UCLA will install speakers on campus next year to make announcements during emergencies.
The UCLA Office of Emergency Management will implement a new speaker system along poles and buildings on Bruin Walk in 2019 in order to issue immediate emergency alerts about situations, such as fires or…
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found U.S hospitals would have great difficulty responding to catastrophic events. Over two years, researchers found that the United States is “fairly well prepared for relatively small-scale mass injury/illness events that happen more frequently, less well…
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Credit given to Savannah Demko from Healio
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Buzzfeed News: Vera Bergengruen--BuzzFeed News Reporter
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Uganda's health ministry yesterday confirmed a second fatal Marburg virus case, involving the 38-year-old brother of the country's first lab-confirmed case-patient.
Also, health officials reported another suspected case and a new probable case, both of whom are isolated and in stable condition.…
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A break in key US support for global efforts to protect Americans and the world from pandemics could stall momentum that has been gaining steam in the wake of recent threats such as Ebola and Zika viruses, according to a new report from PATH, an international nonprofit group based in Seattle that…
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By Ellie Kaufman, Lauren del Valle and Lawrence Crook III, CNN
Updated 12:34 PM ET, Mon October 16, 2017
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ABC News- By KARMA ALLEN MORGAN WINSOR JULIA JACOBO
Oct 13, 2017, 2:58 AM ET
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Photo above: Heydee Perez, age 29, and her son, Yenel Calera,
age 4 have not received any aid one week after Hurricane Maria.
The roof of their home is gone and they have very little to eat.
(Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, September 27, 2017)
With 95% of Puerto Rico's electrical grid down, beyond…
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The effects of climate change, including rising global temperature, human migration, and increased rainfall, have led to an increase in vector borne diseases in previously unaffected areas. Zika, malaria, and Lyme disease each show how the increased range of disease domains can wreak havoc on…
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Author: Mark Keim
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Paresh Dave from The LA Times
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