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POTASSIUM IODIDE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE LIVING NEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
WASHINGTON — Potassium iodide pills should be available to everyone age 40 or younger — especially children and pregnant and lactating women — living near a nuclear power plant, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. Potassium iodide can prevent thyroid cancer caused by exposure to radioactive iodine, a compound that could be released during a severe accident at a nuclear power plant. Potassium iodide will not protect the body against other types of radioactive isotopes released during nuclear-reactor incidents or those likely to be used in a so-called dirty bomb, added the committee that wrote the report.
Dec 4, 2003, 15:42
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COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO HANDLING U.S. SARS OUTBREAK, SAYS REPORT TO CDC
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Good communication with the public is key to a successful quarantine for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, says a report submitted today to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dec 2, 2003, 08:08
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CDC DESIGNATES U OF L CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $989,000 three-year grant to the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville, designating the institute as one of two collaborating Centers for Public Health Law. The other is the Georgetown University/Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Law
Oct 6, 2003, 08:00
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BIOTERRORISM TRAINING IN KENTUCKY TO EXPAND
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A new federal grant will strengthen efforts to teach Kentucky’s health professionals how to fight bioterrorism.
The two-year grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration is part of a national initiative to prepare doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians and others to act quickly and effectively should there be a bioterrorism attack. HRSA officials have announced that the University of Louisville will receive nearly $1.4 million of the total $26.6 million in funds being awarded in fiscal year 2003.
Sep 26, 2003, 12:49
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U OF L BIODEFENSE CENTER NAMED NATIONAL SPECIALTY CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Jerry Hauer announced today that U of L's Center for the Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism has been named one of seven specialty centers for public health preparedness by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Louisville is unique in its resources and capabilities to research and prepare for a terror-related biological disaster," Hauer said of the designation. "The center's faculty expertise ranges from identifying and developing vaccines against potential bioterrorism organisms to training emergency personnel to properly respond to an attack."
Oct 25, 2002, 11:34
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