Fla., NC Top List of States Prepared for Bioterrorism
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Florida and North Carolina scored highest in a report &quot;Protecting the Public&#39;s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism,&quot; released by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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BALTIMORE -- National researchers claim Maryland has made some progress but more needs to be done when it comes to preparing for a bioterror attack.
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The Centers for Disease Control can't show how the $5 billion given to public health departments after Sept. 11 has prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. By the Associated Press.
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Kansas is better prepared than most states to handle a biological attack by terrorists, according to a new national study. But even the people who helped put Kansas in the top quarter
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The United States is unprepared not just for flu season, but for a worldwide pandemic or bioterrorism attack, say researchers outside the government.
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BOSTON Massachusetts is the least-prepared of all states to handle a bioterrorist attack, according to a study released yesterday.
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Concerns over bio-terrorism are set to top agenda at international conference in Geneva on biological weapons.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 2--Key leaders of the state's most important industry are coming to Destin.
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The Trust for America&#39;s Health says most states don&#39;t even have a comprehensive response plan for an emergency involving a biological weaon.
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Ten healthy female students at a rural, co-ed North Carolina high school had repeated bouts of seizures, swooning and hyperventilation over a four-month period in 2002 -- an outbreak that experts are calling an example of mass hysteria.
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TALLAHASSEEÂ· About 370,000 new doses of flu vaccine likely will be bound for Florida this week for distribution to doctors, nursing homes and other private health care providers, state officials said Monday.
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RALEIGH, NC -- State health officials announced Monday that they have identified the that they have collected enough information from the ongoing E. Coli disease investigation to identify the state fair as the source of the outbreak.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR - A national review has placed Arkansas in the lower half of states when it comes to bioterrorism preparedness. But the state Health Department says major improvements in recent months were not considered in the review.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted its first âfull functionalâ avian flu exercise to prepare what public heath experts consider a major threat.
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TALLAHASSEE Â· When Hurricane Frances hit Florida&#39;s shore last weekend, emergency responders were more prepared than ever to meet the pending disaster.
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RALEIGH, NC -- State health officials on Monday identified the North Carolina State Fair as the source of the growing E. coli outbreak across the state.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- States are slowly getting better prepared to handle bioterrorism, but most still don&#39;t have statewide response plans and federal funding is declining, according to a new report.