Bin Laden driver 'knew 9/11 aim' Osama Bin Laden's former driver was so close to al-Qaeda's leaders he knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on 11 September, prosecutors have alleged. They were speaking as the first war crimes trial got under way at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay. Yemeni ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8550 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011695126 CDC: Foreign-Born Groups In U.S. At Higher TB Risk July 22, 2008 11:27 p.m. EST Nidhi Sharma - AHN News Writer Atlanta, GA (AHN) - Foreign-born immigrants account for more than half of new tuberculosis cases in the U.S. in recent years, according to a study in a major medical journal. Researchers suggest that ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8549 http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/22/flushots.html?sid=101 CDC: Children up to age 18 should get flu shots Tuesday,  July 22, 2008 10:38 PM By Misti Crane THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend that all children be vaccinated against the flu.  The agency accepted the recommendations of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and has said ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8548 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1108349&format=text Storm bystanders praised 7 still hospitalized in lightning strike By Jessica Fargen  |   Tuesday, July 22, 2008   Photo by Matt Stone EMTs rushing to Sunday’s Dorchester lightning strike at a soccer field praised bystanders yesterday who helped rescue the injured with scorched skin, legs completely numb and one man in cardiac arrest. “You could see people ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=8547