Sorry Folks, It looks like back to school.

Headlines read

"CDC Upsets Local Children, Sends Them Back to School

US pig flu cases prove to be as deadly as a stubbed ring finger"

The complete story can be found at:

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/CDC-Upsets-Children-Nationwide-Forces-Them-To-Go-To-School.html

Webcast to the American People - H1N1

For Immediate Release:

HHS Secretary Sebelius and DHS Secretary Napolitano will host a Webcast to answer questions from the American people regarding the H1N1 flu on Thursday at 1:00 PM EDT. They will be joined by Acting Director of CDC, Dr. Besser.

The Webcast can be viewed at www.hhs.gov and www.cdc.gov.

CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response Site

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has an Emergency Preparedness and Response website that "is intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare and respond to public health emergencies."

http://emergency.cdc.gov/

The latest website updates and announcements can be found at:

http://emergency.cdc.gov/whatsnew.asp

An EXPLOSION Of Information

As mentioned in a train-the-trainer session last week, there is a ton of information on the internet that can improve your training programs.

For example, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has a wide variety of information resources.

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

An example of how this information can get pretty detailed can be found here:

Explosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/explosions.asp