Expired Supplies, No Planning: OIG Audit Reveals DHS Is Unprepared for Any Pandemic, Much-Less an Ebola Outbreak

On: October 24, 2014

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases, Pestilence & Disease, Swine Flu

[B]ack in August of this year, a scathing report was issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the inventory and budgetary accountability of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Titled “DHS Has Not Effectively Managed Pandemic Personal Protective Equipment and Antiviral Medical Countermeasures”, the report reveals theContinue Reading

H3N2 Influenza outbreak among vaccinated sailors

By: Sharon

On: October 24, 2014

In: Avian Flu, Emerging Diseases, Pestilence & Disease

[T]his week’s MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) from the CDC included a puzzling report concerning a US Naval minesweeper. In February of this year, 25 sailors from the 102 member crew aboard the USS Ardent, an Avenger class minesweeper, began to complain of fever, chills, and cough. Doctors conductedContinue Reading

Who’s in charge of our national Ebola response? Early mistakes could lead to more infections

By: Sharon

On: October 15, 2014

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Pestilence & Disease

[S]ometimes, I feel as if I’m watching the script of a biotech thriller being played out in the press lately—but I’m afraid it’s all too real. Yesterday, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas announced that a second nurse had tested positive for Ebola. This nurse, named this morning as AmberContinue Reading

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